A Friend of mine's dad always said once you get in a tree, move like a growin turnip.You could have a list here but Patience & keeping still are huge!
A Friend of mine's dad always said once you get in a tree, move like a growin turnip.You could have a list here but Patience & keeping still are huge!
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Be it scouting, locations, access, methods of hunting, weapons for hunting, ways to get in a tree, etc. As said in the trapping world. A “change-up”can mean everything.
Ok I have a question. I bust my guts to get some where before daylight. I go 2 or 3 miles. Do you have issue with just going slow and methodical and not being there before daylight?
I wouldnt. I do go in at gray light.Ok I have a question. I bust my guts to get some where before daylight. I go 2 or 3 miles. Do you have issue with just going slow and methodical and not being there before daylight?
I also Practice holding your draw with a bow until you are fatigued and making your shot. Also practice in awkward positions, kneeling, sitting, from the saddle. If a deer busts you draw your bow. Killed one last year that had my bow ready but did not draw since he was heading at me. He looked up and blew and started to run. Stopped behind a big pine tree and stepped back to take a look and opened his vital area. His eye’s were not on me when I took the shot.One big part of being successful bowhunting is learning when to shoot deer. The first thing I ask myself when a deer comes in is what it its demeanor? Is it calm? Is it nervous? Learn when you can get away with movement and when you can't. This comes from experience and getting busted. When I first started bowhunting the guy who got me into it told me that if I can see any part of a deer's eye, that they can see me. That helped me a lot. Most of the time, be patient and wait for the opportunity to draw and get a good angle. If it is a fast-cruising buck, you may just have to speed things up.
I think it is pretty situational. Time of year, area your hunting, deer patterns around you. For instance, one of the bigger bucks I shot, I didn’t get into the woods until close to 8 in the morning (alarm didn’t go off). But I knew I still had a chance because the deer in our woods didn’t usually come through until 1030 after the guy hunting up the river from us would leave the woods at 10 everyday.Ok I have a question. I bust my guts to get some where before daylight. I go 2 or 3 miles. Do you have issue with just going slow and methodical and not being there before daylight?
Congrats on the deer first and foremost.(alarm didn’t go off).
Not speaking for @Tylerhorner33. From my experience, there are days when the world is just going to have to wait for me today.Did it actually not go off, or was it a user error?