#1988240 - 07/10/10 07:11 AM
Re: Deer Hunting Tips
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Bottom Hunter
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Unless you just like to walk, the worse thing that you can do is just start walking. It can be aggrevating, not to mention tiresome.
get a map of the place and then go on line and go to one of many sites where aerial photos are available. print out pics of the places that you would like to hunt and target certain terrain features. Pinch points /funnels are always a good place to start.
Buy a handheld GPS . Learn how to use it. Walk until you find some good sign and plot that in the GPS so you can find it easily the next trip.
you will be surprised at how much more confidence you will have walking around if you can actually find features on foot that you see on the map. It's like when you go to the mall and see the diagram of the stores and it says..."YOU ARE HERE". Knowing where you are and what's "over there" can make your time afield much more productive and not just walking around in circles.
Mark "points of interest" on the map and in the GPS. maybe put a number in the GPS to correspond with a number on the map so you can simply go to it easier. If you like..."plot number 5", then the next time that you go in there, the GPS will take you straight to it...
the GPS and aerial pic is also very good for deciding which way to better access your spot......shorter is always better unless you have to cross heavy deer usage areas in the process.....these tools will help you find and get back to areas without wasting too much time walking around...
also, better understand your surroundings. It's not just that you find trails, but more why they are there. deer don't just wander around, IMO. Find out as much as you can about why the deer come through the area and it may better serve you in that you won't be sitting there waiting for deer to show up where they only come to at night or you're there in the morning when they normally only come through there in the afternoons.....
I hope that deer hunting turns out to be as good for you as it's been for me........
the journey begins.....
good luck...
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#1988524 - 07/10/10 03:02 PM
Re: Deer Hunting Tips
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GobblinThunder
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great advice thank you
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#1990259 - 07/12/10 06:56 AM
Re: Deer Hunting Tips
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I agree with MUP.........get away from the traditon of hunting early morning and late afternoon. maybe go sit all day a few times and go in an hour or two early or late .
Deer pattern hunters more often than we, as hunters, want to admit.
Also, pick different ways in and different times to go to your spot.
If you are too "regular" deer will pattern you....
While you're at it, hang more than one stand, even they aren't very far apart.....
many times,a "surprised/fooled" deer is a dead one...
again, good luck...
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#1990322 - 07/12/10 07:52 AM
Re: Deer Hunting Tips
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Unless you just like to walk, the worse thing that you can do is just start walking. It can be aggrevating, not to mention tiresome.
This has to be the worst single piece of advice I have ever saw given here.
Kratos, if you have a given area (tract of property) that you plan to hunt regularly, there is nothing that will make you more succesful than knowing every inch of it like your back yard. Topos and aerials are priceless for new areas and places where you dont have the time to get to know the entire area, especially if its simply too big to walk, but burning boot leather and becoming familiar with the areas you plan to hunt have absolutely no equal, and nothing will help you more when trying to understand how the deer will use the terrain on your property.
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#1990411 - 07/12/10 08:54 AM
Re: Deer Hunting Tips
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Unless you just like to walk, the worse thing that you can do is just start walking. It can be aggrevating, not to mention tiresome.
This has to be the worst single piece of advice I have ever saw given here. Kratos, if you have a given area (tract of property) that you plan to hunt regularly, there is nothing that will make you more succesful than knowing every inch of it like your back yard. Topos and aerials are priceless for new areas and places where you dont have the time to get to know the entire area, especially if its simply too big to walk, but burning boot leather and becoming familiar with the areas you plan to hunt have absolutely no equal, and nothing will help you more when trying to understand how the deer will use the terrain on your property.
really...? the single worse piece of advice that you have ever seen on here???
Biased, aren't we?
Now that is funny.
Being someone that has walked more miles through dense woods and even cropland than most women walk in a mall, I must disagree. Pulling up to a place without a map or any prior knowledge of a piece of ground and just walking randomly through it can get you so confused and turned around, you may never make good sense of what you are looking at. The use of aerials is invaluable , especially when you are hunting a new area. The biggest advantage (as I noted in a previous post) is that you can stand in a specific area, see it on the aerial and know where you are in relation to other specific terrain features.
Sure, over time, you may indeed want to walk over the entire area. I have probably seen most every acre of Chaney (2600 acres), but for me to just pull up out there one day and take off walking, well, I did that and got so turned around and confused that I refused to go back again until I had more info about the place......Sure, you can find SPOTS to hunt by simply randomly walking around, but without an aerial or another map to refer to later, I feel that most everything that you see will get blurred and some areas, you may never find again.
if you are talking about hunting 100-200 acre plots or less, then walking the entire place is no big issue, but if you are talking about scouting acreages in the 1,000s, then I'd be sure to have a map and an aerial on me when i start. It'll save you some "wasted 'days..IMO.
Also, in most cases, the more time that you spend in an area, the more likely you are to spook out a mature animal. i would not recommend busting up in a heavy wooded (suspected) bedding area simply to see what's in there. Let the aerial tell you what you need to know.
Standing along a creekbed and knowing what is "just over that hill" is so beneficial in relation to how you want to setup. If there is nothing of interest that you see on the aerial, then maybe focus your efforts on some place that you may find on the aerial.
A GPS, a COMPASS and an AERIAL will serve you much better than randomly walking around ...IMO.
Where I spend "most" of my time on Chaney is about 26 acres in size.......I have not walked every acre. Once I saw what I was dealing with and got a good strategy in mind, I decided to NOT tread across every foot and stay out of the areas that I suspect the deer come through to get to my location......I can see on the aerial what's over there. No need in letting the deer know that I'm there unless it's necessary. In my case, it seems to work very well......two Big Buck winners in a row......
let this young hunter tromp up and down those eastern hillsides too much and he may indeed simply give up. let him get a plan first, check out some aerials and learn what's "worth" looking at and what's not and he may indeed come out with a great deer and more tread life left on his boots.
thanks for the love........lol
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#1990440 - 07/12/10 09:09 AM
Re: Deer Hunting Tips
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BH, did I not make this clear or simple enough for you?
Topos and aerials are priceless for new areas and places where you dont have the time to get to know the entire area, especially if its simply too big to walk
Very few here are trying to look at 2600 hundred acres at one time, and if he's in eastern TN on private property he is likely looking at less than 260 acres. Like I posted above, the maps are a must, but nothing takes the place of walking an area and becoming intimately familiar with it when the situation allows it! If you dont have the mental capacity to walk an area without getting confused and muttled, then dont do it, but I think many here are quite capable of doing so. Aerial photos will very rarely tell you Exactly what is over the hill rom your creekbed, they give a general idea, and thats great if its all you have. I use maps as much as probably anybody while hunting, but like I said, anytime the situation allows it I become very familiar with my hunting areas. And I have never won a free membership anywhere, I probably dont kill "big" bucks like you do BH!!! 
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#1990447 - 07/12/10 09:11 AM
Re: Deer Hunting Tips
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Standing along a creekbed and knowing what is "just over that hill" is so beneficial in relation to how you want to setup. If there is nothing of interest that you see on the aerial, then maybe focus your efforts on some place that you may find on the aerial.
I like to use areial photos also...they can really help with preliminary scouting efforts...but don't make the mistake that just because an area doesn't look prime to you on a photo, that the deer on the ground feel the same....boot tread goes hand in hand with areials, even in the not so good looking spots imo...
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#1990459 - 07/12/10 09:21 AM
Re: Deer Hunting Tips
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Walking the place is a great idea, but do so before season is open. Not during, anywhere, but especially on public land
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#1990470 - 07/12/10 09:29 AM
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