The problem with hunting it until you spook deer is two-fold. First, deer, especially mature bucks, may not let you know they were spooked. They may smell you 300 yards away without you ever knowing. Second, the scent you leave behind may be spooking deer while you're at home eating dinner.

However, I have a little bit of a different strategy early season. If I'm hunting a secondary stand (not a rut stand), I'll go to it more often if it is producing. This generally means a stand of oaks that will lose its appeal after the acorns or cover dissapates. The problem with this method is that I may spook a buck that then moves into an area I plan to hunt during the rut. Well, that buck officially knows hunting season has started.

Keep in mind, controlling your scent it much more difficult during the early season. The more you sweat, the more likely you are to leave a scent trail behind.

Edited by String Music (10/02/10 09:54 AM)
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