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<blockquote data-quote="Rancocas" data-source="post: 5246900" data-attributes="member: 2871"><p>I wish you the best of luck.</p><p>I can't help you with hunting areas in middle Tenasi. I live and hunt in the east. It would be best if you could find a mentor, but even without one, after you find a place to hunt you will need to do some scouting. That means get out there, walk the dirt forest roads and trails. Also, walk the ridges, on top and on the sides. Go slowly and observe everything. Look for faint trails that animals use. Check muddy and sandy spots for tracks. Look for scrapes and rubs. (I'm sure you can find out what they are and what they look like, if you don't already know.) You could set a trail camera, but they get stolen if not hidden well. An old method of checking trails for tracks is to simply brush out or rake out all the debris from the trail, scratch up the dirt making it soft so that it will easily show tracks. Look for deer food. White oak acorns are one of the best, but there are many others. Deer like "edges", where different types of vegetation come together, such as the edge of a swamp, or the edge of a pine forest where it abruptly changes to hardwoods, even the brush line at the edge of a field.</p><p>Once you find a spot with good deer sign you could either go up a tree with one of the modern climbing stands, or a ladder stand, or you could simply make a ground blind by piling up some brush to hide behind. Try to use a tree that is wider than your shoulders to sit down beside and you can lean back on it. Sit quietly and try not to move, but if you must move do it in very, very slow motion. Think of the wind direction - always. You want your blind to be down wind from where you expect a deer to appear.</p><p>Another method is "still hunting", also known as stalking. Here you move very very slowly through the forest. Again, be mindful of the wind direction. Hunt into or parallel to the wind. Take a step, or two or three, then stop. Stand still. Look and listen. Do it again. If you move a quarter mile in an hour you are going too fast. This works best on damp days. Dry leaves under foot are like walking in corn flakes.</p><p>I could go on and on. There are books about all this stuff. Hunting and the outdoors in general are a whole wonderful world in itself. Get out there the whole year around and enjoy it.</p><p>Again, good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rancocas, post: 5246900, member: 2871"] I wish you the best of luck. I can't help you with hunting areas in middle Tenasi. I live and hunt in the east. It would be best if you could find a mentor, but even without one, after you find a place to hunt you will need to do some scouting. That means get out there, walk the dirt forest roads and trails. Also, walk the ridges, on top and on the sides. Go slowly and observe everything. Look for faint trails that animals use. Check muddy and sandy spots for tracks. Look for scrapes and rubs. (I'm sure you can find out what they are and what they look like, if you don't already know.) You could set a trail camera, but they get stolen if not hidden well. An old method of checking trails for tracks is to simply brush out or rake out all the debris from the trail, scratch up the dirt making it soft so that it will easily show tracks. Look for deer food. White oak acorns are one of the best, but there are many others. Deer like "edges", where different types of vegetation come together, such as the edge of a swamp, or the edge of a pine forest where it abruptly changes to hardwoods, even the brush line at the edge of a field. Once you find a spot with good deer sign you could either go up a tree with one of the modern climbing stands, or a ladder stand, or you could simply make a ground blind by piling up some brush to hide behind. Try to use a tree that is wider than your shoulders to sit down beside and you can lean back on it. Sit quietly and try not to move, but if you must move do it in very, very slow motion. Think of the wind direction - always. You want your blind to be down wind from where you expect a deer to appear. Another method is "still hunting", also known as stalking. Here you move very very slowly through the forest. Again, be mindful of the wind direction. Hunt into or parallel to the wind. Take a step, or two or three, then stop. Stand still. Look and listen. Do it again. If you move a quarter mile in an hour you are going too fast. This works best on damp days. Dry leaves under foot are like walking in corn flakes. I could go on and on. There are books about all this stuff. Hunting and the outdoors in general are a whole wonderful world in itself. Get out there the whole year around and enjoy it. Again, good luck. [/QUOTE]
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