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<blockquote data-quote="tasaman" data-source="post: 3745230" data-attributes="member: 8206"><p>How come nobody suggests what they other guys out there do that don't know how to hunt? Find someone that is already in a tree. Walk around that guy for 15 - 20 minutes and find a good tree where you can see what that guy is doing. Make sure this is just after daylight where you can see when walking in and he can see you. Don't want any mishaps and don't want to walk by him in the dark. Use a light if you need to. Carry everything you think you need and then some more stuff that you don't so it makes a lot of noise. Deer are attracted to light and noise. Use as much scent, calls and such as you can spray and blow. Can never have enough scent or sound. Oh, if you cannot find a good tree around that guy just sit at the base of his tree. He won't mind. I think that about covers all that I can remember seeing in the woods. </p><p></p><p>Now, please DO NOT do any of the above. If you are serious about the sport and truely want to learn I am sure one or two of the members near you can take a greenhorn out a time or two. Having access to your own private land is big plus.If you were near Clarksville I would be happy to show you some public land around this area. </p><p></p><p>As for butchering there is only one rule. Keep cutting till everything that is meat is cut off. Discard the rest. It's not difficult at all. Intimidating yes it can be. Just remember if it's too small to fit on a fork then grind it for burger. I personally make steaks from everything I can. I carry all the trimmings and some of the tougher cuts in a cooler to butcher to make that into sausage. Far cheaper that way as they won't charge you for the deboning process and you end up maximizing your deer. If you turn in 10 lbs of meat you will get about 12-13 lbs of sausage back. </p><p></p><p>Public land can be good. I've killed up to 15 deer a year off public land and that was passing on quite a few. Public land can also be the most frustrating. Just remember if you scout and it looks good to you, it also looks good to 40 other that scouted the same spot. I hunt where others refuse to go or don't think would produce. Deer are sneaky and pattern us the same we pattern them. Many big deer have survived on public land that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tasaman, post: 3745230, member: 8206"] How come nobody suggests what they other guys out there do that don't know how to hunt? Find someone that is already in a tree. Walk around that guy for 15 - 20 minutes and find a good tree where you can see what that guy is doing. Make sure this is just after daylight where you can see when walking in and he can see you. Don't want any mishaps and don't want to walk by him in the dark. Use a light if you need to. Carry everything you think you need and then some more stuff that you don't so it makes a lot of noise. Deer are attracted to light and noise. Use as much scent, calls and such as you can spray and blow. Can never have enough scent or sound. Oh, if you cannot find a good tree around that guy just sit at the base of his tree. He won't mind. I think that about covers all that I can remember seeing in the woods. Now, please DO NOT do any of the above. If you are serious about the sport and truely want to learn I am sure one or two of the members near you can take a greenhorn out a time or two. Having access to your own private land is big plus.If you were near Clarksville I would be happy to show you some public land around this area. As for butchering there is only one rule. Keep cutting till everything that is meat is cut off. Discard the rest. It's not difficult at all. Intimidating yes it can be. Just remember if it's too small to fit on a fork then grind it for burger. I personally make steaks from everything I can. I carry all the trimmings and some of the tougher cuts in a cooler to butcher to make that into sausage. Far cheaper that way as they won't charge you for the deboning process and you end up maximizing your deer. If you turn in 10 lbs of meat you will get about 12-13 lbs of sausage back. Public land can be good. I've killed up to 15 deer a year off public land and that was passing on quite a few. Public land can also be the most frustrating. Just remember if you scout and it looks good to you, it also looks good to 40 other that scouted the same spot. I hunt where others refuse to go or don't think would produce. Deer are sneaky and pattern us the same we pattern them. Many big deer have survived on public land that way. [/QUOTE]
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