The Key To Successfull Deer Hunting

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There is one thing that almost insures successfull deer hunting. That thing is knowledge. Too many hunters look for a kinder, softer way to instant success. They try to buy it, plant it, spread it or read it. But success comes with knowledge.

Deer hunting is simple. We complicate it and then try to simplify it with technology. We worry about things deer don't even consider and overlook the things that really count.

The single most important word in hunting for knowledge is WHY. If we don't ask why something happened and then, search for the answer, how can we expect to understand even basic action? If we depend on a call or a magic potion in a bottle, how can we plan successfully? If we do not prepare correctly, how can we expect the correct result?
 
bowriter said:
Deer hunting is simple. We complicate it and then try to simplify with technology. We worry about things deer don't even consider and overlook the things that really count.
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Was just thinking the same thing. Might add "work" to that one thing. I don't think most people (including myself) are willing to sacrifice what they would have to in order to kill the type of deer they want.
 
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I'm fairly new to hunting in TN, and have killed 1 doe in each of the last 2 seasons...couldn't figure out why we weren't seeing more. As BW stated above, tried scents & gimmicks. I've learned more about deer hunting in the month and a half that I've been a member of TNDeer than I ever have. I put in a lot more work in the woods this year, and come rifle season, I intend on filling the freezer!! Thanks to BW and the other very knowledgable members here that are willing to share their wealth of experience with the rest of us!! Happy Hunting everyone!!
 
Knowledge also, is area specific when it comes to deer hunting, Ive have learned too many things about deer and how they act and react in the past few years, I moved from Nc this year and have about had to forget alot that I learned there. Deer were under pressure there from where most people hunt using dogs, I have crawled for over an hour, literaly on my hands and knees to get to a spot that was probably 200 yds away from where I started. I have not seen hardly any deer this year over in cheatham county and I wonder if its the spot Im hunting, or if I am over thinking things.
 
This is a Post that I wrote in another Thread but I believe it pertains to this on as well


"I have been hunting for thirty years, I have tried my share of the products on the market.. What I have learned is that there is no better product then to simply just do your home work. There is NO shortcut to shooting big deer. If you set your self up for sucess (get yourself where the deer are traveling) play the wind right ( I can't stress this enough ) and know the deer you are hunting. Then you will be succesfull. DO NOT stomp all over your hunting ground educating the deer. DO NOT hunt the same stand over and over and DO NOT hunt a stand when the wind is wrong for that location. It is simple however too many people try to take all kinds of shortcuts (including my self at times) and try out the next best thing in deer hunting. Do your scouting after the season ends and long before the next season begins. Have your stand locations pickout by june or july and then stay out of the woods. Place your trail cams in the feeding fields NOT at your stand location. The Element of surprise is your best Offense."
 
Matt-either the deer are there or they are not. If you are finding sign, they are there and just are hunting in the wrong place or at the wrong time. In most cases, I would know within 20-minutes if there are any deer in the area. If you are looking for big, glaring signs like rubs and scrapes, you may be out of luck. Look for feeding sign and travel trails. Cheatham is full of them.

Where I hunted this afternoon is covered up with deer. I found the first scrape I have ever seen there. I mean ever seen and I can't think of ever seeing a rub. However, every year I kill from three to six deer there. You have to know what to look for.
 

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