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<blockquote data-quote="tellico4x4" data-source="post: 5747042" data-attributes="member: 2474"><p>Welcome to TN & TnDeer from a guy in AL! </p><p></p><p>As out west, onX is your friend here too. Grew up in TN & just live 6 miles south of it now. Have hunted a lot out west, Midwest & south in my 69 years. Southern whitetail are tough and a totally different breed to the ones that live along creeks & river bottoms out west & Midwest. Our abundant cover & food makes it a challenge, especially with a bow. Even though there are tons of acorns, on just about any property there is always some trees that deer prefer than others. That's where you want to be. Whitetail have to have cover for bedding, gonna eat & gonna breed. That's the basics for them. With the hot weather right now & they have winter coats on, expect a bunch to be nocturnal, which just adds to the difficulty.</p><p>Cooler weather & rut is just around the corner so if I was you I'd be concentrating on finding does as that's where the bucks will be shortly. Figure out where the does are bedding & feeding. Bucks will be cruising and checking out those areas. During that time you'll want to be in woods as much as possible.</p><p>As others have said, hunt the wind. You can fool a whitetails ears & eyes but you'll never fool its nose. I'm so anal about it that I have an Xcel chart with stands broken out by optimum wind directions. Whatever direction the wind is, then I immediately know which ones to choose from. Along those same lines, you have to consider the wind on approaching stand as well.</p><p>Good luck & with as much hunting you have under your belt, you will figure it out. There's a wealth of knowledge here and most are willing to share it. Also you can do a search for threads for just about any topic like rut dates for your area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tellico4x4, post: 5747042, member: 2474"] Welcome to TN & TnDeer from a guy in AL! As out west, onX is your friend here too. Grew up in TN & just live 6 miles south of it now. Have hunted a lot out west, Midwest & south in my 69 years. Southern whitetail are tough and a totally different breed to the ones that live along creeks & river bottoms out west & Midwest. Our abundant cover & food makes it a challenge, especially with a bow. Even though there are tons of acorns, on just about any property there is always some trees that deer prefer than others. That's where you want to be. Whitetail have to have cover for bedding, gonna eat & gonna breed. That's the basics for them. With the hot weather right now & they have winter coats on, expect a bunch to be nocturnal, which just adds to the difficulty. Cooler weather & rut is just around the corner so if I was you I'd be concentrating on finding does as that's where the bucks will be shortly. Figure out where the does are bedding & feeding. Bucks will be cruising and checking out those areas. During that time you'll want to be in woods as much as possible. As others have said, hunt the wind. You can fool a whitetails ears & eyes but you'll never fool its nose. I'm so anal about it that I have an Xcel chart with stands broken out by optimum wind directions. Whatever direction the wind is, then I immediately know which ones to choose from. Along those same lines, you have to consider the wind on approaching stand as well. Good luck & with as much hunting you have under your belt, you will figure it out. There's a wealth of knowledge here and most are willing to share it. Also you can do a search for threads for just about any topic like rut dates for your area. [/QUOTE]
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