White-tail deer hunting tips?

i been hunting for about 6 years but i am always looking for some new tips. you got any secrets you like, and want to share let me knowWhite-tail deer hunting tips?
I have a few. Scent elimination is very important as said above. You've got to remember your entire wardrobe when doing this. Remember your socks, gloves, hats, masks, thermals, boots etc. I store my clothing in a rubbermaid bin away from kitchen and garage smells. I also add oak and cedar twigs, (use the twigs and leaves of the most abundant trees in your area) and leaves to the bin. Wash your clothes in at least scent free, non UV reflecting detergent. I start my clothes in the dryer and hang them outside to finish drying. I keep my boots outside until about 30 minutes before I put them on. Then for each layer of clothes, I use scent eliminator.


Way before season starts, I start scouting and watching the area that I plan to hunt. I use a camera to see what's in there. Then way outside the area I sit and listen and try and pattern when the deer is there. I am not a horn hunter, in fact I prefer to harvest does. I watch to see if the bucks are with or running the does, the maturity level of the bucks to determine what stage of the rut they are in. Continue to watch all the way up to the hunt.


My favorite time to hunt is in the morning. I like to get to the place I have chosen to hunt very early. Sometimes up to 1 1/2 hours before sun up. The reason for this, to let any scent of me going to my stand or blind a chance to dissipate and also to listen for any activity.


I carry a cellphone with me, I keep it on vibrate, but just in case something goes wrong I have somewhat of a chance to call for help. I take water to drink but I don't normally take anything to eat. But the Realtree gum helps with the stomach growls. I always try and get the best nights sleep I can whenever I go out so I'm not tired.


I keep a colapsable deer trolly in my truck in case I have to drag a deer out quite a distance. Save a lot on the back!


I always unload my firearm when entering or leaving my stand for safety. Then load it again once I get to the ground just in case.


I try and build several ground blinds from branches, etc. to accomodate shifting wind conditions and try to keep them free from leaves to eliminate noise from crunching when moving around. In a regular ground blind, I stuff the leaves around the bottom to help even more with odor elimination.


In tree stands, I put nylon fish netting around the bottom of it to keep my feet from making noise and keep my boots from freezing to the metal when it's wet and cold and for extra traction. The netting doesn't hold water like the felt ones they sell.


I thought of a couple of others. After the rut is over, rattling or using a mature buck grunt sometimes does more harm than good. Hormones are no longer raging and deep mature grunt calls tend to have deer scrabbling the other way, what I have found is more effective is trying a doe and fawn bleat. I have also had some success after the rut with ';C'mere Deer'; which in Missouri is not considered bait.


I do these things whether bow, muzzleloading or rifle hunting.


That's a few I have, hope they help.White-tail deer hunting tips?
I believe in scent eliminators, They do help, but you will still be winded from time to time. Huge Help.





If you do not bow hunt, bow hunt anyway it will make you a better gun hunter.





Calls can work, and usually will not hurt you, I still give a deer a chance to move as usual before I use them. I have had 2 bucks pass me, then come back in to the Buck Roar, a 3rd came in to it.





Deer hunting (especially getting the big one) has alot of luck involved. You increase your luck by spending more time in the woods. You need a good spot, but especially rifle season in MO, you need to be in the woods as other hunters will route deer offcoarse.





In the last 2 years I have killed 2 nice bucks ones actual score of 130'; the other grosses 125';. A good spot played a part, but also luck. Following the 130'; deer by about 5 minutes was a ~90-100'; large bodied buck (He was a cull buck I probable would have taken him), I was getting ready to shoot a 110'; 8 pointer when the 125'; 9 popped out behind him. A few minutes either way and I would not have gotten the larger animals.
If you have been hunting for six years, i am sure you know all about the scent eliminators/attractors so I wont wast your time there. I think it depends on what you are hunting for. Racks or venison. If you just want meat, this late in the year you want to stick to thick cover and food sources. Deer dont move as much in December. If you are hunting racks, dont go into the woods without your rattling antlers. One tip is, the bigger the antlers you rattle with, the bigger the bucks you will call in. You may scare little bucks away, not the big ones.





I swear by my antlers. I have no doubts that I would have killed many less bucks without them.
I have used the stump licking gels and c'mere deer powder for a couple of years just poured in the same spot. Every week i put some out whether im going to hunt or not. The deer have dominated the old stumps i have been dumping it on and have dug holes in the ground, its really cool. The number of deer i have been seeing has doubled in these two years, and there are a lot more rubs and scrapes!
Bow Hunting? Scout %26amp; set up on your buck %26amp; be scent free %26amp; invisible.


Shot Gun? Same as above but, get up high, 20-25 ft.


Muzzle Loading? Same as all above


Riffle? No idea... No riffles allowed in DE!
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