If you could give one piece of advice?
08-27-2008, 11:22 AM
#21
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location:
Posts: 854
RE: If you could give one piece of advice?
Before, during and after your shot, NEVER let the deer know you are there. Forget the fist pumping you see on tv. Stay still, stay quiet, and if that deer never knew you were there, your odds of recovering that deer go up dramatically, even with a marginal shot.
08-27-2008, 11:24 AM
#23
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 25,116
RE: If you could give one piece of advice?
While waiting for your deer or hog...lay your bow across your lap or stand..not on a bow hook in the tree..Sometimes the deer just appears out of nowhere.[&:][&:][:@]any movement and it's gone
never again..
never again..
08-27-2008, 11:29 AM
#24
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 25,116
RE: If you could give one piece of advice?
Carry a compass..and flagger tape..The red flagger tape is to put on tree branches as you see blood..this way if you lose track you can go back to the flagger tape..When done..remove tape in order to not give away your honey hole..
The compass is for places where i hunt..real easy to get lost.
The compass is for places where i hunt..real easy to get lost.
08-27-2008, 11:54 AM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location:
Posts: 1,324
RE: If you could give one piece of advice?
If your in doubt about the shot, BACK OUT.... Also stay in your stand and be quiet (I know it hard) for at least 30 minutes... Alot of times a hit deer will double back. If your not sure on the hit, give them at least 6 hours before picking up the trail....
08-27-2008, 12:04 PM
#26
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 5,062
RE: If you could give one piece of advice?
My advice would be never come on here and post that you hit one, and cant find it, now what do I do. YOu might just get flamed. And bedfore "I" get flamed for this, yes, I am joking.
08-27-2008, 12:42 PM
#27
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Northwest suburbs, Illinois
Posts: 2,075
RE: If you could give one piece of advice?
Know the primary food sorce and when it changes and you will consitantly kill deer.
My advice is an old polish adage.. (I'm part polish)
How does a pollack swim across a lake.. he swims half way then swims back.
Alot of hunters do the same.
08-27-2008, 12:52 PM
#29
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 216
RE: If you could give one piece of advice?
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
Don’t force the shot. If it’s not there, it’s not there.
Don’t force the shot. If it’s not there, it’s not there.
Sometimes it's difficult to pass up a shot, but know your limits and stick with them. If you decide your limit is 25 yards or 30 yards and that deer is at 35... you gotta pass.
