#1 thing that contributes to your success?
12-03-2004, 12:29 PM
#42
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY
Posts: 4,668
RE: #1 thing that contributes to your success?
The ONLY Thing you need to be successful is good land to hunt with plenty of deer using it.
Get up a tree. You can get away with a lot more casual movement 20 feet up a tree then you can on the ground where scratching your nose could spell disaster. You still can't do jumping jacks up there but you get the drift.
If you are like most people and have to hunt land where a decent amount of work and some luck sprinkled in are needed for success then I would say 2 things are a must.
#1 Don't hunt where it looks good to YOU. Hunt where you think looks good to a DEER. It's nice to be able to see 200 yards in every direction but deer don't just walk out in the open and say "shoot me". They enjoy at least a little cover and what I try and do is find a thick area that they will come from and then set up in a semi thick transition point somewhere in between. When they travel they will tend to stick with the cover of the semi thick transition area vs just breaking into the clear.
#2 Put your time in. You can't kill anything if you're not in the woods. I hear MANY people start to gripe after not getting a deer for 2 days..........cmon man........would you really want it too be that easy?? If I could just walk outside and sit down knowing a I would drop a deer within an hour I don't know how exciting that would be.
A good amount of time spent in woods where there are a respectable amount of deer will at least get you some sitings.........the rest is up to you
Be a good shot too. What could be worse then only getting one chance a year and blowing it because you can't shoot?
Get up a tree. You can get away with a lot more casual movement 20 feet up a tree then you can on the ground where scratching your nose could spell disaster. You still can't do jumping jacks up there but you get the drift.
If you are like most people and have to hunt land where a decent amount of work and some luck sprinkled in are needed for success then I would say 2 things are a must.
#1 Don't hunt where it looks good to YOU. Hunt where you think looks good to a DEER. It's nice to be able to see 200 yards in every direction but deer don't just walk out in the open and say "shoot me". They enjoy at least a little cover and what I try and do is find a thick area that they will come from and then set up in a semi thick transition point somewhere in between. When they travel they will tend to stick with the cover of the semi thick transition area vs just breaking into the clear.
#2 Put your time in. You can't kill anything if you're not in the woods. I hear MANY people start to gripe after not getting a deer for 2 days..........cmon man........would you really want it too be that easy?? If I could just walk outside and sit down knowing a I would drop a deer within an hour I don't know how exciting that would be.
A good amount of time spent in woods where there are a respectable amount of deer will at least get you some sitings.........the rest is up to you
Be a good shot too. What could be worse then only getting one chance a year and blowing it because you can't shoot?
12-03-2004, 01:48 PM
#45
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hillsboro, Ohio
Posts: 464
RE: #1 thing that contributes to your success?
I'm right with Ironranger, if it wasn't for my persistence of not getting one for so long, I'd be at home playing video games like the rest of (immature) kids my age (17)
