This whitetail deer hunting guide is packed with deer hunting articles from pros and average joe's to help you bag that whitetail this season.
Like many deer hunters, I hit the field just as much (if not more) after season is done. Getting out with my bow or gun is just a small piece of the hunting puzzle. I enjoy hunting for shed Antlers after the last of the snow starts to melt and the winter temperatures fade as spring rolls in.
Once the deer is in the freezer and the hunting equipment is put away many deer hunters lose interest in going to the woods. But, for the dedicated deer hunter, the next hunting season is just beginning.
Now is the time to tune up the lawnmower, start getting the yardwork done, clean out the garage and maybe help the wife out with the spring cleaning. Better yet, now can be a great time to cure that cabin fever and start scouting for that buck you plan to hunt this fall.
After hunting public land and areas where Brown-Is-Down seems to be the motto, I am all for Let em go and let em grow. During the discussion though, it seemed that many members were of the view point that some of the club's leases would be better for QDM then others.
So, by now in your quest for deer hunting knowledge you have undoubtedly heard that deer are creatures of habit and these habits should be used against them to bring about their demise. Yet you think to yourself, I have seen that whitetail buck there before and he never came back again. Why? If we had the answer to that question it would probably be called shooting and not hunting.
OK, how do I find bedding areas? This seems to be a question I see in forums, emails and a large amount of search queries on the net. As my Bowhunting season is about to kick off here in Wisconsin, I have been out looking for those bedding areas myself.
Much has been written about deer movement in hunting magazines and I have been intrigued by differences in deer activity over the years myself.
After ten years I quit guiding so I could return to my first love, wildlife research. Since 1994 I have spent hundreds of hours correlating deer movement with weather conditions, so that I wouldn't have to sit in my deer stand looking like Frosty the Snowman.
I eased into the area where my stand was placed and checked the wind again,"perfect". Twenty yards up wind of my stand, I place my secret weapon. A full size doe decoy.
Deer calls fall into five different categories; Alarm/Distress, Agonistic (aggressive), Maternal/Neonatal (doe/fawn), Mating and Contact.
Anyone that has hunted public land knows that others in the woods can hurt your hunt. On the other hand they can help it as well. With a little planning, you can use the wind and other hunters to move deer in your direction.
There were two yearling does standing in the old road at the end of the field. Curious as to their reaction I picked up my rattling horns and slammed them together loudly then ground them together, simulating two bucks fighting.
Unfortunately for many people new to the world of hunting and some (hunters that should know better), scouting is something usually thought of as taking place before the actual hunting season.
Do you use a trail camera also known as game cam where you hunt? If not, it is something you should consider adding to your hunting tools.
Deer decoys have been around in some form for a long time. There is evidence that Indians used hides to cover themselves to avoid detection and attract deer at the same time.
