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Where To Set Up For The Hunt
When finding a place to set up for the next hunting day you must remember that deer have 3 purposes in their life:
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The first is that a deer must eat to survive. Try to find any area where clover or rye or any greens cover the ground. Look in the surrounding areas to establish trail routes and scrapes; and look for tracks to reinforce movement and frequency.
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The second is that deer must sleep. A deer loves to sleep in areas where the brush is very thick and very dense. Most areas of this nature accompany small pines and swampy areas where movement by a predator would not go without detection. These areas are very hard to hunt in because of limited vision and the noise that would accompany a hunter stirring around the brush to get to his stand or blind. Attempting to hunt in these areas is not suggested because of these handicaps; it would be best to wait on the outskirts of a well used trail and await the exit or entrance of the deer from or to his feeding spot.
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The third cycle of a deer’s life is its powerful will to mate and it is during this time (also known as the rut) in which the deer’s senses are dulled and the hunter now has a slight edge over the more active and less alert buck. During this time of the year the buck will be active a significantly larger amount of the time as he searches for mates to assure his bloodline continues. This means that you will have a greater chance of seeing an elusive buck and a much better chance of bagging one
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