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I hope this thread helps those looking to improve there bowhunting success,I am 49 years old and have taken well over 100 plus deer in my life with a arrow as of now,Being said i have seen a lot of things in the woods as a hunter and a guide at whiskey hollow plantation in ga, I have hunted chataqua county kansas home of monster kansas bucks,ogelthorpe county georgia 65 deer per square mile deer density,the missoui ozarks mountains home of huge bucks, southern ohio, and southern kentucky,so i have hunted different environments is why i say this,I love bowhunting, as most do here is why i write this for those looking to improve there big buck success,
First of all big bucks are night time animals, your lucky to see one in the day time, so many big bucks live and survive because of there nocturnal life styles,
Younger bucks follow the does life style and habits untill they go thru there second rut,is why a lot of young bucks are harvested,
Early bow season september october You can kill these big boys if you know how to defeat there normal habits, Everyone knows you can get a big buck during the peak rut when they are running does, but this most often falls in gun season,I bowhunt all thru archery and gun season,I do not own a gun because I feel strongly about my bowhunt only hunting, The hunt is more important to me then the harvest, I would rather have one great buck on the wall from a arrow then 100 from a gun,but thats just from years of bowhunting and the love of it,
now lets talk about getting you your big buck with a arrow this upcoming season,
First i would rather have a 20 dollar pair of rubber boots then a 100 dollar pair of leather boots and that includes rubber boots with anything but all rubber, Why, deer can smell your footprints i have seen it a hundred times, when they smell your boot print the turn around and take off its over.
Use rubber boots tall rubber boots with pants tucked inside the boots,and spray them well with a scent killer everytime you get out of the truck or car and go into the woods, very important even the bottoms,spray the inside also is full of smells,
The single most important thing to buy and use a lot of is scent killer sprays, do not be shy with it, it is critical,when hunting old mature bucks,
Do not touch anything in the woods they can smell your finger prints use gloves and scent killers on your hands and gloves,
use uv killer on your blind and cloths and keep cloths and boots in cedar chips between hunts, i change into my cedar chips cloths and boots when i leave the woods and remove my hunt cloths and boots and return to the cedar chips bag or box each and everytime i go into and out of the woods.Your vehicle is full of odors and it will get on your cloths the floor boards of your vehicle has bad odors fuel smells from pumping gas etc, just change before getting back in side vehicle,I know this sounds like a lot but it is critical to consistantly be successful, make these things a habit,
Find the food find the deer,is next..
First of all big bucks are night time animals, your lucky to see one in the day time, so many big bucks live and survive because of there nocturnal life styles,
Younger bucks follow the does life style and habits untill they go thru there second rut,is why a lot of young bucks are harvested,
Early bow season september october You can kill these big boys if you know how to defeat there normal habits, Everyone knows you can get a big buck during the peak rut when they are running does, but this most often falls in gun season,I bowhunt all thru archery and gun season,I do not own a gun because I feel strongly about my bowhunt only hunting, The hunt is more important to me then the harvest, I would rather have one great buck on the wall from a arrow then 100 from a gun,but thats just from years of bowhunting and the love of it,
now lets talk about getting you your big buck with a arrow this upcoming season,
First i would rather have a 20 dollar pair of rubber boots then a 100 dollar pair of leather boots and that includes rubber boots with anything but all rubber, Why, deer can smell your footprints i have seen it a hundred times, when they smell your boot print the turn around and take off its over.
Use rubber boots tall rubber boots with pants tucked inside the boots,and spray them well with a scent killer everytime you get out of the truck or car and go into the woods, very important even the bottoms,spray the inside also is full of smells,
The single most important thing to buy and use a lot of is scent killer sprays, do not be shy with it, it is critical,when hunting old mature bucks,
Do not touch anything in the woods they can smell your finger prints use gloves and scent killers on your hands and gloves,
use uv killer on your blind and cloths and keep cloths and boots in cedar chips between hunts, i change into my cedar chips cloths and boots when i leave the woods and remove my hunt cloths and boots and return to the cedar chips bag or box each and everytime i go into and out of the woods.Your vehicle is full of odors and it will get on your cloths the floor boards of your vehicle has bad odors fuel smells from pumping gas etc, just change before getting back in side vehicle,I know this sounds like a lot but it is critical to consistantly be successful, make these things a habit,
Find the food find the deer,is next..