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bindlestitch1 asked:

www.turleyknives.com Tips for beginner white tail deer hunters. Romans 10:9

AllsouthOutdoors asked:

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!!!!Another evening hunting trip in North Georgia. This is why they call it hunting and not killing.

hickok45 asked:

Deer hunting in August? (Insanity is hard to hide!) Guns involved in this crime are a 16″ Bushmaster .223 and my Glock 27.

Deer Calls

Have you ever asked yourself, do deer calls really work during the early archery season? Or what about grunting and rattling during the rutting season? The answer is yes. In the northern states many archery deer hunting seasons start in early October. Here in Michigan, the deer season kicks off Oct. 1st. One of my favorite calls to use is the Bleat in a Can or calling with my mouth in the early season. When calling with my mouth, I simply make the sound, “blat” or “mat” trying to imitate either a mature deer or a young fawn. Mature does seem to respond to the fawn bleat “mat” more so than the “blat” which I use when trying to call in a mature buck. This type of calling seems to work best in the early season before the rut sets in.

Modern deer calling didn’t start or it was not accepted until the early 80′s when companies like Quaker Boy of New York, Haydel’s of Louisiana and Woods Wise Products of Tennessee started mass producing the white-tail deer calls. Many archery hunters like me and my Dad started calling with our mouths as early as the late 60′s. Most calls that are produced today, imitate the grunting noise of the buck and the snort and bleat noise made by all white-tail deer. Rattling of antlers is also considered a type of call. For this particular call, I like using the antlers in a bag. The reason for this is the bag is not bulky like carrying around a set of antlers would be. I usually have the bag of antlers tied around my leg or in my front pocket where I have easy access to it. If you use antlers for your choice of rattling call, you either have to hang them up in your stand or lay them down on your platform. Both of these types of antler rattling work well during the rutting season.

The grunt call is also an excellent call to use during the entire archery season. This call stimulates the deer’s curiosity and the noise is made by both the doe and the buck. Most people think only the buck makes this low pitched noise during the rutting season. Not true.The doe makes this same noise, only not quite as loud as the mature buck will make. It is also believed that grunting will scare off the smaller buck. That is not necessarily true. Although the smaller buck may not want to get into a battle with the larger buck, they are curious and anxious to see a battle. Grunting calls work very well during the rut.

Keep in mind, during your archery white-tail deer season, using one particular call may not work as well as another on any given day. This is why I carry or use different calls all season long. In order to master a call, all you have to do is practice and listen to the deer talking out in the wild and then imitate them. It really does work!
Listen and Learn!

By: Ted Lake

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hickok45 asked:

Deer hunting in August? (Insanity is hard to hide!) Guns involved in this crime are a 16″ Bushmaster .223 and my Glock 27.

AllsouthOutdoors asked:

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!!!! Finally make it to the stand. We have an interesting encounter and get a deer count from camp.

According to a website I found online, well over 11 million people go deer hunting each and every single year, and white tail deer hunting is the most popular of all the hunting sports. A deer can run 40 miles per hour and can leap over a fence 8 feet high. So, what do you do if you want to talk about deer hunting with other people? Or what if you have a question about something that only another hunter would know? There’s actually two different things you could do. One is to find websites and read about different topics and subject by finding articles and columns. The second and much more informative way is to find deer hunting forums online.

These forums allow you to talk with a community of people about all sorts of things such as best places to hunt, deer permits, best equipment and accessories to use for deer hunting, tracking deers, best deer guns and gun accessories, etc. Another really cool thing about these sites, is that most likely they will also have other sub forums that have to do with hunting other animals such as ducks, turkey, fish, etc. So, these sites are “one stop” shops. There is no need to go anywhere else, which is nice if you don’t want to waste time going to 50 other forums to find out about 50 other topics. Everything is in one organized place just for you. These websites also have another sort of “content” available, videos! These videos allow you to see tutorials on how to do certain things such as how to skin a deer or how to use camouflage to hide yourself, as well as some other videos. When you visit these forums be sure to use the search function to find what you are looking for. Chances are someone already asked the same question you asked, and chances are they received tons of feedback, advice and answers.

That’s another really nice thing about forums, is most of the time your original questions have already been answered, so there’s no need to even post a question.

If you would like to find forums like this, you can check out some of the sites listed below for more information:

Deer Hunting Chat
Deer Hunters Club
Hunting Net
Hunting Forums
Big Game Hunt

All these forums will allow you to do multiple different things as well as view different topics, subjects, categories and forms of content such as videos, chat boards, threads, and even articles.

By: Kristi Ambrose

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This list assumes you have the bare necessities to legally harvest a white tail deer, including things like a bow, knife and required licenses. The rest of the items on this list just increase your odds of success.

1 Satellite pictures of the area you are interested in hunting. I like Google Maps and Yahoo Maps. These two sights show maps from different times of the year for my area. It is nice to see the vegetation as well as distinguish between trees and brush. You can see game trails, drainages, natural bottlenecks clearings etc. I am often able to pick an approximate hunting stand location based on the wind direction just from the information from aerial pictures.

2 Mock scrapes. For only a few dollars in mock scrape starter scent you can establish a route for the bucks in the area giving you a better chance of finding them especially as the rut draws near.

3 Tree Stand. Tree stands help get your scent up off the ground. Most deer predators attack from the ground, so being up in the air puts you in a place that deer do not expect to see predators, so you are less likely to be noticed. Tree stand have an advantage over ground blinds in that they give you a better point of view with less obstruction. They are also more portable than tripod aerial blinds.

4 Camouflage. Camouflage clothing is very important, I like Ghillie Suits but they are not a necessity. Be sure to camouflage your weapon and your face. I been seen by deer more often when my face was not camouflaged.

5 Scent eliminator. Play the wind, use a treestand, but don’t forget scent eliminator, it is an inexpensive way to add another few percentage points to your odds.

6 Range finder. All the hard work you have done in the off season, scouting, trail cams, mock scrapes, stand selection is all for nothing if you can’t place the shot when it counts.

7 Estrus. When the rut is in full swing, a few drops of this golden elixir is sure to bring the bucks in from downwind.

8 Rattling antlers or rattle bag. From subtle rattling in the October pre-rut to aggressive ratting during the main rut, there is no other audible call more effective than rattling.

9 Good mechanical broadheads. They fly straighter and more predictably than fixed blade broadheads and they often have a greater cutting diameter with less weight.

10 Headlamp. When you place the shot in the waning light and you give it some time to expire it is good idea to try to track that night. A change in the weather could wash away your trail and it doesn’t take long for a deer to go bad if it is not field dressed. It would be a shame to do all this work and not to have anything to show for it, more importantly, it would not be respectful of our natural resources.

By: Scott LaCoe

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steelrain1977 asked:

White tail deer Entrance / Exit hole from .300 Win Mag

Joey asked:


I am 15 and am getting lots of different answers. I was looking at the 30-06 or the .308. I live on 10 acres and 3/4 of it is trees. It is kind of brushy. Thanks for any help.