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And Hunting Chapter 1 If this is what your after...  260 Pound Dressed Whitetail Buck You Have Come To The Rite Place! Deer and hunting go together like two peas in a pod. Have you ever wondered how some hunters and hunting seem to be made for each other. Some hunters have the ability to tag out each and every year. Perhaps you may know someone like this! If you do...have you ever tried to drag their secrets out of them? If they are like most master deer hunters they probably don't want to spill the beans. These secrets that they possess really aren't secrets at all. They simply apply what they have learned in a professional manner. Big bucks have traits that hunters need to learn before they can expect to harvest these wise old deer. But learning these big buck traits is only solving half of the equation. Once a hunter learns these traits, they need to figure out how to take advantage of these traits to fill their tag each year. If you have ever found a big whitetail and hunted them, then you know it generally isn't an easy task. There are many many factors that come into play as soon as you decide to hunt these majestic bucks. Figuring out all the factors and then setting up a successful hunt requires a lot of effort. It can be very demanding on your heart and sole. So big bucks and hunting big bucks is not for every hunter. Just like big bucks having it's own traits, so does each and every deer hunter. Only the hunters that are willing to align their traits to the traits of a giant whitetail are generally successful. That is not to say that some hunters won't get lucky and tag out a giant whitetail once in a while, because that does happen from time to time. But to separate a master hunter from the regular hunter all you need to do is to tell them to do it again. If it was luck they won't be able to tag out on a giant buck again... as a rule! Now how does the master deer hunter seem to be able to tag out year after year? To put it simple... they do their homework. The homework is usually very demanding also! As soon as one season ends they start to prepare for the next season coming up. It is a year long learning stage that needs to take place to stay on top of conditions and deer availability. Habitat changes from year to year, so these changes tend to change deer habits. If you ever expect to be a buck master then you need to stay on top of these changes that affect deer behavior, and habits. Many other factors come into play when searching out big bucks and hunting them successfully. Genetics play a part, region plays a part also. You need to determine if giant bucks have come from the region that you plan to hunt. If big bucks have been harvested in a region before, then chances are, the habitat may support more of these big bucks. Talking to local wardens and field biologists as well as tagging stations may well give you the information that you seek. When you encounter a big buck and decide to hunt him, you need to learn the area well. But more importantly, you need to learn how the buck uses the area. By learning how a big buck uses the area that he lives in, you can begin to devise a plan that will bring him down. This part of the process is very important to your success! Wind direction will play a very important part in how a big whitetail will respond to your presence. You will need to learn what and where he will head under various wind conditions and directions, before opening day. Once you learn this wind direction and conditions come opening day won't be a problem for you. I must mention that with wind direction you need to find out where the buck is most likely to be with the current wind direction. For example... if the wind is coming out of the northeast...then the buck is most likely going to be somewhere southwest as this allows him to test the wind currents with his nose. There could be many factors that could prevent him from being southwest of your starting position, such as hunter pressure or lack of available cover, but you need to figure this out before being able to hunt him successfully. On really windy days you will want to head for the thickets and find a well used trail in the thickets and find a spot where you can watch the trail that is downwind of the trail. The deer will be using the trail, you just need to be there when they do. A shifting wind will make the deer head for thick cover. It also will reveal your scent to the deer, but because of the wind shifting they will not want to leave the security of the thicket. The shifting wind will keep them nervous and cause them to move around within the confines of the thicket and with a bit of luck you will be waiting for them. Continue To Page 2 |
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