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Understand how a deer reacts to a good hit to the vitals, and, if you get a good hit and see the "death kick" but it still runs away, DON'T go after it immediately.

Let it lie down and die. Give it an hour or else you're in for a long, sucky chase as you keep jumping it and pushing it.

Good tip Goalie.

Rule when I was a kid. Wait at least 1/2 hr before tracking. So when I was young it was pretty much wait for my dad to come get me after a shot. It was a perfect amount of time to get a thermos cup of hot chocolate.

Now a days, I wait until I’m done shaking.

What I have a hard time with is when one of the young kids shoot, is to get them to stay there until I get there. But….they’re 16 now. Time for them to succeed/fail on their own.

Can't lift up my mouth, lol

Most important advice I can give: Sit still and be quiet.

Or if they die of disease, or predators, or from fighting,
or from vehicular battle, or road hunters, or harsh
weather, or parasites, etc. etc.

^ ^ ^ THIS ^ ^ ^

And pay attention and don't diddle with your phone
If you're bored, you picked the wrong activity

[ PRESSING LIKE BUTTON NOW]

My personal version ^ ^ of this-
Animals are outside every day rain or shine
Fish are wet 24/7

And you will see lots of neat stuff besides deer of whatever species.

Even if you're just goofing off in the woods. You're learning something. Hunting or not. Just be in the woods and learn to be a woodsman.

Fugg that. That's a recipe for boredom, man.

I can't imagine hunting like they do north of the border - sitting in a box blind from sunup to sundown, for days on end, freezing.

When practicable, I prefer to go after 'em.

That I agree with 100%.

Get there early, stay late!

There is no one plan to fit all locations.
Much has to do with location, such as wether its a farm area or wether its a big woods area.
Find the food source and the deer wont be far from it.
Mast crop food such as acorns can vary from plentifull to little to none from year to year.
So it boils down to scouting before the season.

Always have unscented baby wipes handy!! In camp, your backpack, day pack, in your vehicle. They are indispensable.

Yes skeen there is something more important. You MUST be in the right place BEFORE you will have an opportunity
to shoot AT deer.


Jerry

It’s amazing how that works. My area put in a 13” spread requirement about 15 years ago before that it was constant to hear how there “just aren’t the genetics here for 140” deer”. Since then a couple 160” have been taken in that same area with the bad genetics and several 130 plus deer taken every year

I would add to hunt the late morning. Most of the bigger bucks I’ve seen are between 9:30 and 11:30. They learn to pattern hunters just like we pattern then

Thanks for sharing

It's not really a choice here. I much rather spot and stalk like out west. However, I have killed a few still hunting moving super slowly when the leaves are wet.

Treestands just work in the south.