Your most successful deer hunting techniques?
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300Spartans
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Canada of course
Pushing the bush.
- Location
- Prince Albert, Sk
Ambush!!!
Sitting in the stand with vaious calls/scents.
Sitting in the stand with vaious calls/scents.
Jwirecom109
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Rural Alberta
+1 .
They all work but like any thing else it is the right tool at the right time.
In august I do a lot of scouting.
i) Go out at dawn or dusk and find where they are.
ii) Do a lot of walking in these areas to find the travel and bedding areas.
1) Early season ( Sept archery ) I am up in a treestand
2) Mid season october (muzzleloader) I tend to sit at the edge of fields
3) Late season december ( rifle) I drive a fair bit and am much more mobile on
foot as the rut is on.
All three ways produce but it tend to fill my tags early as I have very good luck with my muzzle loader. I tend not to wait for Mr. Big as that is not my priority however I have taken some Mr. Bigs in all three seasons. You just never know.
As I get older I don't like that -20 or colder weather so I put most of my time in Sept and October during the evening hunts. Cold and early mornings are for the young
All things considered I've shot and seen more deer while sitting than if I am moving regardless of if you are on foot or in a vehicle. I would hazard a guess that in my part of the country most deer are taken by road warriors.
In august I do a lot of scouting.
i) Go out at dawn or dusk and find where they are.
ii) Do a lot of walking in these areas to find the travel and bedding areas.
1) Early season ( Sept archery ) I am up in a treestand
2) Mid season october (muzzleloader) I tend to sit at the edge of fields
3) Late season december ( rifle) I drive a fair bit and am much more mobile on
foot as the rut is on.
All three ways produce but it tend to fill my tags early as I have very good luck with my muzzle loader. I tend not to wait for Mr. Big as that is not my priority however I have taken some Mr. Bigs in all three seasons. You just never know.
As I get older I don't like that -20 or colder weather so I put most of my time in Sept and October during the evening hunts. Cold and early mornings are for the young
All things considered I've shot and seen more deer while sitting than if I am moving regardless of if you are on foot or in a vehicle. I would hazard a guess that in my part of the country most deer are taken by road warriors.
I have taken deer from stands and also from the ground stalking.....both work well but stalk a deer through the woods for an hour till you get that shot and you will never get a better high!
Jamie Black R/T
CGN Regular
- Location
- God's Country, AB
depends what your definition of successful is.
Want to fill tags? push bush and move around.
Want to bag a trophy? still hunting all the way. do your research and get some good positions set up....put in the time on stand and you will be rewarded. But be prepared to pass up easy ones LOL
Want to fill tags? push bush and move around.
Want to bag a trophy? still hunting all the way. do your research and get some good positions set up....put in the time on stand and you will be rewarded. But be prepared to pass up easy ones LOL
- Location
- Prince Albert, Sk
I have very poor luck with this technique.
I can never seem to get out of the bush fast enough to get a shot after I have pushed them out.
I can never seem to get out of the bush fast enough to get a shot after I have pushed them out.
Out at first light or before preferably and still hunting if the area is known. Around home we have found it better to let the game stick to their routine and try to intercept. Pushing them has not filled a single tag in many years of hunting, they get nocturnal too fast.
Learning to slow down during the day has yeilded some great results too.
Learning to slow down during the day has yeilded some great results too.
slowing down is one of the jeys to success. If I can walk feom point A to point B in 20 minutes I will cover the same distance in about 1 1/2 hours while hunting.
Rocket Surgery
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Last year we drove around until we saw a deer on the logging roads. Took us about 20 minutes, so that worked out alright.
I also didn't realize that taking the bayo off a mosin 1944 carbine makes it shoot 4 inches off center, so I had to take a couple shots.
I also didn't realize that taking the bayo off a mosin 1944 carbine makes it shoot 4 inches off center, so I had to take a couple shots.
I've helped pushed bush for coyotes but never deer. Personally I don't find that really hunting. More of a slaughter.
My best results for hunting are when I go stalking solo in a place were I've done pre season scouting.
My best results for hunting are when I go stalking solo in a place were I've done pre season scouting.
