So here's the basic rundown. Me and my brother will both be hunting with bows for the first time when season opens Monday. We're headed to the hills north of Strasbourg sk which is a fairly wooded hilly environment (at least as far as Saskatchewan goes) we've got our bows ready, practiced shooting, got camo, scent block, calls and antlers, throat Mic radios and tree stands. I'm wondering if there anything major we've forgotten that would help? Also I'm really in the dark on what would be the best way to set up a two man team? Should we line upwind/downwind from each other close/far edge of treeline/end of trails etc.. is it viable to maybe have one guy stalk and get things moving slowly towards the other guy? Thanks for all the help, any info and advice is much appreciated!
first time bow hunter looking for advice
- Thread starter nicski
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hometownhero
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Toon Town, Sk
Get out there early and stay late . Watch the wind. Use bate if you can.
Sask_Hunter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Find them, find where they are eating and where they are sleeping. Spot and stalk is good if you can find them early and watch them bed. Setting in between bedding areas and feed areas can work really well if you know where the feed and sleep. Play the wind and have lots of patience.
Good luck this fall
Good luck this fall
Deer are creatures of habit... the will bed and feed in (sort of) predictable patterns... their primary defense is their nose, and wind currents generally dictate their patterns, they move and bed and feed in a manner that uses the wind to their best defensive benefit. When you have figured out feeding areas and general bedding areas, you will do best by getting as close to the bedding area with your stand locations WITHOUT alerting the deer (so don't get too close)... this will allow you to see more deer movement during good shooting light as they move from bedding to feeding and the back to bedding again... also be careful of the scent you leave behind... deer will pattern you faster than you will pattern them and your scent trail is the main way they do it. Try to access your hunting area from a direction that doesn't compromise your position, this is not always possible, but do your best. Changing stand locations regularly will keep the deer from pegging you down (patterning you) and give you a better chance of getting a good shot... each subsequent time you use a location your odds of a good shot go down. After 40 years of bowhunting, I feel that scent control (of your body and gear) is worth while... but this doesn't mean that you can ignore the wind, it just gives you a little more margin and often that can be the difference between a successful or not... this is my opinion and I will leave it at that (scent control is always hotly debated and the usual suspects show up with their adamant opinions).
Good luck.
Good luck.
- Location
- The Orion Arm
hoytcanon....not to derail the thread, but what do you find works for scent control?
The horns and calls wont work till the pre rut and rut in most cases. Id set up bait piles, very effective and legal in Sask. Record Rack has brought me some nice bucks, elk and moose in under my stand in the past. I also suggest setting up a game camera as they can tell you alot about your stands activity.
Best and most effective scent control is hunt with the wind in your face...they will bust you if they get any sniff of you.
Cheers!!
Best and most effective scent control is hunt with the wind in your face...they will bust you if they get any sniff of you.
Cheers!!
