Archive for the ‘Deer Hunting’ Category

Treestands are useful especially if you are hunting for deer, particularly whitetail deer. The deer would only look at an eye level. So if you are elevated, you have a great chance to conceal yourself and have a successful hunt.

In choosing treestands, you must consider your safety first. It must be sturdy or else you are at risk of falling. There are also some treestands that would only require you to sit as you wait for the incoming prey. This must be comfortable since you will be waiting for the animal for quite a long time.

Once you have purchased the treestand that is right for you, just put your treestand in the right spot so you can easily hunt for the deer without being so obvious.

Ohio is another state where hunting is popular during certain seasons. And like any other states, it also has rules that hunters must follow.

A hunter license is important before you can start shooting bullets and arrows in the state. To get this, you must pass the hunter education course.

Deer hunting is strictly regulated in Ohio. You can use legal hunting weapons such as bows, rifles, and airguns but you can never set traps nor use deer calling to attract the prey.

It is also a must that the hunter should wear orange clothes especially during the open season. This is to make sure that your fellow hunters would also see you.

Even if you are very accurate in shooting the bear or dear with a bow, your prey can still get away from you wounded. If not, it would take you several hours just to track and find the prey that you just hit (even if you targeted the most vital organ in its body).

Probably you have overlooked the sharpness of your broad head. If your broad head is sharp, it will almost instantly kill the deer or the bear, leaving you less time tracking and more time hunting.

A sharp broad head can be the most lethal weapon that you can have when bow hunting. See to it that you test the sharpness of your blade first before heading to the hunting site.

Oh great! You finally shot a deer after a long day of waiting. But with the distance that is between you and your prey, how would you actually keep track of the deer and get its body afterwards? Simple, just read between the lines. In this case, read the body language of the animal.

Analyze if the deer already pants for breath after a clear shot. This means that you hit a sensitive organ like the lungs. If this is the case then your prey could no longer run far. Better let your trusty dog do his job and start following him to avoid losing the deer.

When the deer humps upon your bullet or bow hits, then you probably targeted the guts. With this, you should wait at least 4 hours or so before you start tracking the blood trails of the deer.

If you aimed for the heart, don’t expect that the deer would drop dead easily. Surprisingly, unless you have hit the right spot, the deer would be still back on its feet in a matter of minutes.

The trick in tracking the deer is to use paper or a tissue on the pinkish blood to check if it is still fresh. In that way, you will know where is the animal has gone.

Recently, we have discussed the four various locations where you could set up your stand when hunting for deer. But there are actually two more best places to deer stand hunt and these are the following:

Benches – the benches are the shelves that are located below the ridge top. This is where most deer feed, bed, and make their scrapes as well. The benches are also the perfect locations especially when the woods already give a hunting pressure to the deer.

Saddles – deer loves to pass through the ridges and this could be the perfect spot for you to set up your stand. During the heavy or peek times of the hunting season, you will be able to hunt for numerous deer here in saddles since they would be using it as their escape route.

Here are the other locations where you could best deer stand hunt.

• Funnel areas – These are the bottleneck areas where the deer is forced to go a narrow place due to obstacles such as rivers, lakes, and even open fields. The whitetail deer is flourishing in these funnel areas especially during the hunting season.
• At their habitat’s edges – More often than not, it is the whitetail deer that is usually seen at the edge habitat. Usually they are staying at the edge of the field and forest. During the night, set up your stand near the edge of the field. This is where they usually feed. But if you want to hunt during day time, set up your stand near the bedding area of the deer. Make sure that you don’t place the stand too close to the bedding area or you would scare the animals away.

Watch out for the next blog to know the other places here you can deer stand hunt.

Getting the right location is one of the cornerstones of success when it comes to deer stand hunting. Here are the first two common places where hunters put up their stands to wait for their dear, i mean deer, prey.

• Area where the deer gets its food sources – if you would like to deer stand hunt during the night, it would be best if you do it near the field. On the other hand, if you would deer stand hunt during the day, expert hunters recommend that you locate your position not so far from the bedding area.

• Trails – always choose the trail side where the wind is always at your favor. See to it that you cut the lanes to get a clear shot of the deer.

More location tips on the next blog…

Deer stand hunting is considered as the most effective and the most productive way to hunt for all kinds of deer. The said strategy requires the hunter to sit motionless at the tree stand so that the prey would not be able to detect any from him.

If the hunter quietly sitting at the stand knows how to conceal his scent, the deer will be oblivious of his presence the whole time. With this said, the stand hunter will be a very lethal in hunting the deer.

One of the major factors that would make or break the stand hunter is the wind. More often than not, a crosswind or a downwind location is always customized in order to increase the chance of the hunter’s successful hunt. This allows the hunter to avoid the keen sense of smell of the deer.

Deer hunting can be a lot of fun especially if you have the right tools and weapons. With the wide array of weapons to choose from, it can be quite difficult for an amateur to pick his hunting armament. Here is a list of the best weapons that you can use when hunting for deers.

Pistols – .357 Magnum,.454 Casull, and .44 Remington Magnum

Rifles – .250 Savage, .280 Remington, 7mm Remington Magnum, and .270 Winchester

Shotguns – 20 Gauge, 10 Gauge, and 12 Gauge

Bows – 40 pound Bow, 50 pound Compound Bow, and 60 pound Bow

Muzzleloaders – .45 Caliber up to .54 Caliber

Now that you know which are the best weapons for deer hunting you must start practicing before going to the wilds and start shooting at the prey.

Hunting used to be a part of people’s lifestyle. They use this technique in order to get food, clothes, and most of their necessities. But today, hunting is a sport that is best enjoyed by the male. One of the animals that they are usually after are deers.

Deer hunting is now enjoyed not only by men but even women as well. They love how they work hard for their dinner and bringing home a fresh deer meat in the kitchen. Aside from using deer hunting to get fresh meat, some people (particularly those who are deeply inclined in American culture) consider the deer parts (horns, head, etc.) as a status symbol. The more deers you kill, the more manly you are.

Would you teach your child how to hunt Bambi?