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The Natural Habits of the Deer
Deer Hunting Secrets
Discover The Closely Guarded True Secrets Of Master Hunters.
Author: Mitch Johnson Under some conditions, deer walking in the woods will
blend into their surroundings so well that the hunter who sees them will be
uncertain as to what he has seen. In bad light the deer even just disappears.
The deer seems to understand that man rely on their eyes to sight them. In the
few localities where the Virginia deer is found, it is necessary to use slightly
different hunting methods. And hunting in different climatic conditions could
also influence the way you hunt.
Deer seem to know that humans depend on eyes to locate game and consequently the
deer will often depend on natural camouflage for protection instead of resorting
to flight with its attending danger of running into other unexpected danger.
They seem to be especially reluctant to leave their beds while they are
digesting a recently eaten meal and a hunter can often approach them by walking
on a course that will bring him within gun range, but which is not directly
towards the animal. If they can be persuaded that the hunter has not seen them,
and is not interested in them, their reluctance to move may permit quite a close
approach. Feeding and traveling deer are not as apt to depend on camouflage and
will usually resort to flight as soon as they have positively identified any
approaching danger.
The hunter who knows the location of the deer trails, how and where to find deer
at different times of day, how deer detect danger, how they react to different
situations, should be able to take advantage of the weak spots in their defense
system and should be able to avoid the strong points in that system. This is
deer hunting reduced to its basic simplicity.
In the mountain area of the west, the whitetail gives way to other species. The
former have never learned to make the annual migration that is necessary in a
region of heavy snowfall and as a result the mule deer is in possession of the
area. In the few localities where the Virginia deer is found, it is necessary to
use slightly different hunting methods. Difficult travel conditions and greater
visibility in the more open woods force the successful hunter to use glasses for
spotting game at a distance, and long-range guns equipped with telescope sights
are needed in order to shoot deer which are often in, or across, ravines where
any chance of a close approach would be almost impossible. Similar conditions
exist in the open, near desert country of the southwest where most of the deer
will be found in the brush-filled ravines, and cover for successful stalking is
almost nonexistent.
I have heard that the use of sticks or antlers to simulate the noise of a fight
between two bucks has been successful in attracting deer to hunters along the
Mexican border. This may be successful in that area as deer act differently in
different sections of the country, but I doubt the effectiveness of this action
in the northeast. Most of my hunting has been done in this area and I have been
fortunate enough to be a spectator at several buck fights. I have also examined
the arena where other such contests have taken place and I have never seen any
evidence to show that other deer were attracted to, or showed any interest in,
these fights. If this is so, it would seem to be a waste of time to try to
attract deer by such a noise.
The deer sometimes seem to be especially reluctant to leave their beds while
they are digesting a recently eaten meal and a hunter can often approach them by
walking on a course that will bring him within gun range, but which is not
directly towards the animal. The hunter who knows the location of the deer
trails, how and where to find deer at different times of day, how deer detect
danger, how they react to different situations, can used this thing to their
advantage.
Hunters can gain more advantage if they can find 2 deer fight, as the deer will
not pay their attention to the hunter. This will give some space for the hunters
to make their position to shoot the deer.
Mitch Johnson is a regular writer for
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