Try washing your clothes in water with baking soda, hang them out to dry and then place them in a large plastic bag with baking soda and leaves to store. It is proven 99% effective at removing human odor at Doyle’s University. Another helpful hint is to use Velcro on your butt to help you stay in your stand. Hang in there... sit still and pick a good spot they will come.
Hope you get the “BIG ONE”.
I would like to always be in my stand from November 7th through the 13th. Bucks may rut before and after these dates, but these have always been my go to days. Also, try hunting over known doe bedding areas, and remember the thicker the better.
The deer season draws near. Time to start shooting your bow, repairing arrows from last year, check out your broad heads and order what you need at B&T Shooting before the supplies run short. I’ll be cutting shooting lanes and checking out my tree stands all summer. I like to glass the fields early on in search for feeding deer and continue this for the first few weeks. Later on, I’ll be hunting the edge of the thickets for those rutting bucks.
My son and I took are handguns to the shoot range I brought a Karr .45 and my son had a Glock .44. This was actually my husband new gun the (Karr) and I thought it might be good for me to shoot.
So I went to the shooting range and was presented with a pair of protective eyewear and ear protection . I was told to place them on my ears and eyes before entering the first door and then the second door led me into the range that was where the active shooting was going on.
Even with the protective ear device you could feel the power of the weapons being fired. As I was entering the third stall and was told to place my weapon on the counter. Opening the box up and removing the clip and being instructed on how to load my gun. I was instructed to always keep the gun pointed downward toward the target and if I turned around the weapon needed to be placed on the counter in my stall.
My target was place in the device and moved 25 ft. away. As I was instructed to take the gun in my hands with my finger off the trigger until I was ready to shoot, also being aware to keep my thumb away from the sliding device where my finger would not get smashed.
After doing everything as I was informed and being a bit nervous I look thru the sight and aimed at the target and BOOM!!! The first, second and third round ended up in the floor. I didn’t expect the recoil too be so intense. After firing a few more times I was hitting the target, I began to settle down and relax. After an additional 800 rounds I believe I was getting the hang of it.
Winter mornings are much colder when you have to get up at 4am. They are even colder when you have to sit on a tree stand for the whole morning waiting to see something that might never appear. This may seem like such a drag but to a hunter this is heaven.
My first deer hunt opened my eyes to the extremes that one must go through for that one trophy buck. Unsatisfactory weather, early mornings and solidarity out in the unfamiliar wilderness all seem to be less than pleasant factors to most but after my trip, I seemed to realize exactly why they do it. I never saw a thing that day but my friend did. The excitement, honor and reward that being able to call that deer your deer is unbelievable.
My second time out was much nicer. It was in the late fall yet it was still somewhat warm. Sitting in the stand was a lot more tolerable without the snow, frigid temperatures and freezing wind.
With better preparations I was able to draw some small does toward me. Although I couldn’t take any of them since they were too small, just seeing them was rewarding enough.
More than important than filling your tag is the good times had with friends while out in the woods and the nights spent after the hunt is over. I will remember all the good times spent hunting.