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Q:I need to get out to my stand and slightly adjust it to make it more comfortable before the rut and all day sits start (yes I know, this should have been done weeks ago.) I want to be comfortable sitting there but I also don't want to spook the deer, as I am going to start hitting the woods hard come this next weekend. How long would you say human activity around your hunting area spooks away deer this time of year? Thanks in advance.
from chowland28 on 10.25.099 answers
Q:So I did not see anything in the woods I was hunting today, but on the way out we walked a trail for horses that we can hunt. In a stretch of a hundred to two hundred yards there was 6-7 scrapes. How do you hunt scrapes? Do you hunt in a stand or ground blind? Thanks.
from usmcturkey on 10.04.0911 answers
Q:does anyone use grunts and doe bleats during early bow season? how does it work? what time of day do you usually call?
from dwill22 on 09.29.095 answers
Q:IL archery season starts this Thursday, any tips on what I should do.
from thehunter on 09.26.096 answers
Q:Etiquette question...I've always rifle hunted and have been lucky to not have to track any of my kills. However, as I prepare for my first archery season, I know this is part of the sport, and will at least partly be hunting in a semi-private area with assigned plots close together. So, my question is 2 parts. 1. Any tips for tracking? Time to wait, pattern to how deer travel once hit, etc. 2. Is there a certain etiquette to tracking a deer when you know you're going to have to move through another hunters territory, let alone if you find the deer down 60 yards from his stand? Wait until the other hunter's gone? Dress it and accept that he's going to have to accept it?
from WVOtter on 09.14.0913 answers