Hunting – Understand Methods of Hunting

Planning Your Scout – Understand Methods of

Hunting
• Baiting is the use of decoys, lures, scent or food to
attract targeted animals.
Side Note

• Make you own

blind.
• Buy the biggest
umbrella you can
find.
• Cut out the
shooting port.
• Paint in a camo
pattern.
Planning Your Scout - Methods of Hunting

• Blind hunting is waiting for animals in a concealed

position.
Side Note

• Make your own

Ghost-Blind out of
cardboard and
space blankets.
• Portable and Hasty
Set-up!
Planning Your Scout - Methods of Hunting

• Stand hunting is waiting for animals in a concealed

and/or elevated position.
Side Note- Always Wear Your Fall Protection
Planning Your Scout - Methods of Hunting

• Driving is the herding of

animals in a particular
direction, as over a cliff or
to other hunters.
• Animals are strategically
driven into an area difficult
to traverse and easier to
ambush –kill.
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• Trapping is the use of

devices (e.g., snares, pits,
deadfalls) to capture or kill
an animal. Trapping is the
use of devices (e.g., snares,
pits, deadfalls) to capture or
kill an animal is the use of
devices (e.g., snares, pits,
deadfalls) to capture or kill
an animal.
Planning Your Scout – Understand Methods of
Hunting
• Washouts on hillsides do the
willing hunter a favor by
creating the perfect funnel
by forcing deer to go high or
low in order to avoid
crossing the rocky washout.
Planning Your Scout – Understand Methods of
Hunting
• Access to agricultural feeding
areas influences daily deer
movements. Oftentimes, crop
fields will be separated by a
sliver of cover, which creates the
perfect pinch point for a stand.
Better still is when that strip of
timber or brush connects two
blocks of larger cover. Stands
set here can take advantage of
prevailing winds and produce all
season long.
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Hunting

The Wetland Figure-

Eight
which consists of a
narrow point often
connected by a slightly
higher ridge—a drier
travel route—between
high ground. Deer will
use these spots to cross
wetlands all season long.
Planning Your Scout – Understand Methods of
Hunting
Some river- and creek-crossings exist
simply because they are located
between two desirable deer-holding
areas. Others exist out of necessity,
like the only shallow run in an
otherwise long stretch of deep, slow
water. If you have running water on
your deer ground, walk its length to
identify all crossings. Oftentimes the
terrain dictates how deer will not only
approach a waterway, but how they’ll
get across it, resulting in season-long
stand sites.
Planning Your Scout – Understand Methods of
Hunting

Points are isolated

ridges that gradually
slope down to lower
elevations. They are
easily identified on topo
maps, and 3-D images.
Deer will often funnel
along points to access
the bottoms or hill-tops.
Planning Your Scout – Understand Methods of
Hunting
Planning Your Scout – Understand Methods of
Hunting
Make the forage you’re hunting more
attractive than any other in the area.
This is done with fertilizers and a basic
understanding of plant biology. About
two weeks prior to opening day, hit
the forage you plan to hunt with a
dose of urea (46-0-0 fertilizer). Follow
that up with an application of nitrogen.
The urea will fuel the root system and
the nitrogen will turn the foliage ultra-
green. This only works on plants that
are still green, of course. Doing this to
soybeans makes them seem almost
neon in color, and deer will pound
them.
Planning Your Scout – Understand Methods of
Hunting
If you have already
scouted out your area?
The best time to hunt is
during Nightfall, Heavy
Rain, Snow and Strong
Winds

However, never hunt above 70 degrees.

Exception- Animals may be thirsty from the heat.
Post in a stand near a water hole.
Planning Your Scout – Understand Methods of
Hunting
• Tracking is the practice of interpreting physical
evidence to pursue animals.
Planning Your Scout – Understand Methods of
Hunting
• Stalking is the practice of walking stealthily, often in
pursuit of an identified animal.
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Hunting

Hunt in Large Wide Open Fields

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Hunting