Several Tips For Guided Trophy Deer Hunts

By Larry Hall


Deer are mammals with antlers that grow and shed once a year unlike antelopes whose horns are permanent. They appear on artworks from the cave painting until the modern ones and their roles in religion, mythology and literature are important. Their importance in the economy is shown with the use of their buckskin, meat called venison and antlers for knife handles.

Hunting them has been a very popular sport since Middle Ages at the earliest and remains popular still and essential for business today. You could go to guided trophy deer hunts Texas and have a hunter with experience help you get a first kill of your own. The following are several tips which may help you hunt and have some success with it.

Deer are good at smelling and human odor could spook them so when you shower, use a soap which has no scent before you hunt and avoid your clothes getting contaminated. Seal them inside bags or plastic containers with leaves, dirt and other ground debris until your location. Doing this will make your clothing take the scents that are natural there.

Most hunters think the best way to attract bucks is with doe estrous though not every situation will be suitable for its use. Deerstalkers must take advantage of the territorial instructions these stags have when the season is still early. Smelling an estrous will not make sense at this time though the smell that others have would peak their curiosity.

Majority of hunters would spray down the odor eliminator after they had suit up but before they make their way to the stand. Experienced deerstalkers would bring the odor eliminator though to the tree stand then will spray themselves with it there. While applying it on yourself, pay more attention to your hair as well as hat because most people will not include them.

Setting up scents have usually used and accepted the rules of playing the wind but the deadliest one defies this. Find a timber or cover with its length having the wind blowing along it and pour some deer odor at windy end in several areas. Set your tree stand just on the timber edge and your human smell will flow above the deer when properly done.

Practice setting your trees stand up then taking it down and do this before the start of season while attaching them to lower parts of trees. A key in getting a look on good bucks is to get in and out your spot as quietly as possible. Accidents happen when you are up there so wear a safety harness to help prevent you from falling down there.

If you want your hunting area be scouted, your best aids are aerial photos and use Google maps instead of flying over it. Do not trim the shooting lanes and disturb the hunting areas while the season has begun. Summer is the best time of doing this since old deer can associate fresh cut timber smells with humans.

These few tips might be helpful with your first experience in hunting so do not forget them. Follow instructions given by the guide properly and remember them well. And have patience while you wait of getting your first buck as a trophy.




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