Wednesday, January 03, 2007

What makes a trophy deer hunter?

Today someone asked me; “What do I have to do to become a trophy hunter”

I answered him; “Besides having access to land with a good deer population you need the following.”

Education. Until and unless you educate yourself on whitetail deer and their ways, you don't have a chance other than blind luck. Learn as much about whitetail deer and their behavior as you can and spend many hours during the spring and summer in the woods studying the deer.

Scout properly. Scouting is the most important aspect of hunting. Scout right after the hunting season closes and trough the spring and summer. In the fall stay out of the woods unless you hunt. Many hunters scout in the fall a few days before the season opens and educate the deer of their presence. If you scout in the fall and during the hunting season do so very cautiously without letting the deer know what you’re up to.

Patience! Most hunters suffer terribly from lack of patience.

Don’t establish a pattern in the woods. Deer pattern hunters so much faster than hunter’s can pattern deer. So vary your pattern. Hunt different times, different places, do the unexpected and the unusual. Be different than the other hunters.

Luck and lots of it. More bucks over 3.5 years old are killed by luck than by skill.

Make the first attempt count. The single best chance you have to kill a mature buck is the very time you hunt him. The longer you hunt one particular stand the less chance you will have to kill a buck from that stand. Example: Pick what you feel, revealed trough proper scouting, to be the very best stand location. Then have the patience to stay the heck away from that spot until the very best conditions exist. This may mean hanging a stand in August and not hunting it until November, not even going near that stand until the conditions are perfect. Then hunt it all day. Have two or three such stand locations and rotate them. Remember don’t have a pattern, keep the deer in the dark!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

learning about how to use the wind is very important. Good blog!

Othmar Vohringer said...

Thanks for dropping by Editor.
You’re right, watching the wind and air currents is very important. I left that out of my tip list because I assumed that a hunter who reaches the stage where he decides to become a trophy hunter very likely would know how important the wind to hunting success is. :)

-Othmar Vohringer-

Anonymous said...

finally got your link up, plus a post that I hope you will like.
Rex

Othmar Vohringer said...

Thanks Editor. I just come from your blog and posted the following message.

“Wow, Rex (Editor)” –he said blushing heavily and spilling his coffee over the keyboard- thanks a million for the plug you give me here. Talking about a million “retired gazillionaire”. I wish, don’t we all, unfortunately I have an ordinary eight hour job like most all of us. I am blessed with energy and need very little sleep and that gives me the time to write on my blogs.

Thanks again Editor.

-Othmar Vohringer-

Anonymous said...

hey, Jack London!
you ought to see the nice write-up you got at Bright Ideas Outdoor Weblog. Fame is coming at you like a freight train!

Othmar Vohringer said...

I have been out all day, but heading over to Bright Ideas Outdoor Weblog right now. Thanks for the tip Editor

-Othmar Vohringer-

Sean said...

Good information here.

Sean
http://everythinghunting-sean.blogspot.com/

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