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Plan your hunt with the "Deer Expert" - get latest version
Check weather conditions as hunt approaches to make sure you have
a good plan and the right equipment - have lakes frozen?
Put gun deer season on work vacation schedule
Get up to hunting area early for pre-hunt scouting
Reserve hunting lodge early
Get deer license early and send in doe/extra deer permit in time
Eat a more high carbohydrate meal the night before; easy on the
heavy steaks
Go to spring deer shows
Make sure to sight in
Use the right grain of bullet for proper expansion when you hit the deer
Scout deer in off season
Ask locals (farmsers,postman, deliverymen, etc) where they see big bucks
or other deer
Call outfitters, sporting goods store owners, taxidermists, hunting
clubs, wardens, biologists, and forest managers to see where good
deer hunting and big bucks are.
Check all equipment ahead of time for proper working condition -
especially check tree stands and safety harnesses
Review deer cleaning procedure
Make map of stand locations for different wind directions and approaches
Sign up yourself and kids for hunter education and safety courses
Use orange marking tape to mark areas where you find blood sign
from a wounded deer so you can find them as you search or find the
sign perhaps the next day. Remember to take these down when you
find the deer and return.
Sometimes a whistle will cause a running buck to stop.
Shooting notes:
When standing or with other techniques use some sort of rest - a branch,
rock, ground, pack, tree - to get a steady, supported shot when possible -
especially at longer distances. A sitting position with elbows on knee
may also work. Set up a bipod from a forked branch if you can.
(For a right handed shooter) - pull rifle butt securely
into right shoulder with right hand. Left hand supports rifle weight and
helps aiming. Do not grip to tightly - this causes less control.
Press cheek firmly to stock. Take a deep breath, exhale part of it,
keep remaining breath in lungs as you sight in so that breathing does
not cause sight picture to wobble, squeeze off shot when satisfied with
the sight picture. When you hold breath for extended seconds, it increases
your heart beat causing wobbling. Squeeze the trigger smoothly without
jerking.
If possible get your shot ready and shoot when deer cannot see you or is
looking away from you. The deer will not hear you take the safety off
when you are downwind.
Best shot when deer is broadside to you:
Aim at deer just behind the front shoulder (up and a little right of the
front leg of the deer). This gives you a fatal lung shot which is
quick and merciful on the deer with no lost meat and a larger margin
for success on the shot.
When deer faces you, shoot for where neck joins body.
When deer angles away from you place shot so it will eventually get
into the lung area. e.g. when quartering away from you, shoot behind
rib cage so bullet will go into lung area as it travels through the deer.
This depends also on the speed of the animal.
Shoot when deer stands still when possible. Lead deer more when they
run faster; less or not at all when they move slowly.
Practice allows you to master these techniques. At least practice them
when you sight in. You can also practice the breathing technique
before hand.
You may want to simulate shooting beforehand at a minimum to get the
feel of how to properly shoot and as a warm up exercise.
Shoot only at a distance you have some confidence at.
** In freezing weather be careful of bolt "freezing" when shooting
causing misfires. Dry bolt and firing pin (in addition to
barrel) before going out. This prevents oil from acting like
molasses and slowing bolt which requires a certain speed to
cause ignition of the round. Also be careful of condensation
caused by going from warm cabin or car to outside. Keep rifle
in trunk during season.
Added magnification on a scope may exagerate wobble