Thread: How can I shoot more deer, and what's your hit rate?

Some good advice @Uplandstalker! When I first started out about all anyone told me was "Go slow, slow down, once you think you're going slow enough, go even slower." And its true, but it's only half of the picture. You've still got to cover reasonable amount of ground in the right places. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if there's a deer in every second gully, you'll have a better chance at shooting one if you hunt through 10 gullies as opposed to just 5. Like it was said above, the way to do this is to alter your speed in a accordance to the sign. I will also speed up through some shitty bush and slow right down when it opens up.

As for how many deer I shoot per days hunting... Not very many haha. I'm still pretty new to hunting. This year I've shot 5 deer, 4 of which were on public land. But I've had the freedom to hunt more than most fellas. Its good being young

Learning an area well and returning to spots you know produce is a good way to see more deer. You could hunt one day at every road end in the forest park and quite easily not shoot anything but if you spent all that time learning on of them well, you'd probably be on the money.