4 Basic Rules Of Deer Season

Short and sweet, the four basic rules I follow to harvest whitetail deer. They may sound petty but these are common mistakes that could cost you a whitetail every season.

1. Your ins and outs: Take your time and get in there early! Take the long way around to your stand/blind if it means you can avoid bedding and feeding areas. Rushing in and taking the easy route could cost you that mature whitetail you have been hunting. Shhhhhh.. Sneak in and sneak out.

2. Wind : Wrong wind for your favorite stand? Simply DON'T DO IT!!!! I don't care how much "scent control" you use. Don't do it!!!

3. Time of day : Evening stand? Hunt it in the evening only.. If you know deer feed in a specific field through the night to early morning, and that field is located between you and your stand.. That is an  evening stand. Hunt it in the evening! Morning stand? Normally located where you can catch them  coming back to their bedding area. Hunt it in the morning only. Simple right?

4. LEAVE THEM ALONE! I know it's awesome to see whitetail deer on your trail cam or scout them with your binoculars. I get it, I love it too. However, the less you make yourself known, the greater chance you will have at harvesting a whitetail. If you know the property you hunt and how the deer travel, then leave them be.. They will keep approximately the same pattern unless you pressure them. LEAVE THEM ALONE! If you notice more sign or a change in pattern during late or post season then set up on them next season. Deer will pattern you just as you pattern them.

* The only exception to these rules would be during the rut.. In that case.. Stay out the with them!!