Late-season hunting requires slightly different tactics than you are used to when hunting deer. It’s often easier to move around, target specific areas, and wait until the weather is bad to get the best chance of spotting a deer. Get your Redfield scopes ready and pull on your snow boots, and get ready for winter hunting.
Find Forbs and Carbs
Forbs are a significant part of a whitetail’s diet, and they need the carbs to make it through the winter. Crop grains such as soybeans and corn, as well as the forbs, are what they will be eating in the winter. Target these areas first.
Find Unfrozen Water
While water sources are popular for early season hunting, a good tactic for winter is finding the unfrozen water sources. Because water is scarce, there are fewer places for deer to get water, making them easier to hunt. Creek bottoms make great still-hunting areas, and water can hide your sound and smell if you follow a creek.
Know Your Scope
Still-hunting means quite a bit of movement. Whether you have Vortex or Bushnell scopes, you should know how to use them. Because you will have to be quick, it’s best to practice with your scope beforehand to be familiar with it. If you have a variable scope, when still-hunting, you are unlikely to go past 4x zoom. Be ready to shoulder and fire at a moment’s notice.
Track in the Snow
While it may be colder than you are used to, hunting in the snow has advantages. It is much easier to track deer in the snow, making still-hunting much easier. You may not be tracking a specific deer, but you can follow the trail to see where the deer are traveling and feeding.
Bad Weather Is Good
A light or snow is to your advantage when still-hunting. It helps hide your movement, scent, and sound. Deer activity often increases, as well. Windy days can also help hide movement and sound, but you will want to mostly head into the wind to avoid your scent blowing to the deer.
Go Slow, and Then Slower
Take a few steps and wait 30 seconds. Repeat. Go slow, and then slow down more. When you inevitably snap a branch, wait a minute. You will likely scare deer along the way, but keep trying.
Take Off the Sling
Take the sling off of your rifle before going into the woods. You may not have the time to unsling your rifle from your shoulder. You need to be ready to acquire the deer through your Redfield scopes immediately or you could lose the shot.
Sleep In
On cold days, deers may delay leaving their beds. You might run into the deer as you are getting into place, which is not ideal. Instead, sleep in yourself and wait for the afternoon hunt.
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