ARTICLE: 22 HUNTIN' TIPS TO USE THIS SEASON
* When squirrel hunting you can make a squirrel call by squealing and smooching on your hand. - Cody
* Hey, this one is for avid squirrel hunters in this world. Squirrel hunting can be like deer hunting walk slow and quiet while scoping the land out. Look for your nut trees because that’s squirrel heaven. Once you find the trees sit down and don’t move and they'll come out. I shoot 80% of my squirrels in the head, saves meat and it’s easier and less gruesome when cleaning. I have pics to prove it. - Tim Mickle
* When hunting for deer, always eat an apple before hunting. It helps cover your scent and rub one on your body too. - Dreu
* When bow hunting for deer in the early season, try to set up in between the bedding area and the food source especially soy beans and white oaks. – Don Taylor
* You don’t want to put your doe estrus out before sun up and not be able to see deer come in. So use film canisters and place a new tampon inside with the string outside. Wrap a rubber band around the canister at the top to hold it in. At daylight, pour estrus in and toss it. Keep the lid to reuse. – Gary Warren
* When hunting from a tree stand or on the ground, always have the sun to your back. It’s easier for you to see, and deer will almost never approach with the sun directly in their face. – John Cox
* To make any cold day of hunting better, remember to take extra packs of hand warmers, you'll be glad you did! – Zach Weikart
* When sitting and waiting for a squirrel, have a dog run around. He will stir them up. – Taylor Woods
* When bow hunting I always carry a couple of arrows with field points to mark distances when I’m hunting the edge of an open field such as a food plot. I walk into the field and with my rangefinder measure back to my stand or blind and mark them with an arrow. I then spray a little doe urine on it. You can use sticks but I like an arrow as you can see the color of the fletching better late in the day. I killed a big doe a few years ago at 20 yards who came right up to my arrow and sniffed it. – J B
* An additional lure for that big buck that I use has always been my lunch. I traditionally bring peanut butter sandwiches and apple juice. I leave a sandwich and a bottle of juice open in my blind. More deer come by to investigate the smell of lunch than have ever responded to any artificial scent I've used. – Randy Cone
* When hunting out of a treestand, make sure you pick a tree with a lot of cover on it. You don’t want your outline to be seen in the sky. – Harold Knight and David Hale
* When hunting, let someone know where you are going. Block off any trails not used with two branches crossing each other standing up using rocks as a brace at the bottom. It will help the search and rescue teams if you get lost. – Corey Hite
* When hunting with someone else and ya'll split up it is good to have a couple of walkie talkies to keep in contact with your other person. – Garrett Farmer
* If you hunt for deer where there is pine sage or hemlock trees break off a bow from one and rub yourself down for a natural cover scent. – Kyle Biloski
* Keep downwind from the most likely area where deer usually come from. - Josh
* To trick a squirrel that you know is in a tree, take a small piece of twine about twenty feet long and tie to small tree or bush. Then walk to the opposite side of the tree. Stay quiet for a bit and then pull the rope hard enough to shake the bush. Be ready to shoot when the bushy tail comes around the tree. – Curtis Sebren
* When rabbit hunting, look for thick briar patches...remember the thicker the better. – Paul Ballance
* When climbing a tree-stand it’s always safer if you unload the gun before entering the stand. – Jacob Dixon
* When bow hunting it is often hard to judge distance in the woods. So take some caution tape or something easily seen and walk 30-40 yards from your stand and mark the trees or bushes that way you'll have a better idea how far away the deer is. – Clay Finley
* When deer hunting, all the cover scent and scent killer in the world won't help you if your breath stinks. Chew spearmint or peppermint gum, it will kill odor on your breath. If you don't have any gum, chew some pine needles. They work just as well, if not better, since the deer know the pine scent. – Joey Pecorino
* To test wind direction, carry a small downy feather in the inside flap of your hat. – Bret Tennis
* A day or two before hunting spread some peanut butter on a tree about chest high and the scent will bring deer to the spot. They also love the taste. - Brett Carter
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