Kindle Notes & Highlights
Understanding what is available to you specifically is the first step to successfully bowhunting it.
Naturally, whitetail hunters tend to look for two things: food and cover. There’s nothing wrong with this, but on public land food is secondary to security. Actually, on common dirt everything is secondary to security for the whitetail. Deer are amazing at finding ways to fill their bellies, and even in the late season, they aren’t going to allow hunger pangs to put them in danger.
The ideal property has limited access and provides an opportunity for you to hike at least a mile. If you are willing to cover a legitimate mile on foot with a stand and a set of sticks strapped to your pack, you’ll leave behind nearly all of the competition.
Hills: It’s silly, I know, but the reality is that if you have to climb a hill, you can leave a lot of competition behind.
