What are some new strategies or techniques you will use this season?

I couldn't tell you the last time I listened to a hunting podcast.

For the record - the downwind side of doe bedding during the rut is still one of my favorite places to hunt. Not because the bucks are purposely cruising the downwind side, but because that's where you should set up so as not to get busted.

 

I only listen to one hunting podcast, Truth from the stand. It is the only one I can tolerate.

 

Have you tried The Hunting Public podcast? It has a lot of great information that would probably be useful. I find a lot of good info for the public land grind.

 

I've tried listening to them a few times. They annoy me by talking over one another. It drove me insane. The truth from the stand is pretty good, he talks to many public land hunters from the Northeast, and I find quite a bit of the content relatable to my scenario and reality.

 

I just looked for it ( truth from the stand) and I'll be giving it a listen tomorrow. I too can not get into THP podcast. Not that I don't like the show or the guys, it just doesn't translate for me.

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Cool! It's pretty good, the guy is from North East PA. He does push some products in the beginning of course, and his service provider has an ad or two during the show, but it's not enough to annoy me and I get annoyed pretty easily

 

I haven’t listened to any recently, but I listened to a couple in the past from wired to hunt. Some good ones in there.

 

Hunt hard. Make it fun. Keep pushing ahead. Let's get it on 2022.

 

This thread made me realize how simple of a Hunter I am… I know nothing compared to a lot in here. Hunt with a 2013 bow, have same clothing for 5 years, and have only spent money on cameras, 12 arrows, and 6 broadheads the last 3-4 years.

Move my 1 XOP 1-2 times a year depending on what I see. Lot of the time i over hunt spots because I only have access to 52 acres.

I need all the help I can get in strategies and techniques.


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I’m going back to a tree stand. I’m ready to kill good deer again instead of playing around in a saddle I can’t sit still in.


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I'm thinking of doing the same now that I don't have to worry about the long walk with the weight. I do find I fidget in the saddle, but having adhd, I fidget in anything, including in the comfort of a summit viper. If I do switch, it will be to a lwcg .5 and some lwcg sticks. Those things look so slick even though I despise climbing sticks.

 

Really? I love climbing sticks over climbers. I don’t think I will ever use one again.

I’m only getting to hunt 2 weeks of the season so will shoot anything that presents itself. Passed on does early last year. This year will not.


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Yeah, I've always been a climber guy. It has only bitten me in the butt one time when I hunted in Illinois on some farm land. There was only 2 straight trees on the 450-acre farm. In the woods where I hunt (Connecticut), 96% of the trees are maples and oaks, which are nice and straight. I plan on diving deep in the swamps this year, and the base of the trees is much wider at the bottom compared to 15-20' up, making a climber a poor choice. Plus, I'd like to hop in some of the hemlock trees and hide in the foliage to cover some of my movement/fidgetings.

However, that is a perfect world scenario, being able to buy all of that! I'm sure I'll still be using my saddle and summit open shot hand climber/platform for this upcoming season!

 

Maybe if you did change the way you hunt, you could shoot 25 deer instead of 11

 

Don't leave deer to find deer!

It works for you in your given area, so keep doing it! I only choose to move around so much because of tough access to the spots due to terrain features. Meaning, the only way to access is used by myself and the deer. That is why I move around a lot. I hunt it once or twice and the deer are on to me and my scent. If you're able to hunt a hotspot multiple times with good access, and it still produces, then of course keep hunting it!

Everyone's situation is different, every piece of woods is different, every farm is different, every food plot is different. Do what works best for you in your given situation. What you encounter in the woods is much different than what someone else encounters in the woods 200 miles away.

 

This is one of the best pieces of advice I was ever given.

 

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this at all. Hunters tend to overcomplicate and overthink things all the time. There is a reason a lot of young and inexperienced hunters have killed giant deer over the years - they don't overthink it!

Find where they are bedding, find where they are feeding, and get in the middle of those two spots.