Thread: Do you have much success with winter Deer hunting ? Or am I just doing it wrong ?

My take on winter hunting - my sucess rate is double for winter hunting. The upside is you can sleep in till 7:30 or so and still get deer in places they shouldn't be in the late morning, the meat keeps for ever, no flies, no other hunters, no flies ( I hate flies), you can hear deer before you see them cause there are no flies ( did I mention I hate flies?), the deer are mobbed up so you can get two or three in one spot in the bush, no sign = go fast, sign = you are about to shoot one ( or more). The down side is after eight hours sleep it's still 3:00 am and you are wide awake with five hours to ponder why you are hunting in the winter.......

The deer are definately higher up during the colder months. Something to do with cold air sinking into the valley bottoms. The sun hits the higher north eastern slips first, the tucker is crap so the they don't browse much, company lessens misery, snow falling from foliage makes as much noise as a clumsy hunter, most of the flies are dead, less energy from crap tucker = less movement = see one today = will be there abouts tomorrow......

Thats my reason (s) for hunting in the winter, plus there are no flies.......