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    Covering small sections of likely deer holding areas very slowly will get you more than covering huge areas walking fast.
    Take a few steps,look around,take another step or two then look around another half minute.repeat.Go slower if needed.
    I was doing this 2 weekends ago,then sat down to do my shoe lace up for 2 minutes.Stood up and there was a doe sneaking away from where there hadn't been one when I went past. Hunting is not for those without patience.If you don't learn patience you wont get deer.
    Just about everything you can learn about your preys habits will help you to find them. Do they like warmth ? do they like grass? what will they be doing early morning as opposed to mid day ? What will they be doing mid afternoon on a baking hot summer day ? What are they eating at certain times of the year and where in the areas you are looking are these to be found ?
    If the area you are hunting does hold deer and you are not seeing the deer,then learn the area.Intimately. The worst thing you can be doing when learning to hunt is try different areas every trip.
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