Thread: How can I shoot more deer, and what's your hit rate?

A lot of new hunters have issues even finding deer.

Seeing deer means you are in the right areas, and finding them.

Spooking them often means to me that you are either not being quiet enough or/and not going slow enough.It is called deer stalking for a reason.

If you are regularly spooking them then alter your habits. try slowing down,observing your surroundings more intensely.If there is sign ie footprints,poo,eaten leaves etc around then sometimes there is no such thing as going too slow. No point covering a lot of ground if you are only missing or spooking deer. If there is no sign then by all means quickly pass through to more likely areas.

If you talk to older deer hunters they will tell you about when they were younger how they would cover huge distances in the search for deer and were as fit as buckrats. Yet now they are older,slower and not as lively they still get just as many deer. A lot will spend more time looking and a lot less time walking.