| Early Season Whitetail Tips | | | | fact suggestion but there is no better way to |
| Nobody likes to sit in the stand and see absolutely | | | | predict where the deer will be feeding when the |
| nothing, but often times that is a reality with late | | | | acorns are gone than to create and excellent |
| season hunts here in Georgia. We are blessed (or | | | | food source for your deer. I like to plant mainly |
| cursed) with an exceptionally long whitetail deer | | | | oats as they are pretty easy maintain and |
| season here. Now that the first and second rut | | | | provide an excellent source of nutrition for your |
| has come and gone many hunters find | | | | herd. |
| themselves struggling to see deer, much less | | | | 4. Hunt in areas that maximize your visibility. |
| have a successful hunt. Here are several tactics | | | | During the rut I don't mind hunting in areas that |
| that I utilize to make every trip into the woods | | | | are what many people consider too "thick". I have |
| more productive. | | | | had great success in the thick stuff while chasing |
| 1. Find the food sources. The food sources you | | | | those really big bucks, but in the late season I |
| were hunting in the early season most likely have | | | | want to be able to see as far as possible. Think |
| been depleted so find the new ones. Bucks are | | | | about it, when the movement slows you can |
| moving pretty much only to feed now and they | | | | offset that decrease by increasing the area that |
| will find the closest sustainable food source to | | | | you can see from your stand. |
| their bedding area. Position yourself between the | | | | 5. Use drives. This is one tactic that is almost |
| food sources and the bedding areas. Get as close | | | | never used here in the South. Late in the season |
| to the bedding areas as possible making sure that | | | | this is a great way to get the deer moving. Just |
| you pay attention to the wind. | | | | make sure that the standers know where the |
| 2. Pay attention to the lunar tables. I am a firm | | | | drivers are coming from and vice versa. I have |
| believer that the lunar table is an excellent | | | | had good success with late season drives. |
| predictor of deer movement. Make sure that you | | | | These are a few of the tactics that I have found |
| are in the stand during the peak hours. If the | | | | to be most successful in the late season here in |
| table says that deer will move at noon then I | | | | Georgia. Take them and use them and let me |
| make sure that I am there. I have documented | | | | know if you find similar success using my advice. |
| the correlation between the lunar table and deer | | | | Now get out there and hunt because you can't kill |
| movement. Early Season Whitetail Tips | | | | them at the house! |
| 3. Plant food plots. I know that this is an after the | | | | |