| As a modern hunter, I dedicate myself to | | | | tend to be very active at night as well. |
| knowing all I can about my quarry. A Chinese | | | | In addition to their very impressive range of |
| general named Sun Tzu once said that if you | | | | vision, deer are able to move and fix their ears in |
| know your enemies and you know yourself, you | | | | a particular direction to pick up sounds. They are |
| will not be imperiled in a hundred battles. While, as | | | | very sensitive to sounds, and a misstep while on |
| a deer hunter, the whitetail deer is hardly an | | | | the hunt can mean that a deer may have already |
| enemy you actually fight, in a way, hunting does | | | | seen or heard you before you can even spot him. |
| pit you in battle against the whitetail deer, and | | | | Whitetail deer also have a very sensitive sense of |
| knowing everything you can about them can | | | | smell - even the faintest scents can lead them to |
| make a difference in whether you are successful | | | | believe that there is a predator after them, and |
| or not. Here are a few important, but often | | | | this will make them flee. This makes it vital that a |
| overlooked facts about whitetail deer. | | | | hunter be careful with the scents that he brings |
| One of the most overlooked facts about whitetail | | | | to the hunt. Odors from the foods we eat, the |
| deer is that they, like cows, are ruminants. What | | | | soaps we use on our bodies and our clothes, can |
| this means is that they ingest their food, store it | | | | be scented by the whitetail deer. A good many |
| in their stomachs, then regurgitate it later to | | | | hunters, in fact, wash themselves and their |
| further chew it. Because many hunters do not | | | | clothes with unscented soap, and then take their |
| realize this, they expect deer to be constantly | | | | hunting clothes in a sealed bag, where they |
| feeding, when actually, whitetail deer eat for an | | | | change into them in the field. |
| hour or two, and then find a safe place to chew | | | | These are only some of the facts that could |
| their cud. | | | | prove very important in your hunt for whitetail |
| Whitetail deer can also see almost 310 degrees | | | | deer, and, if you are a serious hunter, only the |
| around them, meaning their peripheral vision is | | | | beginning of what you should learn to give you |
| excellent. They can see even slight movement | | | | every advantage you can while hunting them. |
| around them, and any movement that they see | | | | Know your quarry well, and you will soon become |
| can frighten them and make them flee. They also | | | | the master of this sport of kings, the noble hunt |
| have excellent low-light vision, which is why deer | | | | of the majestic white tailed deer. |