| Ohio Whitetail Hunts | | | | and your face. I been seen by deer more often |
| This list assumes you have the bare necessities | | | | when my face was not camouflaged. Ohio |
| to legally harvest a white tail deer, including things | | | | Whitetail Hunts |
| like a bow, knife and required licenses. The rest of | | | | 5 Scent eliminator. Play the wind, use a treestand, |
| the items on this list just increase your odds of | | | | but don't forget scent eliminator, it is an |
| success. | | | | inexpensive way to add another few percentage |
| 1 Satellite pictures of the area you are interested | | | | points to your odds. |
| in hunting. I like Google Maps and Yahoo Maps. | | | | 6 Range finder. All the hard work you have done |
| These two sights show maps from different | | | | in the off season, scouting, trail cams, mock |
| times of the year for my area. It is nice to see | | | | scrapes, stand selection is all for nothing if you |
| the vegetation as well as distinguish between | | | | can't place the shot when it counts. |
| trees and brush. You can see game trails, | | | | 7 Estrus. When the rut is in full swing, a few |
| drainages, natural bottlenecks clearings etc. I am | | | | drops of this golden elixir is sure to bring the |
| often able to pick an approximate hunting stand | | | | bucks in from downwind. |
| location based on the wind direction just from the | | | | 8 Rattling antlers or rattle bag. From subtle rattling |
| information from aerial pictures. | | | | in the October pre-rut to aggressive ratting during |
| 2 Mock scrapes. For only a few dollars in mock | | | | the main rut, there is no other audible call more |
| scrape starter scent you can establish a route for | | | | effective than rattling. |
| the bucks in the area giving you a better chance | | | | 9 Good mechanical broadheads. They fly |
| of finding them especially as the rut draws near. | | | | straighter and more predictably than fixed blade |
| 3 Tree Stand. Tree stands help get your scent up | | | | broadheads and they often have a greater cutting |
| off the ground. Most deer predators attack from | | | | diameter with less weight. |
| the ground, so being up in the air puts you in a | | | | 10 Headlamp. When you place the shot in the |
| place that deer do not expect to see predators, | | | | waning light and you give it some time to expire it |
| so you are less likely to be noticed. Tree stand | | | | is good idea to try to track that night. A change |
| have an advantage over ground blinds in that | | | | in the weather could wash away your trail and it |
| they give you a better point of view with less | | | | doesn't take long for a deer to go bad if it is not |
| obstruction. They are also more portable than | | | | field dressed. It would be a shame to do all this |
| tripod aerial blinds. | | | | work and not to have anything to show for it, |
| 4 Camouflage. Camouflage clothing is very | | | | more importantly, it would not be respectful of |
| important, I like Ghillie Suits but they are not a | | | | our natural resources. |
| necessity. Be sure to camouflage your weapon | | | | |