Friday, August 6, 2010

Need tips on hunting a 14 point buck?

I have been hunting since a was about 8yrs old IM now 18 so I know most of the basics but I have never hunted a deer this big or smart. So any tips would be appreciated. Need tips on hunting a 14 point buck?
You hunt them the same way you hunt any xx point buck. A deer is a deer. The only difference is, this buck has gained a lot of experience in survival. You need to find its bedding area, locate its food source, and set up between them. Never enter the bedding area or the feeding area. Approach from downwind and make sure the wind will carry your scent away from where the deer is. Look for a faint trail, just off from the main deer trail. That will more than likely be the trail the buck uses. Not always, but usually. Use a good scent remover like Dead Down Wind (from Cabelas). The first time in is the best time, so make sure it counts. Go to your stand early, so the deer are less likely to be spooked out of the area. The buck will probably feed at night, so in the morning he will be coming from the food source, and in the evening he will be coming from the bedding area. Simple, I know; but you'd be surprised how many hunters forget these minor details.





The other option is to hunt during the rut, when he is most vulnerable. The downside is that he will be unpredictable.





I suggest going to the library and getting some books about hunting big bucks. There is just too much info to put here. I gave you the basics.Need tips on hunting a 14 point buck?
Forget this year. Just look for some good rubs where there are some large trees that have rubs on them and try to put your stand in a spot between bedding areas and food sources. Then in Feb or March start looking for shed antlers. When you find one that is in your size range, then look for a strategic spot in that general location where you found the shed to put your stand. Then plan on sitting in that stand all day long. Since you found the shed and it is after this season you know that that deer is there. You just have to wait for him.
wow a 14 pointer.


1. find out if there is a 14 pointer where your hunting


2. if there is a 14 pointer get in a tall tree as suggested before


3. cover your scent as well as possible.


4. try not to get buck fever


5. aim, take the saftey of quietly, fire
get you some doe in heat and put plenty of it on sit your tree stand where you have seen him sit very quitely maybe put a corn feeder when you have seen him and sit and wait good luck and make sure you dont miss
Be quiet.


Be patient.


Aim well.
Climb a tall tree in his territory and wait for him to show up.*
start with something a little easier... like an 8 pointer.
dont shoot any of the points off before you kill it lol.

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