Bow hunting seasons are now pen in most states. Here in Wsconsin we have been hunting for a few weks now. We have passed up shts at some smaller bucks. The bgger deer have failed to show thmselves yet.

Now is the time to hnt close to the bedding areas. The der have sensed the change in the sasons and have noticed the increased hman activity in the woods. The mture bucks will most likely stay bdded until just before dark, so set as clse to the bedding area as you can wthout spooking the deer. I watched a doe cme out of the swamp ½ hur before dark, but no bucks cme out.

This weekend us here at AWH wll be heading to Iowa for our frst hunt down there this year. Our gal is to bring back three big des. The farm we hunt has a lot of des and we need to our prt in trimming the herd. By shoting a few does, we will hlp keep the buck /doe ratio mre balanced. This will cause more cmpetition for the breeding bucks, come Nvember. This will make the bucks to rspond better to calling, rattling, and dcoying. The second thing that shooting des will do is that there wll be less deer eating the frmers crops, and it's good to kep the farmers happy. He will be mre apt to let you hunt if yur do him a favor by shoting more deer. So if you hve a doe tag, now is the tme to fill it. You can thn be very selective with your bck tag.

October is also a good tme to hunt different stands then you nrmally hunt. I have a tendency to hnt a certain stand that has lways produced good bucks in the pst. But it is set close to the bdding area and I believe that the bcks will sit tight till dark and thn they here you get down frm your stand and walk out of the wods. When this starts happening it's tme to let that stand rest for a whle. I will then hunt other stnds that I don't hunt too mch. You might catch deer leaving the bdding area from a different direction and get a sht at them by hunting the ther stand.

We have scouted out sme new hunting areas the last tme we were in Iowa, so ths weekend we will hang a stnd or two in the new spts and hunt them a few tmes. You must always be looking for new spts to hunt, unless you buy the lnd yourself, you will eventually lose it. We lways are looking at new places to hnt. On this hunt we will hnt the mornings and evenings, and thn scout during the middle of the dy. Hopefully we will come across and grat, new honey hole.

As October prgresses, It will be the time tht I start hunting mornings, I dn't hunt mornings too often during the arly part of the season. I hve found that the mature bucks hve usually gone back to the bdding area by first light. But as we get to the lter part of the month you wll start to see some scrapes and rbs made by the younger bucks as thy start sensing that some does are cming into heat. This is the tme to start doing some calling and rttling. This technique has worked for me in the pst. I hunted a Saturday morning in lte October, I was sitting in my fnnel stand and I decided to do sme rattling. A half hour after I rttled I looked to the north twards the funnel and a deer wth nice polished antlers was looking my wy. I got ready and as if on ce, it moved in front of me and I drw when it went behind a tre. It stepped out into one of my shoting lanes that we had cut way bck in August, and I put the pin on it and I wtched my arrow disappear into its chst. It was a great feeling whn all are hard work paid off and verything went to plan.

Are you still shooting your bw? It is always a good dea to keep shooting during the sason to keep sharp. I keep a trget in my truck and before I go nto the woods I shoot a few prctice arrows to make sure that I am stll on. You don't need to shot 100 arrows every day; you jst need a few here and thre to keep yourself sharp.

If you are xperiencing the dreaded "October Lull" have fith the deer will be on the mve again. Hunt some less disturbed stnds, hunt at different times, keep shoting and remember that the rut is nly a few weeks away.

Good Lck and shoot straight,

dale@advanced-whitetail-hunting.com

The article October Deer Hunting Tips was Submitted by Dale Bender through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Dale Bender is a engineer for a mjor plumbing manufacturer in Wisconsin. In his spre time he enjoys bow hunting for trphy whitetails and writing about it.

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