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<blockquote data-quote="deerwhacker444" data-source="post: 2295099" data-attributes="member: 9117"><p>I didn't grow up in a hunting tradition. I started hunting small game and trapping by myself when I was in Middle school. I had to learn most everything on my own from books and magazines, as there weren't any TV hunting shows then and the internet didn't exist. I know where you're coming from.</p><p></p><p>First thing,..you're not going to learn anything in the house. Get outside in the woods where the deer are. Even if you just go to the trails around lake Arcadia to watch for deer, that's a good start. Take some binoculars, find a high spot, relax and watch..</p><p></p><p>Find a place to hunt. Use all your resources available as its getting tougher and tougher to find a place to hunt. Ask all your work acquaintances, people at church, PTA meetings, inlaws, outlaws, everybody you can think of for leads. It might end up costing you $$..</p><p></p><p>You might get lucky and get access to a piece of ground around Edmond that might be open for bowhunting. If that's the case, learn to use a bow or crossbow. You'll have to go further out to find a place to rifle hunt.</p><p></p><p>Once you have a piece of ground you've got to find where the deer are hanging out. Easy way is go out after a Rain and look for tracks. That will tell you where the deer are and show you were they're going. Look for bedding areas. Check creek bottoms for stands of Blackjacks or Black oaks that are putting out acorns. Look for shards of busted up acorns on the ground.</p><p></p><p>The best time to go see deer are usually early in the morning and evenings, but the deer are in the woods 24/7. If you want to learn about deer, that's where you gotta be.</p><p></p><p>You want to try to figure out:</p><p></p><p>1) Where the deer are, do they stay on my property or do they just use it as a travel route.</p><p>2) Where are they getting food and water, is it on my property or are they using my property to get to it.</p><p></p><p>Deer usually don't wander all over a piece of property. They generally stick to the same areas, thickets, trails, etc.</p><p></p><p>Once you find out where the deer are and are traveling it gets easier. You'll want to hunt those areas, but always use the wind to your</p><p>advantage whenever possible. You don't want the wind blowing your scent in their direction, giving your location away. They will change their</p><p>routine/habits if they get spooked enough.</p><p></p><p>Once you find where the deer are, it's simply a matter of putting in the time. You might spend many many hours or days. on stand in a location before you see anything. You might not see anything at all, it happens to the best of us.</p><p></p><p>Once you're seeing deer, and they're not seeing you, it's pretty easy to kill one.</p><p></p><p>Cleaning can be overwhelming the first time, but it's totally doable. You just have to commit to seeing it thru before you pull the trigger.</p><p></p><p>Lots of vids on Youtube showing how it's done.</p><p></p><p>I could type for hours. First thing is find a place and then spend as much time as you can in the woods. Everything will become self evident after that...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerwhacker444, post: 2295099, member: 9117"] I didn't grow up in a hunting tradition. I started hunting small game and trapping by myself when I was in Middle school. I had to learn most everything on my own from books and magazines, as there weren't any TV hunting shows then and the internet didn't exist. I know where you're coming from. First thing,..you're not going to learn anything in the house. Get outside in the woods where the deer are. Even if you just go to the trails around lake Arcadia to watch for deer, that's a good start. Take some binoculars, find a high spot, relax and watch.. Find a place to hunt. Use all your resources available as its getting tougher and tougher to find a place to hunt. Ask all your work acquaintances, people at church, PTA meetings, inlaws, outlaws, everybody you can think of for leads. It might end up costing you $$.. You might get lucky and get access to a piece of ground around Edmond that might be open for bowhunting. If that's the case, learn to use a bow or crossbow. You'll have to go further out to find a place to rifle hunt. Once you have a piece of ground you've got to find where the deer are hanging out. Easy way is go out after a Rain and look for tracks. That will tell you where the deer are and show you were they're going. Look for bedding areas. Check creek bottoms for stands of Blackjacks or Black oaks that are putting out acorns. Look for shards of busted up acorns on the ground. The best time to go see deer are usually early in the morning and evenings, but the deer are in the woods 24/7. If you want to learn about deer, that's where you gotta be. You want to try to figure out: 1) Where the deer are, do they stay on my property or do they just use it as a travel route. 2) Where are they getting food and water, is it on my property or are they using my property to get to it. Deer usually don't wander all over a piece of property. They generally stick to the same areas, thickets, trails, etc. Once you find out where the deer are and are traveling it gets easier. You'll want to hunt those areas, but always use the wind to your advantage whenever possible. You don't want the wind blowing your scent in their direction, giving your location away. They will change their routine/habits if they get spooked enough. Once you find where the deer are, it's simply a matter of putting in the time. You might spend many many hours or days. on stand in a location before you see anything. You might not see anything at all, it happens to the best of us. Once you're seeing deer, and they're not seeing you, it's pretty easy to kill one. Cleaning can be overwhelming the first time, but it's totally doable. You just have to commit to seeing it thru before you pull the trigger. Lots of vids on Youtube showing how it's done. I could type for hours. First thing is find a place and then spend as much time as you can in the woods. Everything will become self evident after that... [/QUOTE]
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