Deer Hunting Archives - Page 186 of 247

May 5, 2026

A lightweight, lock-on style stand and a set of break-down, climbing sticks can make a deer hunter tremendously mobile.

Hybrid lock-on stands

Until the last few years, hunters who used lock-on style stands were limited to hanging one stand in one location, and that stand was likely affixed for the season. […]

It takes plenty of gear to properly prepare and hunt from a portable tree stand.

Essentials for hunting from portable stands

Jason Hawkins

It is important to recognize the risk in hunting from an elevated stand. Hunters should always maintain tethering by use of a lineman’s belt or lifeline with a prussic knot when ascending and descending trees. […]

Trail cameras have allowed hunters to do a lot of scouting without going into the woods too often and disrupting deer.

Trail cameras change hunting tactics

Craig Holt

Mike Seamster of the Caswell community of Providence, considers himself a “general” whitetail deer hunter who isn’t enamored of trophy antlers. […]

Glassing agricultural or grown-up, open fields before gun season can give hunters an idea which ones are being used by deer, especially nice bucks.

Tips for bagging a pre-rut deer

Craig Holt

Whitetail deer, particularly bucks, use their noses to avoid danger, and to find food and girlfriends. Scent knowledge is never more important to them than during the pre-rut period. […]

Baiting for deer is most successful when it pulls does into an area, and the does, in turn, pull in bucks.

A perspective on hunting over bait

Phillip Gentry

The move from a no-baiting zone to allowing baiting for deer may find many deer hunters in the Upstate lacking for knowledge in how to effectively go about it. […]

You’ve shot a buck, now how do you find it?

Bennett Kirkpatrick

Follow these tips to track a deer that didn’t drop on the spot. […]

A portable, hand-held GPS unit can be a great aid to deer hunters who have long hikes back into the mountains to their hunting areas.

Portable GPS units make mountain navigation a snap

Pete Rogers

Portable GPS units are invaluable when hunting in the mountains. Fortunately, there are a wide variety of units available at many different price points. […]

The time-stamp function on trail cameras can help hunters coordinate their photo evidence of increased deer movmements with periods of high activity predicted by lunar tables.

Validate lunar movements with trail cameras

Jeff Burleson

Deer hunting over the past century has gone through little few changes, with the exception of the last 30 years. Even though the number of hunters has remained relatively stable, the technology has improved deer hunters’ odds. […]