After opening day, it might be best to throw them a curve. I like to sneak along ridges and glass down into brushy creek bottoms and draws. It s a good way to make something happen and spot deer, especially if there s light snow on the ground. Hang tough in a treestand in a remote thicket. Around lunchtime, a buck that traveled all night and holed up at first light might get up to stretch, browse or nose a doe coming into late estrous.
Skittish deer use every ounce of remaining cover when sneaking between feeding and bedding sites.
Thick strips in wind-sheltered draws and ravines are prime funnels to watch at dawn and dusk. Inc. All Rights Reserved.