Bobson
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I've got a good friend who lives on ~10 acres, flanked (back and both sides) by DNR land that's open to public hunting. He's got deer in the clear-cut parts of his property almost all year long.
He's not a hunter, but he already gave me permission to hunt deer on his property this year. I'm thinking of setting up a ground blind near the active lanes and getting out there an hour or so before sunrise come regular season in early October.
I'm totally new to big game hunting (read a lot on it over the years, but never done it before). I've read that when setting up a blind, you should do it months in advance so the deer have time to get used to it, as opposed to setting up a box 25 yards from their trail a week before the season starts. Can anyone confirm this?
What about human scent? The deer on this guy's property seem to be super used to seeing people. I mean, it's not uncommon to see the deer 30 yards or so from his front door. We'll walk outside and look at em from the driveway, and they just stare at us then go back to eating. We actually saw a fawn playing around running and hopping around in circles around his mom about three weeks ago, it was very cool
Anyway, just curious how I should play this out. I'm almost certainly going to be using a shotgun on the hunt; haven't settled on either slugs or buckshot.
Any help is appreciated.
ETA:
I'm not after a wall hanger, here. Looking to put meat in the freezer. Might seem like it's gonna be a "fish in a barrel" type situation, and it kinda does to me too. But nothing's gonna go to waste; this isn't about sport (no disrespect intended to anyone who does hunt for sport, btw).
He's not a hunter, but he already gave me permission to hunt deer on his property this year. I'm thinking of setting up a ground blind near the active lanes and getting out there an hour or so before sunrise come regular season in early October.
I'm totally new to big game hunting (read a lot on it over the years, but never done it before). I've read that when setting up a blind, you should do it months in advance so the deer have time to get used to it, as opposed to setting up a box 25 yards from their trail a week before the season starts. Can anyone confirm this?
What about human scent? The deer on this guy's property seem to be super used to seeing people. I mean, it's not uncommon to see the deer 30 yards or so from his front door. We'll walk outside and look at em from the driveway, and they just stare at us then go back to eating. We actually saw a fawn playing around running and hopping around in circles around his mom about three weeks ago, it was very cool
Anyway, just curious how I should play this out. I'm almost certainly going to be using a shotgun on the hunt; haven't settled on either slugs or buckshot.
Any help is appreciated.
ETA:
I'm not after a wall hanger, here. Looking to put meat in the freezer. Might seem like it's gonna be a "fish in a barrel" type situation, and it kinda does to me too. But nothing's gonna go to waste; this isn't about sport (no disrespect intended to anyone who does hunt for sport, btw).