August Deer Hunting Tips

It is now August. The bucks are in full velvet and grouped together in their bachelor groups. Now is the time to do you long range scouting. Find a spot where you can see a good food source with binoculars from a good distance away. I like to watch the edges of alfalfa fields the last hour before dark. I prefer to bring a stool or chair and sit on a fence line to watch the field. Once you start to see deer, pay close attention to where they are coming out. They might use the same trail to exit the woods every evening. Keep track of this so you know where to place you stand. I like to do this on as many wood lots that I hunt, that way if you would spook the deer and cause them to change the pattern you will still have another spot all set up to go for opening day.

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