Almost a Month Away

With there only being a month and a half until bow season comes in it is really time to start getting down to business. This week I've kept on shooting my bow as much as possible and have also made a few stops to check trail cameras. For those of you who may not know you can bow hunt from the ground or in a ground blind but most bow hunting is done from an elevated position in a tree. This makes it necessary in my practice to shoot from these elevated positions. Most all of my stands are at least twenty-five feet up in the air so when I practice I shoot out of my bedroom window into the backyard at my parents house, with my room being upstairs it makes just about the same height difference and angle to get me in ready to make the shot when it counts. A crucial thing to remember this time of year is that even though you are a month and a half away from deer season coming in you have to be careful about where you are laying your scent down in your hunting areas because I can't stress enough how much too much human scent and activity can affect how much a mature buck will visit an area. So to help with this when I'm checking cameras I spray down with some scent killer spray as well as spray down the camera since I have had it in my truck and touched it. Another key thing that you should consider is checking cameras a lot less often because no matter how well you spray down some of your scent will be left there and the more often you're in there the worse it will be. The best way to look at it is that you want the deer to be as comfortable as possible in order for one to come out in the daytime for you to harvest and the less they see and smell humans the more comfortable they will be. I can promise you one thing and that is when it comes to a deers nose you should never underestimate it.