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Great Things About Deer Hunting Blinds

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

When deer hunting becomes a fad all of the necessary and unnecessary deer hunting gear emerges. Although some are really essential others are just simply a waste of money since it is just a fancy hunting gear without any relevance to hunting. Gears that can be beneficial to you in hunting a deer would be a deer hunting blind and a deer hunting crossbow. Although there are so many hunters hunting deer without using any deer hunting blind, yet blinds are still considered essential for deer hunting activities and it simply is not just a waste of money. Deer hunting blinds also have some benefits such as:

Deer hunting blinds helps in concealing your body as well as your scent especially when you are wearing musk and other perfumes and body sprays. Ideally speaking you must not have any other smell aside from the natural odor that you have. Though with the use of a deer hunting blind, you can still use your deodorant and wear your perfume as it will cover up the smell.

Elimination of distraction is one of the benefits of a deer hunting blind, in view of the fact that being in the outfield means having a close encounter with wild animals as well as bugs of all sorts. Using this gear will help you concentrate on your target alone because insects and bugs won’t be in your way anymore.

Since at times weather becomes unpredictable, your deer hunting blinds can serve as your protection from harsh weather. It can protect you from rain as well as the blazing heat of the sun and most of all from the drenching snow. Also open hunting blinds can protect you just as much from strong wind gusts.

One last beneficial aspect with this gear is that it is light enough for you to carry and transport. You can choose many different sizes, types and styles. In fact, you can choose hunting blinds that have many different features aside from concealment alone; such as tripods, ladders and many more. Hunting blinds are varied widely for specific purposes.

Ideally you must choose a color for your hunting blind that suits the surrounding or as much as possible a color that does not attract your target deer. You will only be pissed off if your target keeps on spotting you and runs away.  In order to have a successful deer hunting experience then try using a deer hunting blind.

Tracking Techniques For Wounded Deer

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

You can pretty much hear your heart beating more rapidly as the cross hairs of your scope come down over a ten point buck. Now for the the moment of truth; you gently squeeze the trigger and, Wham! You nailed the deer, but it took off running, so you are going to need to track it down to finish the job. There are quite a few tracking techniques, but there are a few basic rules that almost most deer hunters use.

 

First thing is first, it helps a great amount to know where you hit the deer. If the deer falls on the spot, then you have probably hit it in the spinal column, brain, or directly in the heart. If the deer jumps after impact, you may have hit the heart, lungs, or some muscles. If the deer is somewhat hunched over and takes off with its tail down, it is most likely a gut shot. After you have discovered the area that the bullet has hit, a good quality pair of binoculars, such as some Nikon sport optic binoculars, can assist in your search. With binoculars, you are more likely to see which direction your deer is running, and you might even see where it falls.

 

It is good to wait some amount of time from the shot and searching for the deer because if the deer thinks it is being tracked, it will keep moving, especially if it is shot in the gut. If a deer doesn’t feel like it is being pursued, there is a decent chance that it will lay on the ground and try to rest. After resting, the deer will have difficulties getting back to its feet and could possibly bleed out in its resting spot. After waiting anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours, let the searching commence. When you feel that the time is right, look for spots of blood on vegetation, trees, and on the ground. Other tell-tale signs are hair, bone fragments, russled up leaves, and hoof prints.

 

The key thing to keep in mind when tracking a deer is to always be patient. If you wait for a bit and just listen and take observations in the place where the deer was popped, you may hear the deer running or discover some other clues. The deer will most likely lay down to rest in the meantime. Also, hunters who attempt to hurry the tracking process will probably overlook many tell-tale signs and lose the trail they were pursuing. There are a couple products out there that make tracking a bit easier, such as chemicals that light up blue when they touch blood. If snow is on the ground, tracking should be much easier than in dry or rainy conditions. Last but not least, good hunters and trackers know that they owe it to the deer to end its suffering after it has been shot. Do yourself and your deer a favor by following these simple tracking tips!

Deer Hunting 101 – Know The Basics

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Here are some really quick deer hunting tips that can help you get a prize deer even on the last day of the hunt.

While it might be hot now, but soon the frosty winds of Autumn will be blowing. That’s when multitudes of hunters minds will start thinking about deer hunting. With money being tighter, more and more people will be getting out in the woods trying to put some extra meat in the freezer. The act of hunting deer and shooting a buck or doe are totally different acts. Beginners will soon see that there is a lot that goes into being a successful deer hunter. Follow these simple tips for a chance to fill your deer tag this year. You will soon realize that hunting deer is a rewarding past time.

To get started, you’re going to have to choose the best deer hunting rifle. Once you have one, you’ll need to practice with it until your proficient with it. Every year, thousands of deer are missed, or worse – wounded – by people who are not proficient with their bow, rifle or black powder rifle. You’ll want to become proficient with any weapon you choose to use. This is what any ethical hunter would want.

Now it’s time for homework. Topo maps are a must tool to have, especially when hunting new areas. They can show you many things including creeks, ridgetops and funnel areas. Get a hold of your State’s wildlife department in order to see if they have harvest data from previous years. This can be invaluable in determine where to begin your hunt. But areas with high hunter success are also those that have the most hunters in a lot of cases. There should be lots of data from the State, but I look for the hunter success rate first. Success rates will tell you how much success other deer hunters have had in one are.

Now the hard part starts. You need to get out and find several areas where you think deer will be. While good marksmanship is important, it won’t do you a bit of good if you can’t hit what you’re aiming at. Know how to scout for deer and what to look for. A lot of deer hunters never scout the area they’ll be hunting. These types of hunters are the ones you always hear complaining! Get out a week or more before the season opens and scout for a place to hunt. If you go into your hunting area immediately prior to the hunting season, you’ll spook deer.

I also look for buck rubs immediately before the mating season.

Finally, you want to do everything you can to find areas away from other hunters. I can hear you asking ‘But what am I looking for’? For starters, you want to look for area with fewer hunters. You’ll find that most hunters never get more than a few hundred yards from where they parked. They’re either lazy or afraid of getting lost. You should take every opportunity to get back further in the woods! You may discover a un-pressured herd of deer that is a lot easier to hunt than those in high pressured hunting area. But don’t get too smug. Just ask any experienced deer hunter and they’ll tell you that there are no guarantees when hunting deer! BUT if you follow some basic deer hunting tips you can get a prize deer.

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An Introduction To Hunting

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

The hunting instinct is one of the most basic instincts of mankind. There are no greater preditors than humans. Take a look at “prey” animals. Their eyes are usually on the sides of their heads. This arrangement helps them survive. Predators, on the other hand, characteristically have their eyes set close together, very useful for estimating the distance between he and his target. Beyond this, the urge to kill lies within us all, especially as children. Abusive adulthood is only one consequence of not correctly guiding these instincts in a child. Can any of us honestly say that, as kids, we didn’t shoot birds with our slingshots and bb guns, or set homemade traps for other critters? I say that if you can say that, then you either never had an opportunity as a child, or you’re an exception to the rule of human nature.

The kill is the fulfillment of the hunt. We hunt to be alone, to observe wildlife without being observed ourselves, to face one of the greatest challenges in this world: to take a wild animal on his own turf, using our brain and little else. Forget the wild tales you may have heard about “automatic” guns and telescopic sites. When it comes right down to it, those things are no good unless you can create an opportunity to use them. We don’t swagger into the woods and slay Bambi when he meekly peeks from behind a tree. We have to use every sense, every bit of experience we have, and when we accomplish our goal, it’s a milestone. I once watched a videotape on hunting that theorized that, on the average, if you are hunting and get a chance at a deer, that chance will last 7 seconds. In my experience, that’s not far off. Sometimes you’ll have longer, sometimes not that long, but 7 seconds is just about average. Think of what it takes to be alert and ready, and to make an honest, clean shot on an animal that always believes there’s danger behind every tree! In those 7 seconds you must verify that it is, indeed, a legal animal, find a chance to shoot (not easy when you’re in brushy country), and you must usually remain undetected by those roving eyes and swivelling ears. What a high! The adrenalin rush I get from it is like nothing else in this world. The fulfillment of long hard hours of hunting is definitely worth it!

Selecting the Right Telescopic Sight for Your Rifle Part 2

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

The only thing more important than a deer rifle scope that works with a deer hunting rifle, the chosen hunting environment, and the shooting style of the hunter, is the actual rifle itself. To get the scope on your deer rifle set-up properly read these deer hunting tips.

If you want to shoot from long range, you should invest as much money as you can in your scope, so you can ensure accuracy. Adjustable magnification scopes are preferred for combining the abilities of general observation, closer range shooting and long range marksmanship. Theses adjustable rifle scopes for deer hunting rifles will be listed with the magnification variance from the minimum distance to the maximum, as well as the objective lens diameter. For example: a “3x9x42″ scope will be listed with a minimum magnification of 3 power, a maximum magnification of 9 power, and a 40 millimeter objective lens diameter.

The Importance of the Scope’s Light Transmission Qualities.

Each time you up the magnification of your scope, you will be decreasing the light you get to your eyepiece. The larger the objective lens, the more you get through your eyepiece. Scopes transmit available light through the lenses to your eye, always losing a bit in the process. If you purchase the very finest and most expensive scopes, you will only get as much as 98% light transmission. Anytime you can find a scope with 95% or higher, you have a great scope. The typical scope only transmits about 90%.

Understanding The Lenses and The Coatings On Scopes

Most of the quality scopes you can find today are fogproof, waterproof, and have lenses that are coated. There is a wide range of coatings available. You can definitely get a single coated lens scope that can blow most multicoated lenses out of the water. How well they function depends on what quality the glass and coatings are. The coatings reduce glare and also prevent reflection from causing you to lose light, but these higher quality coatings will come with higher pricetags. Normally a coating will allow for better light transmission and sharper contrast in what you are looking at.

Scope Field of View

How much you see out of your scope in terms of its entire area, 100 yards in front of you, is called field of view. It is important to remember that scopes with higher magnifications will have lower fields of view. As magnification is decreased, field of view goes up. For example: Let’s consider a 3×9 variable scope. At 3 power, you should have a little over 30 feet in your field of view. However, at 9 power your field of view will only be approximately 14 feet. The field of view is not affected by the size of the objective lens diameter.

Your hunting experience can be ruined or made incredible through the simple application of a scope that befits your style of shooting.

Selecting the Right Telescopic Sight for Your Rifle Part 1

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

When you go out deer hunting, it’s so important to choose the best telescopic rifle you can possibly get considering your shooting style and weapon, that the only thing more important is choosing a deer hunting rifle itself.

If the deer hunter is going to hunt in an area where long range shots are required, it is vital that he/she purchases the best possible scope possible. Adjustable magnification scopes are preferred for combining the abilities of general observation, closer range shooting and long range marksmanship. When you look for adjustable rifle scope, you can see the lens diameter, as well as the minimum and maximum magnifications. If your scope is 3x9x42, it’ll magnify at a minimum of 3x and a maximum of 9x, and the lens diameter will be around 40 millimeters in size.  To get the scope on your deer rifle set-up properly read these deer hunting tips.

Understanding the Magnification Range of a Scope

For deer hunting, it is typical to find a a scope with a 3×9 magnification range. You can even get a 4x scope if you won’t be shooting further than fifty yards, due to the density of the brush. When hunting in areas where longer shots are required, where you will be making shots that average several hundred yards, you will do better with a 4×12 or a 4.5×14. On the plains or in open country you can often leave your scope at a higher power. This is because your visibility is not obstructed, so you can usually see the entire area and will not be surprised by a deer or other animal. In some cases you might have to shoot from hilltop to hilltop, or mountain to mountain.

The  Objective Lens Size  of a Scope

Typical medium variable rifle scopes have an objective lens that’s 40 to 44 mm in size, when you’re working with deer hunting scopes. However, you can purchase larger objective lenses that can go up to 75 mm. In most all situations these jumbo objective lenses are not advantageous. You’d have to set these bigger objective lenses at the highest power to get enough light through them to do any good. Unfortunately, they can be quite uncomfortable and are hard to align with the eye. With a properly mounted scope, you should be able to close your eyes, shoulder your gun with a proper, repeatable stock weld (a stock weld is the firm but comfortable and repeatable position of your face on the gun stock), open your eyes, and look directly through the center of your scope every time. Large objective lenses prevent this from happening because of the mounting height required to keep the ring of such a large lens off your gun barrel. Having to mount your scope this high will cause you to have a rifle that is heavier, clumsier, less balanced, slower, and uncomfortable to shoot.

The choice of a proper scope to match your hunting environment and shooting style can make or break your hunting effort. This article can help you find out what scope is right for you, on your next hunting excursion.

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