How to White tail

[ImAboutEven]

Ive thought about using smoke as a civer scent several times. Your constantly smelling someone burning wood or leaves in the fall when your out in the stand. However i dont know if there's such a thing a cover scent that will overpower your human scent

I’m far from stupid and have done this for a LONG time but iif Kory says it, take it to the bank.

I’ve got ONE quote in life memorized: “trust but verify”

He’s never told me anything like this that is inaccurate but I wouldn’t go WAY out of my way- if there’s a campfire, why not?

But playing the wind always works if possible.

I believe OP was worried about wind…this may be worth trying, especially if they’re camping anyway.

 

[2rocky]

So, I found out that I can get access to archery hunt deer on a private section of uncultivated ranch property along a river in MT that appears to have plenty of cotton woods and willows. I have never hunted white tail deer but this looks like classic white tail habitat, and I would like to give it a try. It would be DIY. I wouldn't have any real time for scouting (maybe a half day) and maybe three days of hunting. My instinct is to walk as much of the property as I can, identify the most heavily used trails and then set up a tree stand within my accurate range and sit still as long as I can as early and late as I can until the magic happens. Perhaps this is a oversimplification? Of course, I would like to be successful but don't really care about the antlers, though bigger is better. Can I be equally as successful from a ground blind assuming I have shooting lanes?

Till now, all of my hunts have been spot and stalk on mule deer or elk so this is a new game for me. Any advice is welcome, particularly about my assumptions of finding a trail and setting up a stand. Is it reasonable to think that I can go in blind as described and figure something out in three days?

Thanks, Goatshoes

If you can glass from afar and see deer before you go in then great. If you have a tree stand and can setup where wind blows from the thick bedding cover blows to you then put in your time along a trail. Adapt as needed.

If now is the hunt try some rattling. Since I don’t own a tree stand that would be my go to in a ground blind.