Food plots in the South, cornfields in the Midwest — lots of deer hunters are used to hunting over food and crops. But you can find big deer out on the wide-open prairie, if you know how to hunt it.
If you don't have a lot of land to hunt, your options are limited for things like food plots and quality deer management. But you can still take big bucks if you follow a few important strategies.
Kevin Hoyt, the creator of “The Future of Hunting'' show connected with Aubree Hoster through a nonprofit whose mission is to send youths with a severe disability on a hunting or fishing trip.
Smoking can be very beneficial to deer hunters — not cigarettes or cigars, but smoke baths. Smoke can cover your scent effectively in certain urban and suburban areas where deer are used to the smell of smoke.
With deer season approaching, wildlife officials in southwest Washington say hunters will have a better shot if they find out where the bucks are heading for water.
“There's no way I could do any of this without their help,'' John Norton said from his blind, where he hunted for the afternoon but did not get a deer. “I couldn't walk out here and I sure couldn't load a deer up and get it out of here.''
Grand View Outdoors has pulled together hunting strategies, shooting tips and gear advice from a panel of experts that'll help you be more successful when the weather’s warm, the bugs are biting and the deer still don’t know what’s coming.
The state cut the number of permits down from 37,185 permits last year.