IMAG0027 THE BOYS COMMUNAL HOT SPOT!

Whether you are hunting public or private land, if you make the common mistake of inhabiting the area that you intend to hunt too much all of a sudden, you will likely pressure the deer out of the area, and you will not see this happening! But if you go in and identify the best food source in the area, you will most likely find a well-traveled area just like this one! As a youngster before I knew what I was doing, I would walk through the same area several times starting a couple of weeks before deer season only to see maybe a rub, or a scrape, or lots of dropping and not having any idea as to what I was looking at. reading a deer's behavior by paying attention to the finest details, that being looking up in the trees for twigs and branches not just being eaten off but also still intact but twisted and still hanging! Also notice the wetness of the break to determine how old it is to determine how long it has been since he has been there and whether it was during darkness or daylight! Look around of course for scrapes with wet spots and rubs in them (BUT DO NOT STEP IN OR TOUCH THE SPOT)! Try to take in as much detail as possible from where you are standing and get out as quickly as you came in using the same route to leave as you used to get there! The most important thing to remember, YOU ARE IN HIS LIVING ROOM WHERE HE LIVES 24/7 AND CHANCES ARE THAT ALTHOUGH HE MAY BE SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS AWAY OR A HALF A MILE AWAY, HE PROABALY ALREADY KNOWS YOU'RE THERE! Watch what they are doing in this video to learn what they do in almost every well used spot before the rut! With the hours of daylight getting well shorter by the day, not only is the velvet coming off, but with the ever so increasing testosterone levels so are the scent levels in all 7 glands and especially in the pre-orbital and forehead glands are really ramping up now! Notice them raking, rubbing and licking their chew sticks already!