Missed Deer Today

I have never hunted for deer with a shotgun, as I was always fortunate to hunt in fairly underpopulated (with people) forest. The deer hunt for me always started weeks before the season started. Required lots of observation looking for their bedding, feeding, watering holes and socializing areas. Careful observing of theses spots by finding their bedding location, you can actually find where they bed, in the early morning hours, see the silhouettes of dry leaves where they bedded down. Find their tracks and trails to where they feed and water and find the trees where they rub and scratch their selves on. Put the time in before the hunt to find tell tail signs and you have a better chance of getting lucky!