Table of Contents
A Note from Field & Stream Editor-in-Chief Anthony Licata
From the Authors
You Might Be Deer Crazy If
Spot 10 Modern Deer-Hunting Trends
1 Know the 5 Basic Types of Deer Habitat
2 Start with a Scouting Walk
3 Know the 5 Basic Methods
4 Make the Call
5 Break Down Your Deer Season
6 Gear Up for Deer
7 Commit These 10 Rules to Memory
8 Be Ultrasafe
9 Strap Yourself In
Chapter 1
10 Know Your Deer
11 Analyze Whitetail Anatomy
12 Take Heads and Tail
13 Now Hear This
14 Get a Grip on Deer Senses
15 Know That the Nose Knows
16 Don't Move … or Wear Blue
17 Keep Deer off Your Tracks
18 Manage Body Odor (or Not)
19 Cover Your Scent
20 Call Him Out
21 Decipher Deer Sounds
22 Read a Tale from the Tail
23 Think Different for Big Bucks
24 Take a Personality Test
25 Know the Big 5 Deer Foods
26 Seek Secondary Foods
27 Scout for Acorns
28 Find Fruits and Nuts
29 Browse the Buffet
30 Look for Evergreens
31 Make a Wild Salad
32 Look High and Low for Buck Beds
33 Go to Grass
34 Don't Walk Past That Plow
35 Sex a Bed
36 Know the Anatomy of a Buck Bed
37 Watch That Scat
38 Get the Scoop on Poop
39 Know Your Rub
40 Read the Rub
41 Find Early Rubs and Scrapes
42 Score During Scrape Week
43 Get the Dirt on Scrapes
44 Sex a Track
45 Take a Survey
46 Use the Old .30-06 Trick
47 Find the Funnels
48 Walk with Bucks
49 Identify the Corridors
50 Crash the Bachelor Party
51 Find a Monster Buck at Home
52 Heed Home Ranges, a Little
53 Get to the Core of the Issue
54 Face It: There's No "October Lull"
55 Find the Hidden Foods
56 Concentrate on Cover
57 Check the Pressure
58 Get In On the Secret Rut
59 Pinpoint Early Rut Activity
60 Watch the Lip Curl
61 Seek the First Phase
62 Cut to the Chase, Gradually
63 Track the Rut
64 Don't Miss Midday
65 Know Why Deer Fight
66 Recognize Rut Funnels
67 Know the Rut Players
68 Wait for the Prodigal Buck
69 Get the Keys to the Lockdown
70 Diagnose the Lockdown
71 Pick Your Fights
72 Don't Doubt the Second Rut
73 Go Big Late
74 Remember, Muleys Are Different
75 Dig the Down Low
76 Understand Pressured Deer
77 Bone Up On Bunnies
78 Make a Muley Go Boing
79 Believe in Buffer Zones
80 Check the Deer Forecast
81 Study the Storm
82 Don't Give Up
83 Study the Winter Shift
84 Bone Up On Winter Bedding Areas
85 Nail Down Northern Deer Yards
86 Master they Muley Migration
87 Home In On Home-Range Shifts
Chapter 2
88 Find Those Winter Beds
89 Get on the White Track
90 Take an Inventory of Beds
91 Become a Shed Head
92 Adopt a Shed Ethic
93 Train a Shed-Hunting Machine
94 Spring into Action
95 Find Fall Beds in Spring
96 Make a Food-Plot Plan
97 Get the Essentials
98 Plot Out the Top Plants
99 Make One-Man Mini Hunt Plots
100 4-Wheel a Food Plot
101 Sow the Best Seed for Bad Conditions
102 Perfect Your Plot
103 Create a Killer Lick Site
104 Manage Deer on $200
105 Hinge-Cut a Tree
106 Add Water
107 Give Sanctuary
108 Make His Bed
109 Steer Your Deer
110 Boost Your Fruit
111 Plant an Orchard
112 Create a Stalking Trail
113 Make Bucks Scrape Close
114 Grow Some Cover
115 Mock Up Scrapes Now
116 Make a Fake Scrape for $1.79
117 Pick Your Site
118 Learn the Lingo
119 Make a Trail-Cam Kit
120 Optimize Your Setup
121 Test Your Camera
122 Plan Like a Cam Expert
123 Mount a Cam Anywhere
124 Find Bucks by Satellite
125 Get the Most from Your GPS
126 Mark Up Your Map
127 Go Public
128 Shoot (in Spire of) the Breeze
129 Get the Most from Your Journal
130 Read Your Journal
131 Keep a Buck Log
132 Pick the Perfect Stand Tree
133 Hang It and Hunt It
134 Hang a Treestand in 7 Minutes
135 Choose a Killer Stand Location
136 Get the Right Stand for You
137 Follow a Treestand Timeline
138 Climb into Deer
139 Get a Lifeline
140 Make a Stand-Hanging Kit
141 Branch Out
142 Shave Your Hang Time
143 Follow the Ground Rules
144 Cut It Out!
145 Hit the Hotspot, Lightly
146 Get Good Glass Cheap
147 Assemble a $1,000 Deer Combo
148 Achieve Affordable Accuracy
149 Shoot the Best Deer Rifle
150 Pick a Winner
151 Hunt Deer with an AR
152 Choose the Right Bullet
153 Get the Right Slug Gun
154 Identify Slugs
155 Shoot a Classic
156 Choose the Right Compound Bow
157 Don't Trade Accuracy for Speed
158 Understand the Tradeoffs
159 Shoot a Stick and String
160 Know Your Limits
161 Get Used to Crossbows
162 Be a Pionner
163 Be a Mountain Man
164 Get In-Line
165 Know Your Blackpowder Ammo
166 Practice for the Big Woods
167 Keep Shooting Simple
168 Get Off the Bench
169 Get a Good Rest
170 Don't Get Too Far Away
171 Get Good Form
172 Pay Attention to the Details
173 Go Long
174 Accessorize for Accuracy
175 Make the Most of Practice
176 Match the Arrow Spine
177 Shoot for the Heart and Lungs
178 Take the Neck Shot, If You Must
179 Watch the Front Shoulder, Bowhunters
180 Age a Buck in the Field
181 Score a Buck on the Hoof, Fast
182 Lease a Little Bit of Heaven
183 Do Your Paperwork
184 Form a Hunting Group
185 Go Local If You Can
Chapter 3
186 Follow the Early-Buck Rules
187 Set a Water Trap
188 Rub Out Wrong Assumptions
189 Find the Master Bedroom
190 Bring the Party to You
191 Rattle and Hum
192 Be a Back-Door Man
193 Set Up a Buffet for Bucks
194 Deal with the Breakup
195 Get Stage Ready
196 Challenge the Boss Bachelor
197 Hunt in the Heat
198 See a Good Moon Rising
199 Find the Perfect Spot for Your Stand
200 Have an Exit Strategy
201 Get In, Be Quiet
202 Use the Buddy System
203 Load Your Stand Bag
204 Know When Not to Use a Decoy
205 Be Ready for the Wide-Circling Buck
206 Follow the Fake-Deer Rules
207 Stake a Fake All Season
208 Blow a Bleat
209 Banter Like a Buck
210 Tote a Rack
211 Get Him Out in the Open
212 Get a Sound Setup
213 Talk Up a Muley
214 Listen to a Legend on Calling Bucks
215 Get Real (or Not)
216 Get the Big Buck
217 Dig In for Bucks
218 Follow the Deer-Pee Planner
219 Go Gillie
220 Get Down
221 Canoe for Your Deer
222 Waylay Him in a Wash
223 Get up a Creek
224 Hunt the Fruit Stand
225 Know Your Field Points
226 Get Your Bucks in a Row
227 Creep In for the Kill
228 Try the Easy Oak Hunt
229 Hunt the Hot Sign
230 Beat the Lull
231 Say Hay
232 Time the Pre-Rut
233 Make a Date with a Scrape
234 Get a Swamp Buck
235 Hunt the Rut Right
236 Hunt the High Wind
237 Hunt Rut Rubs and Scrapes
238 Don't Give a Scrape Up for Dead
239 Wait. They'll Circle Back
240 Get a Jump on the Chase
241 Call the Chase
242 Have a Great Weekend
243 Get in the Bedroom
244 Lure a Rutting Buck Close
245 Follow the Breeder
246 Make a Two-Man Lockdown Stalk
247 Kill a Midday Giant
248 Learn 5 Lockdown Secrets
249 Walk on By
240 Go Straight Ahead
251 Listen to a Legend on Still-Hunting
252 Follow that Flag
253 Head into the Ditch
254 Walk Lightly
255 Spot a Rack from Above
256 Bag a Blacktail
257 Hunt the Swamp, Two Ways
258 Take the Wheel
259 Take Driving Lessons
260 Drive a Hillside
261 Drive On, Four Ways
262 Track and Drive
263 Bump and Hunt
264 Listen to a Legend On Driving
265 Track Escape Routes
266 Listen to a Legend On Tracking
267 Two-Track a Buck
268 Track to Call
269 Track to Ambush
270 Fast-Track a Late-Season Buck
271 Punch the Snow
272 Break a Stick
273 Hunt the Late Scrape
274 Go Nuts
275 Find the Superfield
276 Crowd a Buck
277 Hide in the Corn
278 Wake Up Bucks
279 Go Snow Blind
280 Play Leap-Frog
281 Knock on the Bedroom Door
282 Get a Snowbound Buck
283 Go Field Hopping
284 Make a Cold Clash
285 Meet Bucks for a Cold Lunch
286 Shovel Up a Buck
287 Flush a Prairie Buck
288 Listen to a Legend on Stalking
289 Tag-Team Muleys
290 Walk in Circles
291 Get a Friend
292 Stay on the Blood
293 Field Dress a Buck in Minutes
294 Get Your Buck Out
295 Split the Breastbone, Not the Pelvis
296 Skin Your Deer
297 Get the Good Cuts
298 Bone Out the Best Cuts
299 Trim the Fat
300 Save the Tenderloins
301 Build a Better Burger
Index
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