Study and Hunt 1/2-Mile to Take More Deer with John E. Phillips
Day 2: How Terrain Naturally Reduces the Amount of Land to Hunt and How to Use Pressure Points to Successfully Hunt Deer
Editor’s Note: Instead of rambling over miles of white-tailed deer country, try concentrating on a 1/2-mile area. You may be surprised at what you’ve been missing. Once you find that magic 1/2-mile of land, you may be able to consistently take big deer from the same spot year after year.
  The bass fisherman realizes there’s no point in attempting to catch a bass in 2 inches of water, because that’s not enough water for the fish to survive. So, he knows that trying to get his boat into an area where the water is too shallow is pointless. The deer hunter also can shrink his hunting area by studying the terrain he has to hunt. Although deer can and will cross almost any type of terrain, generally, they prefer not to cross openings or clearings, swim rivers or lakes or climb mountains – if that movement is not required for their survival. So, terrain can and does eliminate some of the regions where the sportsman ordinarily may think he has to look for deer.
How to Use Pressure Points:
  Since bass flee from fishing pressure, the bass angler understands that if he is to catch more and bigger fish, he must try and fish spots where few others sportsmen are angling. And the same is true of hunting. The places with the most hunters often will have the fewest deer, while the areas with the least number of hunters will home the most deer. So, because of hunting pressure, the deer hunter once again can decrease the amount of woods he has to search to try to locate deer. If you have 8,000 acres to hunt, by using this process of elimination, you may shrink your basic hunting region to 4,000 acres. Now you have less land to cover and have increased your chances for taking a deer by 100 percent. But if we plan to bag deer, we must reduce those 4,000 acres down to the effective range of the shotgun or rifle with which we are hunting. Now is the time to scout.
For more deer-hunting tips, get John E. Phillips’ Kindle eBooks "How to Hunt Deer Like a Pro,”
“How to Hunt Deer Up Close: With Bows, Rifles, Muzzleloaders and Crossbows,” and “PhD Whitetails: How to Hunt and Take the Smartest Deer on Any Property,” or to prepare venison, get “Deer & Fixings.” Click here on each, or go to www.amazon.com/kindle-ebooks, type in the name of the book, and download it to your Kindle, and/or download a Kindle app for your iPad, SmartPhone or computer.
About the Author
John Phillips, winner of the 2012 Homer Circle Fishing Award for outstanding fishing writer by the American Sportfishing Association (ASA) and the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA), the 2008 Crossbow Communicator of the year and the 2007 Legendary Communicator chosen for induction into the National Fresh Water Hall of Fame, is a freelance writer (over 6,000 magazine articles for about 100 magazines and several thousand newspaper columns published), magazine editor, photographer for print media as well as industry catalogues (over 25,000 photos published), lecturer, outdoor consultant, marketing consultant, book author and daily internet content provider with an overview of the outdoors. Click here for more information and a list of all the books available from John E. Phillips.
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