HOW TO FIND AND TAKE TROPHY BUCKS IN THE EARLY SEASON
WITH DR. GRANT WOODS
Deer
Know You
Editor's Note: Dr. Grant Woods of Reeds Spring, Missouri,
one of the nation's leading white-tailed deer researchers,
not only has studied whitetails for many years but also
uses the latest scientific technology to track deer
movement and learn why deer do what they do. We've asked
Woods to tell our readers how to find the bucks of their
dreams this year.
I've
been totally amazed since I've been using radio telemetry
to study deer movement at how sensitive deer are to
hunt pressure and how quickly they adapt to and are
able to dodge hunters in the woods. From what I've learned,
I now know that I prefer to hunt an area with fewer
deer and fewer hunters than hunt a region with lots
of deer and hunters. I'd rather hunt an area in northern
Michigan
where only 10 deer live per square mile that has very
little if any hunter pressure than hunt a place in south
Alabama that has 100 deer per square mile and a deer
hunter for every 40 acres. I've found that taking a
trophy buck that's had very little hunter contact is
much easier than attempting to take a trophy buck in
an area where the deer have had a lot of hunting pressure.
To
take a trophy early-season buck this season, hunt the
places with less deer density and less hunting pressure
instead of hunting areas with higher deer density and
more hunting pressure.
To learn more about Dr. Grant Woods and Woods and Associates,
you can go to www.deermanagement.net.
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