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HOW TO FIND AND TAKE TROPHY BUCKS IN THE EARLY SEASON WITH DR. GRANT WOODS

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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.

Click to enlargeI'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 Click to enlargeMichigan 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. Click to enlargeTo 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.

TOMORROW: DON'T FORGET FOOD PLOTS ARE BUCK MAGNETS



Check back each day this week for more about HOW TO FIND AND TAKE TROPHY BUCKS IN THE EARLY SEASON WITH DR. GRANT WOODS ...

Day 1 - How to Scout from the Skinning Shed
Day 2 - Deer Know You
Day 3 - Don't Forget Food Plots Are Buck Magnets
Day 4 - How to Find the Big Bucks on the Property You Hunt
Day 5 - You Still Can't See Them

 

 

Entry 258, Day 2