Unique Deer Hunting Tactics?

[BT]

I'll share mine if you will share yours.
Looking for the unique Techniques for deer hunting.

It isn't like I have worried about showing people how to attract and hold deer because I have shared some things with lots of people to help them be more successful in getting deer to their stands.

I'll start

This is a trick that works great but I have not done it in years. You can only do this in a permanent stand such as a ladder stand.

Take some old camo that you don't want anymore and stuff it full of hay or other substance. The idea is to make a scarecrow (sort of) that looks like you would look as a person when being viewed from the ground.
Now that you have your manikin, put it in the sitting position and lash it to the stand with a couple of bungee cords so that it mimics a person sitting on the stand.

Leave some cloth hanging loose so that it moves when the wind blows. The deer will get used to the motion up there as well as the figure seated there.

If you do this a couple months before season you will never get a local deer busting you in that stand

On opening day, climb up and drop the dummy to the ground or even pull the hay out first and then sit on the clothes... you will figure it out when the time comes.

I Did this for three years and I will tell you one thing for sure, the deer in that area were all shot without any issues at all.

[BT]

How about another?


This works great in any new area that lends itself to it.

After hunting the swamps for years, it became my belief that alder stands were the best place to find a big bucks travel route. Problem is that you cant shoot in an alder stand... which is probably why it is so good in there.
What I began to do (years ago) was to look for such an area between a likely feeding area and a likely bedding area. When I found a likely transition area I would then look for a good tree (for a stand) and cut a direct path to each through the thick stuff (past the tree) from one end to the other.
When I say thick stuff I am looking for an area that you couldn't walk through if you were anything other than a 10 year old kid.

I use shears and only cut what I can with those so at times the path can become winding but remains direct. Once finished with this path I will start another which will intersect the first, in relation to the tree I have chosen.
Once completed, I will have a cross through the alders and both these trails will pass the tree at an intersection. This scenario is pretty easy to find believe it or not.

Every time I cut my trails I will eventually hit an existing game trail because I am crossing the length and width of the area. I have found paths that deer have been using and I still marvel at how they do it.

Deer will immediately start using the easier trials that I have created and now all I have to do is sit in that tree. The best thing about doing this is that the deer will almost always focus on a direct line which leaves one trial rarely used. This is the trail I will use to enter the set up, so that I am not leaving a scent trail for them to pick up on before reaching me in the stand.

This method is deadly and I have used it in area's where I have never been with 100% success. If your a hustler, you can bang out a cross through a 60 acre briar patch in a day and hunt it immediately. One thing I always do is start my trail inside of the edge line, so that no other hunter is going to see the openings.

[BT]

Dont everyone jump on this at once!


Here is another one....

When I started urban zone hunting, I realized that the best hunting was anywhere I could see roof tops

My tactic for years has been to start any new area by driving the roads. I will stay where the houses are close together and the more upscale the neighborhoods the better. In commonwealth states this is a great tactic and in states that are not Commonwealth, it works in relation to public land tracts.

I don't necessarily look for qualities that deer should focus on but rather I look for where deer are. By driving slowly, I can pick up deer crossings on the edges of the road.
I will park wherever I have to and walk back to that spot and set up within 40-60 yards of that road. The deer that cross the road will normally rush across the road and into the woods maybe 20 yards before stopping and sometimes a bit further but they always stop.
This is why I set up 40-60 yards in.

The traffic noise messes up their hearing and the road smell covers some of my own. I can hunt with the wind to my back if I hunt close enough to a road.

The more houses the better as the season gets late. All that landscaping is a buffet for these deer and they are not going to leave it readily.