Without a doubt the most popular out of all the deer hunting categories, white tail deer hunting is one of North America’s favorite pastime, enjoying high popularity among the young and the elderly. With well over thirty-six million whitetails and more than twelve million hunters, whitetail deer hunting is flourishing with each year that passes. This has led to numerous emerging locations where to hunt, and even to tries of populating different new areas with whitetails.

Surprisingly enough, this particular form of hunting has a century of history behind it and has only recently been popularized through intense government and private organizations encouragements, unlike other hunting branches that confront themselves with serious problems such as severe restrictions from conservation ecologists or public organizations. However, in some areas deer have grown in numbers in such a way that they are practically a nuisance; vehicle collisions with deer are a serious problem in many parts of the animal’s range, especially at night and during rutting season, causing injuries and fatalities among both deer and people. At high population densities, farmers can suffer serious economic damage by deer depredation of cash crops, especially in maize and orchards.

At a first glance, white tail hunting may not seem much different from other similar genres but it does bring more than any other can, hence its lasting popularity and appreciation. It is a practice that requires all the primal things as any other hunting kind: patience, preparation and strategy, but also necessitates a higher determination level because the results often appear long after you would expect. For instance, deer calling can take up to an hour and the results are not guaranteed. As a result, prior to arming yourself with the appropriate rifle and scopes arm yourself with steel patience and will to come home with a beautiful white-tailed buck. Apart from these, preparation is a key element and should never be treated lightly as it guarantees a successful hunting session, if done properly.

Although its complicatedness, white tail hunting pays off through absolute excitement and thrill, and that is why so many people are drown in to this sport. You can feel it just by picturing a deer finally showing up after a long wait and getting within your range of a shot. Knowing that every move you make can either lure the deer further or make it run away frightened, gasping slowly and often so that you can keep your focus, staying attentive at nothing except your target, these are true indicators of a tense and overwhelming experience.

White tail deer hunting is sure to become even more popular in the years to come through the numerous emerging locations, kind restrictions and adequate attitude from public organizations towards hunting deer. The most optimistic estimations predict that this practice will slowly but surely capture more and more regions globally, and thus we can expect to be able to hunt white-tailed deer from nearly every corner of the world.

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Have you ever wondered, while bowhunting deer in October, what happened to all the deer that you were seeing in early October? After about the first ten days in October the deer that you were seeing have disappeared. Why you ask? There are a few reasons for this, but first I need to tell you that an average deer eats about 8 to 11 pounds of food each day and about 1 ½ to 2 tons of food each year. Most of their food comes from the natural food sources, such as; acorns, leaves, pine needles, wild berries and lichens. This is a key to pinpointing deer movements during the slow times in middle October. 60% of a deer’s diet comes from natural food, which most hunters forget about and never learn how to identify when deer crave these natural foods. In the Northern forests, lichens become a favorite food source in mid to late autumn when the white oak acorns start to fall, which deer prefer over red oak acorns until all the white oak acorns have been eaten. Then the deer move to the red oaks to feast on their acorns.

Probably, most hunters in early October are hunting areas that are hand planted by man and the deer will learn this by hunters leaving tell tale signs like their scent or sightings. Deer will then start feeding nearer their bedding grounds on natural foods. Deer need to feed about every four hours allowing their four stomachs to regurgitate and predigest their food. This time of the year (early to mid-Oct.) is the best time to take a doe. The reason behind this is, does are not as skittish as later on when they are wise to the hunter, and if you are successful in harvesting one at this time you can check or study the contents of the food in their stomach. Studying their contents will explain what types of food they are eating and where you need to be while bowhunting deer at this time of the year.

Bucks are starting to become more competitive at this time also. I have found that calling with a grunt call or a bleater can is very effective while bowhunting now. Also, you may rattle antlers by doing so lightly. The younger bucks are trying to figure out their dominance and how well they rank in that particular part of their home front. This causes the bigger bucks to be curious and to check out who is in their neck of the woods.

Learning what deer eat when deer seem to disappear in mid-Oct. will definitely help your chances of being successful during your bowhunting deer season. Three things to investigate are; where do they bed, what are they feeding on and where are they moving to and from during daylight hours. Your sightings of deer during the lull of mid-Oct. bowhunting deer season will improve when you learn the invisible menu of the Whitetail’s diet. Enhance your chances!

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