In the woods where is it best to hunt deer?

Wherever the deer are. Look for signs like tracks, rubs, scrapes and deer droppings.In the woods where is it best to hunt deer?
If you can get out there before the season starts scout around a little. find game trails and see if you can locate scrapes and rubs. Look for small trees that have the bark rubbed off of them and remember where they are. If you can find areas like these you have basically found their habitat. Find where these trails have a natural exit or entrance into the woods and hunt down wind from them. A buck will come back and check a scrape one or more times a day. It is the equivalent of their ';in box';. Other deer come by to leave their ';calling card'; in the form of urine that passes over the tarsal glands and leaves a distinct scent. When another buck uses another one's scrape it's like a challenge and when a doe comes and uses it it is like an invitation. The best scrapes will show disturbances in the tree above where the deer polishes his antlers while marking the scrape.





While not a fan of fence-line hunting, you can also target crossings. Look on fence lines for hair caught in the top and bottom wires. This works really well when the deer have to leave their home pastures to get water or food. Speaking of water, if you can find an isolated source of water that is another hot spot.





Good luck and good huntingIn the woods where is it best to hunt deer?
That's a tough one. Generally because deer are herbivores, sunny glades deep in the forest (ie, roughly a mile from any road or pasture) or just that approximate distance from some grassy field in a treestand works really well. Deer need food they can reach, and if you throw out some deer apples or deer corn on their typical route to either a water source or a field (where they generally eat) they'll interrupt their normal routine to snack.





That tends to work fairly well but you can still end up sitting for a good long while, if it doesn't work, try a different area. It helps to go night driving (no not spotlighting) but by night driving you can generally get a feel for wooded areas that deer bolt into and out of over the course of a few weeks.
You need to go out and do your 'homework'. You need to determine where their food and water source are, as well as their travel pattern from food and water to their bedding area.





Deer are very much creatures of habit, and it doesn't matter whether you are in Kansas or New York, they can be patterned the same way.





All you have to do is find their trail to and from food and water, set up a tree stand and hunt away!





Good Luck!


Tim
alot depends on where you live. here are a few tip for some states i hunt


in the mid-west like ky.,in.,oh., usually hunt in hallows or draws


at the highest point get there before day lite till around 2:00pm, return to same area before dusk. if possible a tree stand is prime if no stand make sure you hunt the wind (keep wind in your face) deer will scent you for long distances, if you have camo to wear, its a plus.(mosey-oak)


az.,co.,nm., usually consist of long walks through woods and for the big bucks the lower elevations like cedar flats, or the timberline are best. again in camo walking or horse back face in the wind.


also a blee or grunt call does bring them in, and thats a fact jack!
Closest to apple trees,acorns and water, Deer travel, look for signs such as scrapes on the ground they mark their teritory, or horning on trees in the woods bucks rub their horns on trees look for tree bark scraped off trees, or worn trails in the woods.
Do some preseason scoujting and find where the game trails are. Look for deer sign like deer droppings, tracks, etc. Look for scrapes, rubs, hair on fences where they may be crossing. Just look for where the deer are and then set up your stand where you can see deer.
The best place is where the deer are.





O.k., that was a snarky answer, but really- go out and look for hoof prints. Near rivers (water source), or thickets with grass (food supply) are likely spots. You can also look for deer poo on the ground.
On the edges close to roads farm fields where tree lines merge with fence line. Open meadows on the edges. They will hang out in these areas an come into the open at dusk and dawn.





Paul
look where there are alot of new shrubs and trees growing the would most likely be bedding near there
Wait until they fall asleep and then blast them.