Top 10 for the New Mule Deer Hunter
1) Get in shape. Go up and down steep hills – there’s nothing better.
2) Develop in-the-clutch skill with your weapon and equipment. Buck fever happens.
3) Pick a hunting area that has the kind of bucks you expect to harvest.
4) Obtain the necessary finances. Credit card expiration dates need to go beyond fee withdrawl dates.
5) Apply for and obtain a license and tag. Some states start this process as early as January. Most have online applications.
6) Preseason scouting. If possible, select the buck you will harvest.
7) Attitude is important : Apply faith, enthusiasm, effort, and skill to your hunt.
8 If one spot doesn’t produce, quickly switch to another. Be flexible.
9) Hunt dawn ’til dark.
10) Expect to succeed. Take a knife, rope, deer bag, salt, baking soda, camera, and anything else necessary for when your buck is on the ground.
Happy hunting and may the force be with you
