1) Scout for your deer year round even during the season you can check out new areas on the days it's to hot or to wet to be great hunting days.
2) Play the wind, have alternate stands or setups for the hot areas and let the wind determine your stand site for the hunt.
3) When in a tree try to have something that breaks up your outline either in front or behind, just don't get silhouetted.
4) Its OK to move in a tree stand. Keep the hands and arms tucked in and rotate the head. When deer are spotted you can move when they turn away or have their head down.
5) You can move according to the speed the deer is moving. Deer vision while moving is like driving down the road in that the scenery is always changing. If they move slow your moving has to be slow, if they are running you can dance a jig.
6) Prepare to shoot as early as possible, when deer are identified get turned and the weapon in place ASAP.
7) Don't carry to much stuff; if you didn't use it on the last hunt do you really need it.
8) Don't over hunt an area or stand site. Use different stands and other areas.
9) Use binoculars in the stand and watch for things that move not deer.
10) Last and most important, TAKE YOUR FIRST GOOD SHOT, waiting for them get closer is inviting trouble. If the deer is within a distance you are proficient at and presenting a shot, take it.
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