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3 Reasons You Should Be Hanging Treestands During Spring

3 Reasons You Should Be Hanging Treestands During Spring

By Alex Comstock 

Every year I seem to make the same claim, but am never able to follow through with tangible action. Spring usually comes with the aspirations of getting stands hung and ready for the fall, but I seem to always make excuses to not get it done, and find myself wishing I had on a hot buggy, summer day. It can be debated whether or not it is beneficial to hang to stands in the spring, instead of the summer or early fall. But in the right situation, hanging stands right now can pay big dividends come deer season. 

Why You Should Be Studying Trail Camera Pictures During the Off-Season

Why You Should Be Studying Trail Camera Pictures During the Off-Season

Trail cameras can help a deer hunter in more ways than one. It seems to me that during the physical season, trail cameras are more helpful to locating certain bucks, they give you information on where deer are at a given moment, and many times hunters are playing catch up, hunting based off of trail camera pictures from a week or so prior. If you want to get ahead of the game, right now is the best time of the year to study and dissect not only this past seasons photos, but years priors as well.

Inventory Bucks | Late Summer Scrapes

Inventory Bucks | Late Summer Scrapes

Getting inventory of your bucks in the summer is a popular topic of discussion during this time of the year. It usually revolves around bait, minerals, or crop fields. But what do you do if your hunting property doesn't have any crop fields and your not allowed to bait or put down mineral? This is a perfect opportunity to utilize late summer and early fall scrapes. This is an idea I have been coming more and more intrigued with. It seems as though this way of inventorying what bucks are on a property is getting more and more popular. If you minerals, bait, or crop fields aren't an option for you, this is something that you've got to try.