SECRETS OF A BUCK TRACKER

YOU DON’T NEED SNOW TO TRACK BIG BUCKS. USE THESE TIPS FOR HUNTING WILDERNESS WHITETAILS IN EARLY FALL.

By Matthew Every

From a young age, Hal Blood always wanted to figure out the “why” behind what he was seeing in the deer woods. That attitude turned him into a master woodsman, a buck-tracking icon and the author of several books on the subject. Last season, I had a chance to hunt with Blood on both fresh snow and bare ground. Each condition presented a unique set of challenges, but over bare ground, I got to see firsthand how Blood breaks up the woods and uses the “why” behind deer behavior to zero in on big bucks. When most hunters would park themselves in a treestand, Blood is out there walking around, looking for sign and trying to put himself in a buck’s bedroom. Here are a few of the tips I picked up…

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Game & Fish East (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024

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