Your best deer hunting tips for a novice rifle hunting alone?

frozen

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Sep 12, 2008
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My second year hunting and still looking for my first deer. No one in my family hunts and my friends who hunt prefer drinking or video games, and both make it impossible to wake them up in the morning!

So I've been out every day this week in the vast clearcuts that are only a 25min drive from my home. I scouted in advance of the season and found many many tracks and well worn trails. It seems they are everywhere I could possibly look!

I've sat in the same spots all day long and not seen a single deer. I've been as quiet and still as possible, washed my clothes in baking soda, sprayed my boots with the scent remover, I always hunt into the wind, although it has been gusting and changing directions a lot this week.

Anyways, I'm willing to put the time in this season. Should I just keep doing what I'm doing? I thought I was on the right track, but 6 full days of hunting close to all those tracks and not a glimpse of a deer, and I'm starting to doubt myself. I have tags for a doe or a buck.

Any tips from those with experience would be greatly appreciated.

BTW I'm in Northwestern Ontario, and supposedly we have a deer problem!
 
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