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Hunting Tips | Deer Decoying

Gain the advantage with these great deer hunting tips.

For safety use a decoy with blaze orange, hang fluorescent tape nearby, or hunt from an elevated stand.

Don't get human or unnatural scent on the decoy. Use gloves when carrying and positioning the decoy, then spray it with deer scent or cover-up.

Place the decoy in a high use area; near trails, rubs, scrapes, bedding, staging or feeding areas with nearby cover.

Don't place bedded decoys directly on trails. Deer don't usually bed on trails.

Place decoys upwind of where you expect the deer to appear. Bucks like to approach downwind from cover if they can.

Place decoys within your personal shooting distance in a clear shooting lane.

Place a doe decoy with its rump toward you. Bucks often approach does from the rear or side, presenting you with a shot.

Place a buck decoy with its head toward.you for a shot. Bucks generally approach another buck cautiously from the front.

Don't place the decoy in a direct line between you and where you expect the deer to come from, the deer may see you. Place the decoy off to one side of your stand to distract the deer's attention from your position.

To get the buck's attention on the decoy, tape a small piece of white plastic to the tail area, so that it can blow in the wind, or use one of the new tail motion decoys.

To keep the buck's attention focused on the decoy place a few drops of deer urine on it, doe in estrous for doe decoys, buck in rut for buck decoys.

Use buck or doe scents, and calling or rattling to create the illusion of another deer in the area, and to initially attract bucks to the decoy.