THE PERFECT WHITETAIL PROPERTY
All of the factors that go into creating a great whitetail parcel all come back to the same thing, setting up your property so you know where the deer are at certain times of the day. When this is established on your property hunting them becomes a whole different ball game. You can have the confidence and patience to wait for the correct time to move in and hunt that perfect location where you know you have a great chance to see your target buck.
The feeling is like no other. Settling into your stand, with a sense of anticipation and confidence that you have done everything correctly. You have set up your property in the off season. Created habitat improvements to give yourself the best chance to hold and direct the daily movements of the mature buck in the neighborhood. Your wind is perfect and you know your blowing it into a non-deer area. Your access was spot on and didn’t alert any deer. You are at this point invisible, undetected by the entire herd. As the sun rises and that target buck makes his way back to his bedding area you can barely sit still, like a kid on Christmas morning. You have waited all year for this moment. There he is. Making his way over the ridge just 75 yards away, working up the travel corridor just as you had drawn it up. As he steps in front of you just 25 yards away checking the mock scrape, you try to stay focused. You are at full draw and take one last breath, steadying your sights and finally making the shot. The sense of gratitude and satisfaction is enough to last a life time. The countless hours you have put in weekend after weekend, night after night. It has all finally paid off. You just harvested the biggest buck in the neighborhood. The one most neighbors believe is a nocturnal ghost. What they don’t realize is he’s been spending all his daylight hours on your small 40 acre farm. You have set it up perfectly to where he rarely leaves your property in the daylight. At this point you have the perfect whitetail property.