Bow hunting for beginners. Biggest most important thing is to take your bow, practice as much as you possibly can. You can't ever practice too much, get as good as you possibly can with your weapon. Deer is the number one animal most people hunt or try to hunt, but you can hunt other things, squirrels, rabbits, small game. Also very good practice, hunting a small game. But deer especially, pick up motion easily. Scent, their nose is their number one defense mechanism against the hunter. So you want all of your camouflage clothing, washed in a good quality, scent free hunting detergent. Preferably one without UV brighteners because deer do see the UV glow. So never ever wash your hunting clothing in any normal store bought detergent, always use a properly prepared non UV brightened hunting detergent. It will leave your clothes not glowing, you will look like a blue disco man to the deer, if you do wash your stuff in a common laundry detergent. You want your clothing to be non UV glowing and completely scent free. You then want to take a scent free shower, head to foot with a scent free hunting soap leaving no scent on your body. Should dry off in towels that were washed in your scent free hunting soap, to not leave any perfumy detergent smells on your body. Then you should use a scent free deodorant and your biggest source of odor, people don't realize or think about it, is your breath. Indians would not eat meat for a week before going hunting, for the purpose of not having the breath of a meat eater. Apples are good to eat, there's various foods you should avoid. Spaghetti, garlic, anything very strong and scenty, taste good to you but the deer can smell you a mile away, if you're not careful. A scent free gum or a scent free breath spray can help you with this. But you still have to be careful not eat a lot of garlic during the hunting season or strong spices. Because it will actually come right out your pores and your breath. The next number one tip I can give for anybody, fear of heights, I used to be afraid of heights. But bow hunting didn't take too long to get comfortable on a tree. Buy yourself a good quality tree stand. You can hunt animals walking around on the ground but they pick up motion quickly and you're going into their house to try to outsmart them. Best results, more deer killed from a tree stand and by any other method. Find a good location, sit and wait patiently, and that is a key word for hunting, be patient. When I hunt, I climb the tree in dark, I stay all day, I bring my lunch up the tree with me. I strap in safety belt, safety harness or a safety vest, very important to your safety. Bring food, water, I personally bring juice and water. And try to also bring scent free lunch, think about what you're going to eat in a tree. Peanut butter and jelly, stuff that deer eat is o.k., deer do eat peanuts, apples, things like that. You don't want to bring a pepperoni pizza in the tree, you can if you want, but the deer's number one defense is it's smell, sense of smell. And if it can smell you, it knows you're there, it's not going to be walking by your tree. And it's always just practice, practice, practice and patience.
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