Introduction to my blog

09/19/2016

Introduction:

   I first began hunting with my dad about 14 years ago. I remember the first time hunting with my dad was for the start of the rifle hunting season for whitetail deer. It was the third week of November, I remember it being very cold, and a small amount of snow being on the ground at the time. My grandparents own about 10 acres of land in Atlanta, MI and my dad has had a small and very old trailer parked on the property for a long time. We use the trailer during the hunting season to stay and sleep, it is not much but it kept us warm and dry for the long weekends we spent up north. We spent 4 days in the cold swampy woods and went home empty handed. It was not the best first experience, but it was not the end of the world, and it did not dicourage me from going back out and trying again.

  Why, after 4 days did we not see one deer cross our path? What did my dad and I do wrong? The answer is quite simple, and the question is not really what we did wrong,  but what didn't we do. Some may say we just had a bad run of luck, but in truth I believe that the reason we did not see anything that weekend is because of our lack of preparation before the season began. There are ways to increase your chances of seeing and being able to take a shot at a deer. That is what I intend to address in this blog. Properly preparing for hunting season can make all the difference in the world and may greatly increase your chances of seeing and shooting a deer, some things you should do include clearing areas in the woods for clear sight and shots at a deer, and laying out food plots to attract more deer to the area. I will be addressing these topics more in depth throughout the blog in the coming weeks and months, including rules and regulations that must be followed in the coming entry later this week.