It is now August. The bucks are in full velvet and grouped together in their bachelor groups. Now is the time to do you long range scouting. Find a spot where you can see a good food source with binoculars from a good distance away. I like to watch the edges of alfalfa fields the last hour before dark. I prefer to bring a stool or chair and sit on a fence line to watch the field. Once you start to see deer, pay close attention to where they are coming out. They might use the same trail to exit the woods every evening. Keep track of this so you know where to place you stand. I like to do this on as many wood lots that I hunt, that way if you would spook the deer and cause them to change the pattern you will still have another spot all set up to go for opening day.

August is the time to check out all you’re your hunting equipment; you most likely haven’t looked at it since last year. It’s time to haul all your bow hunting accessories out of the basement and lay everything out and take inventory and see what you have from last season and what needs replaced. Make a list of things you need to buy and start to look for items you need that are on sale. You can follow the link on my hunting accessories page to find items that you might need. There are good sales going on right now.

Most importantly, it’s time to start shooting your bow. Give your bow a good once over and decide if you need to replace any thing. Now is the time to replace stuff like the bow string that was frayed last year, do it now, not the Friday before the season opener. When you have your bow all fixed up it’s time to start shooting. I like to start shooting field tips first; I also start shooting from 20 yards and closer. When you first start shooting, it will take your muscles some time to get used to pulling the string back again. The first few times shooting, your shots will start to get wild as you tire, so keep your shooting sessions short at first then increase your shooting time as you go along.

Keep shooting and long range scouting. Enjoy the rest of the summer, Dale For more information on Whitetail Deer Hunting visit my site; www.advanced-whitetail-hunting.com besure to sign up for my free monthly hunting tips newletter.