Whitetail research you can check.
Every number here comes with its source and its limits. When it's my tactic, it says MY READ. Every custom hunt plan is built to the same standard, from your map.
A plan built from your map
- 9-page plan and phone hunt card: stands, winds, leave times
- onX .gpx file of your stands, walk-ins and bedding
- Delivered within 3 days after your form and map
The research library
- 17 topics, growing every week
- Every study's size and limits
- Save any page as a PDF
How a hunt plan works
- Buy the planOne property, one hunt window.
- Send your form and mapFill out the intake form and send your onX map or screenshots, plus trail-cam pictures if you have them.
- Get your planBy email, within 3 days after your form and map are submitted.
Book at least 7 days before your hunt for the full wind and date card.
See a sample plan
Blackhawk Lake, public land, made-up hunter. 7 pages: scroll sideways, tap one to enlarge it.
Latest research
All 17 topics →What Changes for Deer Hunters When the Clocks Fall Back?
The sun doesn't move, your clock does. In PA and NY, deer hunting hours are tied to sunrise and sunset, so after the clocks fall back, quitting time on your watch comes about an hour earlier. And a study of 1,012,465 deer crashes found they jump 16% the week after the clocks fall back.
Where Bucks Go in the Rut: What 9 GPS Collar Studies Show
In the rut most bucks don't leave the country. They work two or three spots over and over, tied to where the does are, and some take short trips. The peak is a window that changes by state, not one date. Hunt close to the doe bedding, with a stand built for each wind.
Do Three Common Deer Myths Hold Up?
Not in the data I found. Pennsylvania's doe data found no relationship between the rut and the moon. About 50 GPS bucks in Mississippi didn't shift when they moved once hunting started, and Mississippi State says a buck may use 10 or more bedding areas in a month.
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Where Bucks Go in the Rut: What 9 GPS Collar Studies Show
In the rut most bucks don't leave the country. They work two or three spots over and over, tied to where the does are, and some take short trips. The peak is a window that changes by state, not one date. Hunt close to the doe bedding, with a stand built for each wind.
MEET DALE
Dale believes every deer myth his uncle ever told him. Ol' Notch, the buck, keeps proving him wrong, and I bring the research. A new cartoon every day.
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