Deer Hunting Summit
This 4 day course is put together for the hunter wanting to learn more about advanced deer hunting. Whether it be Whitetail, Mule deer, or Couse deer. We start with the basics like finding properties to hunt on private or public. Successful methods of harvesting mature animals with rife and archery equipment on high pressure game. How to plan a successful pursuit whether you ambush, spot and stalk, or use calling techniques. What it looks like when it’s time to close the deal. Making an ethical clean kill then taking care of your bounty in the field to ensure maximum meat recovery.
Location: This coures will take place on public land with a group camp site. From this site the participants will have the options to hunt every morning to return to class at lunch where we can go over the morning action together. This class goes from 11:am to 2:pm so everyong can hunt the evening. Then we will share dinner and scenarios from the day.
Curriculum :
Escouting/ Boots on the Ground
Deer movements/Behaviors
Set up/ Stand Locations
Calling/ Rattling
Closing/ Pre shot analysis
Killing/In the moment actions
Field dressing/Meat care
Recommended gear list:
Warm clothes. Temps approximately 75 degrees during the day and can drop to the 30’s at night. Camo not required but Earth tones recommended.
Rain gear
Water bottle
Mug, fork, spoon, bowl, and plate
Small day pack
Kill kit (plan for sucess)
sharp knife
Headlamp
Hiking boots or similar
Tent and sleeping gear for camping
Snacks if you choose
writing equipment for notes
Optional gear to bring
Recurve, longbow, or compound bow with arrows and other accessories for hunting. ONLY if you can shoot accurately consistently. We want to do the right thing so ethically we will need to work on accuracy.
Binoculars
ONX hunting app on your smart phone or a tablet. You can start a free 7 day trial the day before the course starts
Cooler to take meat home. Coolers can also be purchased locally which is what we recommend as we cannot guarantee that everyone will be taking meat home . This can be checked in as extra luggage on the flight home.
Any other hunting/survival gear you want to test or ask us about