What are your Hunting northern deer strategies

Hey guys.

I haven’t been on many forums, or here long. I noticed most everyone is hunting farmland areas. I am hunting bush, near Muskoka, Georgian Bay Area.

Been hunting 3 years, now only. I have yet to get a doe tag and have yet to have a buck come within range during shooting light.

I hunt private land, 100 acres, 2 other guys hunt the property during rifle season. They also spend a lot of time going to their feed spots all times of the day on their 4 wheelers, which seems to make most buck nocturnal from what I see on my cams.

I have two tree stands set up and recently put my turkey blind out as my 4 year old son keeps asking to come out.

I am starting to feel there is to much activity in this bush to get bucks during shooting light on the regular. I have a stand I am going to take to some crown land that is hard to get to and I know has a lot of nice deer. (Should I risk putting a cam up on crown land?)

I am looking for strategy suggestions for both private and public land.

i put minerals and apples at two spot of private property and have does all times of the day, mind you only 2 does and 3 fawns. And a couple bucks, all buck are not during shooting light. One is a nice 8 point.

i am very quite and cautious when checking cams and don’t go out to check during early morning or evening. I always play the wind and take great care in keeping hunting gear smelling like cedar I clip and keep in a bin with gear. I have done a lot of reading, have a great love for the bush but was only brought up fishing, everyone I know who hunts do not hunt in a manner I am interested in or support.

anybody here near parry sound?

Thanks in advance guys!!

Has been hard lately I would say with the warmer weather, come november with colder temps and the Rutt. Get ready for some serious action! Thats the time to be in the stand. Good luck!

Having the does close by over the next few weeks will be all that's required, the does are going to be better buck bait than anything. I hunt the woods too, just on the opposite end of the park.

Bucks will soon begin cruising from the feeding areas to the bedding areas to catch themselves some loving. The problem with something like a bait pile is that often the bucks cruise by within sight of the food to see if any does are there.

Sit tight and quiet, time in the stand is key. Once the rut is full swing they might make a mistake. Being further from noise makers is an added bonus.

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Originally Posted by AaHayes

Hey guys.

I haven’t been on many forums, or here long. I noticed most everyone is hunting farmland areas. I am hunting bush, near Muskoka, Georgian Bay Area.

Been hunting 3 years, now only. I have yet to get a doe tag and have yet to have a buck come within range during shooting light.

I hunt private land, 100 acres, 2 other guys hunt the property during rifle season. They also spend a lot of time going to their feed spots all times of the day on their 4 wheelers, which seems to make most buck nocturnal from what I see on my cams.

I have two tree stands set up and recently put my turkey blind out as my 4 year old son keeps asking to come out.

I am starting to feel there is to much activity in this bush to get bucks during shooting light on the regular. I have a stand I am going to take to some crown land that is hard to get to and I know has a lot of nice deer. (Should I risk putting a cam up on crown land?)

I am looking for strategy suggestions for both private and public land.

i put minerals and apples at two spot of private property and have does all times of the day, mind you only 2 does and 3 fawns. And a couple bucks, all buck are not during shooting light. One is a nice 8 point.

i am very quite and cautious when checking cams and don’t go out to check during early morning or evening. I always play the wind and take great care in keeping hunting gear smelling like cedar I clip and keep in a bin with gear. I have done a lot of reading, have a great love for the bush but was only brought up fishing, everyone I know who hunts do not hunt in a manner I am interested in or support.

anybody here near parry sound?

Thanks in advance guys!!

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Hunting the big woods is much more a challenge than down in farm settings.There are less deer,more predators and much more territory and cover for the deer.We have a bunch of coyotes up in my area right now with them howling around 4am and they are all over the place.I watched a doe a few evenings ago
in my food plot and she was a real nervous ninny and I am sure the coyotes have these deer stirred up.They seem to be more worried about the coyotes and have no regular patterns.The big woods were where guys ran hounds traditionally and it worked for them.

Its not unusual for bucks to be nocturnal but if you have a doe or two in your area,you will probably see spike bucks and four pointers early in the season cruising for some love.They will be out during the day and hoping they will not get a s kicking from the big guys.I have gone the full two weeks of rifle season
and killed an eight pointer on the last hour of the last day.

In relation to the Crown land,if its not well hunted I would probably take the chance and place a camera out for a few days.

Sounds like you have the idea. Just time in the woods now. Like was said before have shot deer at lunch, shot them in a snowstorm and shot a young buck 20 yards from our camp one time. Still not sure why he was standing where he was.

Walk slow, walk quiet and hunt the wind. You will see something.


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When the rut start stay close to the does forget the food for post those bucks will go looking for food to survive the winter