Jim's Tips

There’s something about deer hunting that draws us in, hunt by hunt, season by
season, until it becomes an obsession. It can be exhilarating or it can be
overwhelmingly frustrating, many times all in the same day. While its nice to
relax in the woods and enjoy nature, we are out there to get a deer. They say
10% of hunters take 90% of the deer harvest. Coming home empty handed
again, especially if your buddy has just shot another beautiful buck, can sure
suck all the fun out of deer season. To become one of the 10% that consistently
take deer, you will need skill and a trick or two up your sleeve. As the name
implies, HuntmDown is about killing deer, not hanging out in the woods. Let us
help you succeed by giving you a few ideas and a few premium products to
consider.

Hunters know a deer’s sense of smell is its strongest defense. As scent travels
through the woods, it slowly spreads out like a drift-net. A deer uses its
powerful sense of smell like a radar, scanning the area upwind. As scents float
by on the breeze, it looks for both for danger and attractive odors, such as food
or other deer. Why sit in one spot, only watching a small area hoping a deer will
come along when you can leverage your efforts by drawing deer in from an area
many times the size of your stand site? Use our products properly and a deer’s
sense of smell will be your greatest ally. There two rules, the deer can not know
you're there and they must be attracted to the scent you are using. Follow our
instructions and you’ll suddenly have lots of hunting buddies around, all hoping
to learn from you.

To use scents properly you have to have a clear sense of what picture you're
trying to draw. Is it a meeting place where bucks can come and check each
other out in the early season? Maybe it's a scrape, smoldering with the scent of
an intruder, that you've designed to tick off the big boy on the block. Perhaps
the scent of freshly fallen persimmons, with a little doe urine sprinkled around
to make it seem that other deer have been feeding in that area. Whatever your
strategy is, try to create the most accurate and complete scent picture that you
can,set up your scents in proper relation to your tree stand, and, most
importantly, don't contaminate the trap you've set with human odor.