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Whitetail Deer Hunts

Bow Hunters - Ground Blinds and Tree Stands

Hunting tactics are highly variable in Alberta, depending on a wide diversity of variables including weather, fitness of the hunter, timing of your hunt in relation to the rut, habitat type and personal preference of the outfitter. Bow hunters will have their best luck hunting from ground blinds or tree stands along established travel corridors adjacent to known feeding areas or between feeding locales and bedding cover. Rattling, calling, scents and decoys may all be used to help move deer closer to bow hunters and rifle hunters alike who are utilizing blinds or stands.

Rifle Hunters - Spot & Stalk, and Pushing Bush

The rifle hunter has more options to choose from when it comes to selected tactics. While ground blinds and tree stands continue to be effective choices, a spot and stalk approach can be highly productive for trophy deer, as can still-hunting when ground cover conditions are favorable. Another time-tested technique for rooting out midday bucks from cover is deer drives, "pushing bush" as it's most commonly referred to in western Canada. This tactic, while certainly challenging the shooting skills of the hunter on post, is a highly successful method for creating opportunities for harvesting huge deer that might otherwise never show themselves. A recent magazine article entitled "Are you Hunting or Hoping" compares the two basic styles of whitetail hunting. You can sit in a tree (like at home) and hope, or you can spot and stalk (and still-hunt) and really hunt.