Shooter's Bible Guide to Deer Hunting by Peter J. Fiduccia

Author:Peter J. Fiduccia
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781510727564
Publisher: Skyhorse
Published: 2019-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

When I used carrots before they didn’t work well because I only used several and planted them too deeply, leaving only the green tops and a little of the carrot showing. I have a new plan to try this year.

The point here is that trying new ideas can lead to a decoy that is attractive to deer. You just have to be creative, interested enough to try something new, and confident that it is worth doing.

Since it has been a few years since I tried the grapes, writing this book has inspired me to try some new ideas this fall. For example, wild carrots grow in our fields and deer love eating them. So what I plan to do is select a very small planting area in one of my fields (four feet by four feet) among my other food plots and plant a few dozen plastic carrots. I plan to use long, large plastic carrots that are sold with very enticing long green stems on them. I’ll lay a few dozen on the ground and I’ll even plant a dozen or so in the ground with a small portion of the orange top of the carrot showing. I am going to soak them in a plastic bag with real carrot juice too. It is sure to create a realistic looking and smelling carrot plot because—yup—it will create the entire illusion. If you want, you can drop me an e-mail to find out how it worked at [email protected]. I’ll also post the results on our website (www.deerdoctor.com).

Remember not all decoys have to be food items. As I mentioned at the start of this chapter, full-size deer decoys work very well when used properly. Bar none, the most realistic looking deer decoys I have seen are made by Montana Decoy Company. The three I have are Estrus Betty, Dreamy Doe, and The Freshman. There are other decoy companies that also make fine-looking decoys as well, and some that don’t. Do your homework when buying a full-size decoy. Other decoys include making mock rubs and scrapes.

I have successfully used some unusual and really unorthodox decoys over the years. I enjoy using all of them, though I do get a lot of satisfaction when using the fake food decoys. Many times I have purposefully scared deer off from laughing out loud as I watch them try to eat the decoy. I’ll end this chapter with one such incident.

I was hunting over a bunch of fake apples hung in a sapling tree and several deer were drawn in to the decoy. At the time, I was using both small and large to add realism–you know, to create the entire illusion. About several minutes passed before the doe got frustrated with trying to eat the apple and left. All but one deer followed the doe. A button buck stayed behind and tried desperately to eat one of the apples that fell to the ground.

The little buck licked it, rolled it around on the ground, sniffed it, and mouthed it repeatedly.

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