White-Tailed Deer Hunting: Set Up on Soft Edges for Better Success

Many whitetail hunters focus hard on hunting fields. However, looking beyond traditional agriculture borders, one can find all sorts of edges that deer often travel.

By Mark Kayser – Game & Fish Magazine

Versions of the idiom “you can’t see the forest for the trees” date back to the 16th century, but it essentially describes someone so bogged down with details that they can’t see the entirety of a situation clearly. This, of course, can apply to many things. For whitetail hunters, being too rigid and caught up in traditional details can cause us to miss an opportunity we might otherwise notice.

One mindset that many deer hunters all too easily lock into is a singular focus on hard edges of habitat. With this tunnel vision, they can often overlook the subtle edges pressured deer—particularly mature bucks—may follow. Find one of these hidden borders and you might be on track to waylay a buck before it ever reaches a time-honored edge during shooting light. Look past the usual agricultural perimeters, and you could discover a hidden world of whitetail edge activity waiting for you. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL STORY