Calling Deer In Heavily Hunted Areas – #WiredToHuntWeekly 30
Mark KenyonMark Kenyon is the author of That Wild Country, founder of Wired To Hunt, and host of the industry-leading Wired To Hunt Podcast. He is a nationally published writer, a QDMA certified Deer Steward, and MeatEater's resident "whitetail guy."
By Mark Kenyon
Calling and rattling for whitetail deer seems to work every time on hunting TV shows – but does it work that well in the real world? In heavily hunted areas, my opinion is that no, it does not. And for that reason you need to think about your calling strategy in a different way. Here’s my two cents on calling in areas of high hunting pressure like Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, and many other states across the country.
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By Mark Kenyon Calling and rattling for whitetail deer seems to work every time on hunting TV shows – but does it work that well in the real world? In heavily hunted areas, my opinion is that no, it does not. And for that reason you need to think about your calling strategy in a different way. Here...
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