How to learn to hunt with a selfbow?

[Deerhunter21]

You never know unless you try! I doubt that it would affect them going there but they might be more wary.

[HH~]

Your hunting off ground or hanging a climber?

Should not hunt you check you wind forecast to get in there. Get in early. If you dont have a ground stand your going to need a ghillie net or make a brush blind or sorts.

Sounds like deer are traveling this place. Prolly a bunch at nite but I bet early and late day too.

HH~

[Fox]

I’m hunting from the ground.  So you don’t think I should hunt that spot this weekend?

[Allyn T]

I don't think ground scent is a big deal to deer especially if I was only one time. If they never went where they smelled a predator they wouldn't be able to move. It just tells em you passed through

[Woody roberts]

I would hunt it. If you wear rubber boots they leave very little scent. Even with leather boots they probably won’t pick up your walking scent after a couple hours.

[HH~]

Its Dec you better hunt it. Hunt it with any clean gear. Keep it clean as if your were trapping. Dont need rubber if you keep gear clean. You have to have a real good idea of where the deer may pass and travel from and get your ground stand ready for that wind or hunt somewhere else. A great many things must go almost flawlessly on ground but the good thing is when you get a good broadside shot,  if you take it with proper angle your going to do great damage as long as you stay off shoulder.

In a tree you have little easier time with wind direction and can get away with a little movement in early season. The shot angles become much steeper at close ranges however. If you can slide an arrow with hard down angle along just one side of spine that almost always will kill even a big whitetail. You dont get a lots of blood if arrow does not poke out bottom buts its lethal. Gets the artery to kidney on either side.

Gud Luk

HH~

[Pat B]

Your most important bit of gear is working with the wind in your favor.