The best deer hunting tips are the ones that you figure out for yourself and can offer to others. After all, few things feel better than finding the way that works for you. Of course, until you reach that point, here are some deer hunting tips to help you get there.

Deer Hunting Tips:

· Deer are generally crepuscular: they are often active at dawn and dusk and sleep during the middle of the day and night.

· This does not, however, mean that you will not see them feeding during the middle of the day.

· Bucks are more often during hunting seas

· Go scouting. Do this during early to late summer. When you scout, be as careful as if you are actually hunting. Stay quite and do not leave much scent.

· Find the food source that the deer will be eating during the hunting season.

· Look for trees that will have the most acorns.

· Look for areas with greens like clover or rye covering the ground.

· Look for deer trail routes. The ones with the freshest tracks are the best.

· If you are going to set up any sort of hunting stand, be sure to set it up pre-season, before the deer start feeding in that area. Otherwise, you can scare them off.

· Mark your "hot spots" on a GPS.

· Also be sure to take lots of notes. Do not expect to simply remember everything. You want to write down everything that you find.

· You can find where the bucks are if you scout during the pre-season, right after the bucks have rubbed the velvet from their antlers. During this time, the rut (mating season) a buck is going to leave more markings on trees than he will afterward.

· Look for areas with thick and dense brush. It is in areas like this that deer like to sleep. You can set up on the outskirts of such an area... somewhere where you will be able to see better.

· Remain still! Do not move unless absolutely necessary!

· Do not fall asleep! This can be tricky when you remain so still, but falling asleep not only will lose you your deer, but it can also be quite dangerous if you are up in a tree stand.

· Use special products to mask your scent. Deer have an excellent sense of smell.

· Keep the wind direction in mind. Stay downwind of whatever feeding or sleeping spot, etc. you are "staking out." Constantly check for changes in the wind.

· Wear a harness if using a tree stand.

· Move the site of your tree stand around. You do not want your deer to start associating deer stands with humans!

· Try to avoid walking a long a deer trail or even walk parallel to one. Take the back route... walk up streams, etc.

· Be sure to always be ready. Make sure that you have checked your equipment right when you get to the stand, not once a deer is already out!

· The majority of deer are shot downwind from a food source.

These are only a few deer hunting tips. There are actually many deer hunting tips available on many different websites from many different, experienced hunters. Before hunting in a certain spot, is a good idea to ask locals hunters for their own, personal tips. Different areas can vary, and everyone has his or her own tricks of the trade.

No matter when duck season opens where you are-chances are wood ducks will be there-and probably lots of them.

Wood ducks nest throughout many parts of the country, and for some backwaters off the main migratory flyways, they may be the only web-footed game to be found. Since they are likely residents of your area, you can usually count on wood ducks to show up for opening day. They are beautifully plumed birds that taste as good as they look, and while they are elusive, they are not particularly wary. Hunting them successfully is less about gear, calling, and decoy spreads and more about scouting hard and shooting straight.

For the most part, one typically shoots at far more wood ducks than are hit-and still a lot are hit. Woodies rank as the second most important duck in the bag after mallards in the Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways. Knowing where and how to set up for them will improve your chances. Here's a brief overview on wood duck hunting.

Wood ducks were nearly extinct at the turn of the 20th century due to overhunting and clearing of old-growth forest habitat where they nested and fed on acorns. They rebounded nicely thanks to better regulation, forest maturation, and thousands of volunteer-built nesting boxes.

Today woodies nest from the Canadian prairies to the Gulf of Mexico and are found in the Central and Pacific Flyways as well.

Typically, wood ducks congregate in a marsh or pond at night, roosting near deeper water where they feel safe. Early risers even by waterfowl standards, they leave the roost before dawn and fly out to feed in shallow ponds, sloughs, and streams, where they eat duckweed, acorns, berries, seeds, and aquatic insects. Woodies also feed on waste grain in dry cornfields. They generally return to the roost after shooting hours end at sunset.

As you sit in your blind on opener, bubbling with anticipation and excitement you'll hear the first duck before you see it--a shrill whistle, rustling wings, and a plunk like a rock dropped in water. That's the cue for the moment when, as a friend puts it, "God empties a barrel of ducks out of the sky." Wood ducks come in from all points of the compass in singles, pairs, and flocks. No matter how long you have been waiting for them, the last-minute frenzy of shooting just before dark is more than worth it. Good hunting!