Learning to hunt public land whitetail - South Carolina

[MikeM-SC]

Last Saturday on Sumter national Forest WMA. In the middle of a two year old clear cut

 

[jimh406]

If it has a lot of pressure, I'd look for the thickest places you can find in between roads, go into it, and get high enough that you can shoot down into it. That way when people walk off the road, they'll push the deer to you. In very thick areas, a lot of times deer will kind of mill around and feed, or bed down during the day.

We used to call it patterning the people. Don't be fooled by lots of sign. When the people move in, the deer don't use the same places. Also, deer pushed by people will move all times of the day. If there are dead leaves, listen for them coming your way.

This might be dead simple. YMMV.