Why Most New Hunters Fail At Hunting

Why do most new hunters fail when it comes to hunting?

Becoming a hunter isn't just one of those sports that you can go buy the gear and instantly begin calling yourself a hunter. Hunting takes a lot of education and skill. The biggest mistake that almost all beginning hunters make is lack of planning and understanding.

Hunting is a art form of patients, skill, respect for nature and preparation of the hunt. You can't just put on camo, paint your face in war paint and head off into the woods expecting a successful kill. Education of the animal or animals that you are trying to bag is the most important piece of the puzzle and without it you will most certainly fail in what it is that you are trying to hunt.

Let us begin with some simple and basic rules of hunting.

KNOWLEDGE OF WILD GAME ANIMALS

All wild game animals have their own unique habits and behavior patterns, according to the seasons of the year. Some will migrate to winter locations, others will gather food and graze throughout the year, but mating season for all wild game can be the toughest period in the seasons to bag an animal. This is when their senses are at their peak levels and things can get pretty tricky.

SCENT AND ODOR CONTROL

Learning how to become invisible to wild animals is the most important skill to master.

You have to not only be able to hide in plan sight, but you also have to vanish off their radar.

This means that you will have to hide your human body odor inn order to get close enough to make a kill. The use of store bought products can help with this problem.

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Body odor control methods:

Washing your body with scent and odor controlling properties for a few days before you begin hunting will help to keep down your humanly odors and help with keeping you hidden from wild game animals and their keen sense of smell.

Washing your body with odor controlling soap took care of your skin, but did you remember to hide your breath?

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Hiding your breath is one of those little things that will give you the hunting edge when trying to control human body odor.

Washing your hunting clothes:

Washing your hunting clothes with regular laundry soaps and fabric softeners won't make the cut. Although they may smell super awesome to you, they are a dead giveaway that you are in the area and wild game will scatter as far away from you as possible. The best practice for making your hunting clothes odor free is to use scent controlling laundry soaps and odor controlling dryer sheets but this is just the first phase of getting them into tip top shape for the hunt but the fun doesn't stop here.

Scenting your hunting clothes:

After going through the process of getting rid of your body and clothing odor now you will want to scent your clothing.

Now it's time to put on mother nature's best perfumes.

DON'T TAKE YOUR HUNTING CLOTHES BACK INTO YOUR HOUSE!

That would be a huge mistake. A good way to keep them free from scents and odors that are swimming throughout your home, is to store them in a tote or scent controlling container.

Placing pine tree branches, minty smelling plants, freshly cut birch bark, acorn or fresh earth scent wafers inside the container with your clothing for a few days before your hunting adventure will give them an uplifting fragrance that animals will ignore. Remember to put your boots, socks, gloves, belts, or any other gear that will need scenting inside of the container as well. Now that you have placed everything inside of the tote or scent controlling container you will have to make sure that it is sealed and that no outside air can enter the container. Using duct tape to seal the seams of the container is a good way to prevent air from getting back inside.

Thank goodness all of that is over with ...... right?

That was just the beginning of learning to become a ninja, young grasshopper.

Staying scent free in the field.

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Once you have scouted the area for a few weeks, figured out the wind patterns and have now learned all of the high traffic game trails that are in the area you can now proceed with setting up your tree stands or ground blinds . Choose a method that you have practiced shooting from the most. This will help you to feel more relaxed when the time comes to pull the trigger or release your arrow.

Remember that all of that scent control you put into place before the hunt, won't last all day.

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You will need to apply more odor controlling spray to yourself and gear as the day goes on. Keeping a bottle of "Field Spray" with you will let you keep yourself odor free. Yes, you can make your own scent blockers at home but if you don't get the process correct, you are still setting yourself up for failure. So, leave the science of making scent blockers to the experts and you will have a greater success of meeting your goals on your next hunt.

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