a question for the wise hunters on the east side

[belkaholic]

 i normaly hunt the east side in november, the rut, but this year i am going to try september. i am not a treestand hunter, at all. i am hunting the 204, have a good spot , but want to know some secrets. do you play the wind, use sent, our sent cover, any kind of calls or decoys ? i have 2, 4 pt whitetails on a regular schedule and a couple of good mulys that frequent a basin i hunt..... so do i wait for the whites on there path and try to spot and bed the mulys then stock? what tricks do you wise old east siders have?? thankyou!

[steve04]

Ill be in 204 also for the opener. I'd sit tight and get a whitie.

[belkaholic]

im thinking whites also. one is a ok 4 pt plus brow tines and the other is good sized. the mulys both would easly make book and then some. my cuz tells me to hold out but i have never shot anything bigger then a 2 pt.  i have 4 days in early season now and then 5 days in the rut for whitetails. decisions, decisions. i think i take the first good buck i see. dont pass something u will shoot on the last day.??

[steve04]

I agree with you "dont pass something u will shoot on the last day".

[huntnnw]

I would target the muleys in the early then whitey late

[alwinearcher]

I would target the muleys in the early then whitey late

Shane, He said "wise" ...Neither of us should be posting in this thread! LOL

[Swannytheswan]

not from the east side but I would pick the deer you want and hunt it hard if you don't get it try for it next year. I"d rather have a story and an experience than kill a smaller one early and not get to hunt anymore. Also if you hunt hard after the one you want it will mean more to you to get it than if you take the first thing that walks by and if you don't get it you'll have the fever all next year until you do get it or find out someone else did. I enjoy having the fever....I think my wife hates it though...

[DBZona]

If you want a whitetail in the early season, then the first few days is your best shot.  Once that velvet is gone, you will probably never see them during the day until late season rolls around.  Unless they are young and stupid and have luck on your side.  You will probably have better luck early season going after the mulies.   

[PA BEN]

i normaly hunt the east side in november, the rut, but this year i am going to try september. i am not a treestand hunter, at all. i am hunting the 204, have a good spot , but want to know some secrets. do you play the wind, use sent, our sent cover, any kind of calls or decoys ? i have 2, 4 pt whitetails on a regular schedule and a couple of good mulys that frequent a basin i hunt..... so do i wait for the whites on there path and try to spot and bed the mulys then stock? what tricks do you wise old east siders have?? thankyou!

Do it all. I would use a tree stand or ground blind for the white tails.

[colockumelk]

If I was you I would spot and stalk the Muleys in the morning and the afternoon.  Then go sit in a tree stand and hunt the Whitetails in the evening. 

[boneaddict]

Spot and stalk the Mules and "jumpshoot" the whities.   In archery terms that means still hunt them and get them before they blow.  Sneak in and see them before they see you.   Thats how I hunt.  I DESPISE stand hunting.  I've killed three trophy whitetails in the first week of September doing that.  One was during an elk hunt turned deer hunting in the NE corner becasue I wasn't finding the elk but was finding tons of whitie bucks and one was targetting Muledeer in the NE corner and I couldn't turn down the whitie I stood up out of his bed in the "high" country where he "shouldn't" have been.   

[huntnnw]

I would target the muleys in the early then whitey late

Shane, He said "wise" ...Neither of us should be posting in this thread! LOL

my bad Matt....didnt see that..still learning 

[belkaholic]

thanks for the info, and the comedy guys. i think i will take you advice and hunt the muleys in the morning and whites in the eavning. hope to have a good story after the weekend. good luck to the rest of you all!