Nov. 13: Hot Doe on "No Deer Ridge"? - Strategies for the Lull | Bowhunting Whitetails w/ Bill Winke 

I appreciate it AimTrue. Of course, this time of year is pretty tough, timewise, but during the off-season it is a lot easier to find extra time. La Crosse is only about 30 minutes from the farm. Have a great day.

You got it Edward!

I am still working on the farm. Tough access in general because of the terrain. Jordan separated her shoulder, unfortunately, and has not been hunting and now she has a stress facture in your pelvis from running. She is on the mend but hopefully will be back hunting soon. Thanks for the comment and the support.

Hope she gets well soon! Go Hawkeyes😁🙌

Thanks Art. I appreciate it. I hope that you and your family have a great Thanksgiving too.

Me too. The more I "learn" the more I realize that I don't know. They humble me every year. Good luck.

@@bill-winke I remember reading one of your articles in a magazine (probably back in 2005 or 2006) and you said bucks will use the lowest point in a field to cross, even if it is just slightly lower than the rest of the field. So driving back and forth to work, as the road crossed some fields I picked out the low point. Sure enough, one day in early November, driving to work, an absolute monster buck, charges across the road, in daylight, at that very same low point to get to the doe bedding area on the other side. That experience convinced me you knew what you were talking about and I've followed you ever since.

I always carried Nikon's mid-price binos even when they would have given me their top end models. You don't need the really good glass for whitetail hunting. You do for western hunting where you may be glassing for hours, but a decent mid-priced model from companies like Bushnell, Vortex or Nikon is just fine. You should get all you need for around $250 to $350. The cheaper models will work too, but the experience won't be quite as good. I really like rangefinding binos. That eliminates having to carry a separate rangefinder, but that does add cost. I like 10x40 binos because they are a good balance between light gathering and the ability to see detail. I use the binos not only to see a distant deer better, but also to scan open fields before I cross them to make sure there are no deer in them. The binos gather enough light to make that possible. Good luck.

In blinds I do think it works because the ozone has more time to mix with scent molecules. I am not sure in the tree. Good luck.

Ozone works great on clothes and gear, especially between hunts when you are not doing a full wash. My son had a doe sniff his arm first time he ever used it.

The story of my life! Thanks for the comment.

Troy, you are pretty close. I have not weighed it or checked speed, but those numbers seem very reasonable. It will shoot through a whitetail stem to stern, I do know that! I want to shoot as much weight as I can accurately handle because if you do happen to hit them in the shoulder, you still get a clean kill. That also affects my broadhead choices. I am testing the B3 Destrukt 3 blade. That thing has great promise for both accuracy, penetration and good blood trails. Thanks for your years of support. Have a great day.

Most of mine don't work, but it is sure sweet when they do! Good luck to you too Mitchell.

Ozone isn't a gimmick, especially not in a blind where the unstable oxygen molecules have time to mix with scent molecules. That technology is proven as it has been used to remove odors from many things (including cars owned by smokers) for decades. I am not sure how well it works in the tree, though. But in the blind, it makes a lot of sense. Jordan's shoulder is still on the mend. Hopefully she will be hunting soon. Thanks for asking.

Bill, do you run the OZONE while the windows are shut? I worry about the molecules eating away the alveolar lung tissue. @@bill-winke

I think how they move changes a bit every year for no reasons we really understand. I do believe that the breeding still takes place at roughly the same time every year. It is just a matter of when and how much they move. I am not sure anyone has the answer to that one. Could be your area doesn't have as many deer as it used to. Changing human interaction and changing land use can really impact deer behavior too. Good luck.

I think it is happening on schedule (like it always does) but for some reason the mature bucks just aren't moving much. I am not sure why, but I am hearing it from a lot of people. The more I do this, the less I seem to know. Every year seems a bit different in how much they move. Strange too because I don't have a lot of does so I would think the bucks would have been searching more aggressively.

@@bill-winke thanks again I appreciate your feedback 👍🏼

No, it is really bad for your lungs and nostrils to do that. We only do it with front window wide open. Good luck.

What are you mounting at two inside your redneck

You can if you own land.

Don, I don't use it. I have never really tried to make it work so I just keep doing what I do. Maybe I am missing out on something, but it never seem to make sense to me to leave a human scent trail when trying to leave a deer scent trail. There are spots where you can avoid the human scent, but it sure takes some extra time and effort to find those and get the scent down. Just putting scent out by the stand never seemed to make sense to me either. I always try to set up where no deer can smell me, so for that reason, they wouldn't be able to smell the attractant either. The only exception would be if you have a scrape (mock or otherwise) close to your stand that would allow you to possibly get a better shot at a buck that is passing. That makes a lot of sense - reposition him for a good shot. Good luck.

@@bill-winke i put scent killer on my rubber boots , then estrous urine on sole of my boots , walk to stand , ive had bucks follow me to stand , may be dumb luck , and ive put it in scrape then on sole of boots went to stand , had them come from scrape to stand , youve killed lot more monsters than me i was just wondering what your thiughts were , thx for always answering