Sneak And Peak

Most deer hunters know that there are any number of strategies that can prove effective during gun season. But in my book, “Proven Whitetail Tactics”, I wrote about one that I’ve found to be especially deadly.

This strategy, which I call sneaking & peeking, involves moving stealthily through a targeted area. I prefer to call it a hyped up version of still-hunting. But even though the sneak and peek method entails covering quite a bit of ground in a relatively short period of time, you can’t allow your movements to become random and careless.
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Finding Killer Stand Sites

In Chapter Seven of my book, "Rub Line Secrets", I wrote that finding active rub lines isn't a guarantee that you're going to kill monster bucks. As I've become fond of saying, there are far more unproductive than productive stand site possibilities along any rub line.

The way I see it, the major stumbling block for hunters, no matter their depth of knowledge, is that when attempting to pick killer stand sites, they believe that all rub lines are created equal. What they fail to keep in mind is that when scouting and hunting a buck's various rub lines, the productivity of one rub line will never be the same as another's.
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Timing Is Everything

In Chapter Nine of my book, "Proven Whitetail Tactics", I wrote that just about everyone out there has at one time or another heard the old saying, "timing is everything". Along those lines, I'd be willing to bet that most deer hunters are fully aware of just how pertinent that saying is to the sport of deer hunting. As we all know, a few minutes here or there often spells the difference between failure or success.
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