******* HUNTING TIP #1 ********
( TRAIL MARKERS )
How many people have a hard time finding there stands in the dark? Well here is an idea I
came up with. Go to Wal-mart or K-mart and buy some cloth pins and reflective tape. Cut
the tape in 2 inch x 1 inch strips and place them on the end of the cloth pins ( the end
you press together. ) Now when you walk to your stand, place them every 4 steps. At the
end of the season you just take them down for the next year. It's better than buying the
strips or marking tape every year. Not only that, you don't have to worry about someone
finding your stand in the day time, because the pins don't stand out except with a flash
light and only at night.
8/10/87 © All Rights Reserved by: Chris Bowen
******* HUNTING TIP #2 ********
( WING NUTS )
If you have a TREE CLIMBER this is a must. Ever lose your wing nuts? well here is the fix
for this. Take all your wing nuts off and drill a 9/64th hole in one end of each wing nut.
( make sure you wire brush it to get all the burs off so you do not cut your finger
later.) Get you some nylon string the small fishing kind 175 lbs. test and cuta piece 8 to
12" long. Double it and stick it through the hole, then loop it so it doesn't slide
on the string. Now take your back blade off your tree climber and next to the bolt on the
side out side the stand drill a 9/64 th on both sides and again knock the burs off. Now
run both pieces of string through the each hole and tie a knot in them and melt the loose
ends so it does not come loose. There now you can not lose them or having to keep extra's
with you.
******* HUNTING TIP #3 ********
( Hand Warmers )
Got this off a post wile searching for hunting web sites. Take 2 potatoes and put them in
the micowave for 10 minutes take them out then rap them up in tin foil and put them in
your pockets for instant hand warmers it will stay warm for hours. And if you get hungry
well that is just 1 more hunting tip!
******* HUNTING TIP #4 ********
( MINERAL LICKS )
Here is a real simple recipe for mineral mix: 30% salt, 35% beef mineral mix (without
salt), 35% Dairy mineral Mix (without salt) Any co-op can mix this for you in any weight
you want! Deer need mineral all year long, this mix will help doe, fawn and buck. The
process of growing antlers begins the day after they drop, and always remember that 98% of
the mineral ingested by deer will be used for bones and teeth etc. A deer will eat about 1
ounce of mineral per day as long as the salt is not above 30%, salt works for deer just
like it does for you. A little enhances the mineral, too much will cause them to stop
eating the mineral before they have enough to do their bodies good. Always place the
mineral on clay or harder soil, or the salt will wash out into the dirt and deer will eat
the dirt for the salt and avoid the mineral. If it rains alot, freshen your mineral mix
with plain salt. Do this because mineral is bitter, and salt makes it tast
better.......Always wear rubber boots when mixing your mineral site or freshing it......if
legal place mineral to the side of your stand that you do not approach from, it may draw
you some deer.
This send in from: Bill Synder on 6/11/98
******* HUNTING TIP #5 ********
When hunting using a ground level box blind, hang an empty paint can in the blind about
where your head would be. The wind will aid in the movement of the paint can, and deer
will be used to having some movement in the blind. When you arrive at your blind to hunt,
take the paint can down.
Sent in by: Mike O'Neal mike.oneal@tivoli.com