Today, deer hunters have tactics they rely on that were once thought of as being weird.

If you ask any hunter to tell his success story, more times than not one or more of these tactics will be mentioned. I wonder what hunters from years ago that were once laughed at for using these same techniques would think. Would the same people make fun of them now?

Read what Outdoor Life has to say about the subject of three normal tactics deer hunters used to think were really weird.

When they were first introduced to the national hunting community, these novel methods for bringing in bucks were considered unconventional at best, and harebrained schemes by most. Now deer hunters everywhere use these tried-and-true tactics. We take a look back in our archives to when these trusty standbys were still considered downright bizarre… [continued]

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