Firearms season traditions are timeless, exciting, and a tremendous opportunity  for both family and friends to enjoy the bonds of the hunt and share deer camp together. It seems that just about anyone, and everyone…are in the woods on opening day! One tactic that works great is that you can use that saturation of hunting pressure to your advantage, even if you have to get in deep and get in early and hope that big mature bucks tries sneaking back to his core area offering you a shot opportunity.  If you have a lack of hunting pressure in your area, you can still take advantage of a buck’s movements from a distance. Scouting more than hunting until conditions are just right. By Hunting the exterior of his core bedding cover, and not in the middle of it you make him feel comfortable and more importantly making the does around him comfortable.

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Jason Ashe is an avid whitetail deer enthusiast and avid hunter from the finger lakes region of New York. A full time social media specialist in the outdoor industry and habitat specialist with Mid-Lakes Whitetails, Jason has been featured in such publications as Quality Whitetails numorouse times and been paired with hunting greats in Outdoor Life for his knowledge and passion for hunting mature deer. Turkeys, Coyotes also top the list of game that Jason pursues in any down time he has from whitetails. He consideres himself lucky to have whitetails and hunting be a part of everyday life. His wife Laura also shares in his passions along with their 2 children.