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     Notes:
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  Plan your hunt with the "Deer Expert" - get latest version
  Check weather conditions as hunt approaches to make sure you have 
    a good plan and the right equipment - have lakes frozen?
  Put gun deer season on work vacation schedule
  Get up to hunting area early for pre-hunt scouting
  Reserve hunting lodge early
  Get deer license early and send in doe/extra deer permit in time
  Eat a more high carbohydrate meal the night before; easy on the
    heavy steaks
  Go to spring deer shows
   
  Make sure to sight in 
  Use the right grain of bullet for proper expansion when you hit the deer
  Scout deer in off season
  Ask locals (farmsers,postman, deliverymen, etc) where they see big bucks 
      or other deer
  Call outfitters, sporting goods store owners, taxidermists, hunting
      clubs, wardens, biologists, and forest managers to see where good
      deer hunting and big bucks are.
  Check all equipment ahead of time for proper working condition - 
      especially check tree stands and safety harnesses
  Review deer cleaning procedure      
  Make map of stand locations for different wind directions and approaches  
  Sign up yourself and kids for hunter education and safety courses   
  Use orange marking tape to mark areas where you find blood sign
   from a wounded deer so you can find them as you search or find the
   sign perhaps the next day.  Remember to take these down when you
   find the deer and return.
  Sometimes a whistle will cause a running buck to stop.
   
  Shooting notes:
 
  When standing or with other techniques use some sort of rest - a branch,
  rock, ground, pack, tree - to get a steady, supported shot when possible -
  especially at longer distances.  A sitting position with elbows on knee
  may also work.  Set up a bipod from a forked branch if you can.
  
  (For a right handed shooter) - pull rifle butt securely 
  into right shoulder with right hand.  Left hand supports rifle weight and
  helps aiming.  Do not grip to tightly - this causes less control.
  Press cheek firmly to stock.  Take a deep breath, exhale part of it,
  keep remaining breath in lungs as you sight in so that breathing does
  not cause sight picture to wobble, squeeze off shot when satisfied with
  the sight picture. When you hold breath for extended seconds, it increases
  your heart beat causing wobbling.  Squeeze the trigger smoothly without
  jerking.  

  If possible get your shot ready and shoot when deer cannot see you or is 
  looking away from you.  The deer will not hear you take the safety off
  when you are downwind.
  
  Best shot when deer is broadside to you:
  Aim at deer just behind the front shoulder (up and a little right of the
  front leg of the deer).  This gives you a fatal lung shot which is
  quick and merciful on the deer with no lost meat and a larger margin
  for success on the shot.
  
  When deer faces you, shoot for where neck joins body.
  
  When deer angles away from you place shot so it will eventually get
  into the lung area.  e.g. when quartering away from you, shoot behind
  rib cage so bullet will go into lung area as it travels through the deer.
  This depends also on the speed of the animal.
  
  Shoot when deer stands still when possible.  Lead deer more when they
  run faster; less or not at all when they move slowly.
  
  Practice allows you to master these techniques.  At least practice them 
  when you sight in.  You can also practice the breathing technique 
  before hand.

  You may want to simulate shooting beforehand at a minimum to get the
  feel of how to properly shoot and as a warm up exercise.
    
  Shoot only at a distance you have some confidence at.

  ** In freezing weather be careful of bolt "freezing" when shooting
   causing misfires.  Dry bolt and firing pin (in addition to
   barrel) before going out.  This prevents oil from acting like
   molasses and slowing bolt which requires a certain speed to
   cause ignition of the round.  Also be careful of condensation
   caused by going from warm cabin or car to outside.  Keep rifle
   in trunk during season.      
  
  Added magnification on a scope may exagerate wobble