Axis deer bowhunting tips

[AggieArcher]

I gotcha, my BIL Lives/Lived(not sure) right there at the bottom of Stengel. I hunt just west of the water tower.

My grandmother lives basically beneath the water tower! I used to hunt on land directly south of the water tower for years. Our family property is north of town about 8 miles but we always had a feeder set up outside of town just for fun

[ShawnG]

Have fun doing it.

[DuckDogTrainer]

I can not wait to get back out there!

[Rubeng]

hunt all day during the summer months. They are rutting and we feed alfalfa and are lucky if it lasts a week

[kd350]

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hunt all day during the summer months. They are rutting and we feed alfalfa and are lucky if it lasts a week

Good advice, seems like we've killed the biggest ones in the middle of the day or at night, with a few being in the morning/evening

[AtTheWall]

They are highly visible, which includes looking up in trees. Face camo, hand camo and eyeball all of them before you make a move. They look everywhere, natural instinct developed by getting preyed on by Bengal Tigers in their native continent.

If you think you have a super huge doe, look hard for new antler growth and or a pair of open holes in it's head. Bucks will shed at different times of the year, depending on if they were born in winter and or summer.

They rut from May through June as a primary rut period. But they will bounce does that are born in the opposite late spring season. Many of the does will bear fawns, even in winter, so expect the unexpected with them from the breeding front.

Once you eat Axis and chase the big wary bucks, it's hard to hunt whitetail.

Tough animals, even with a well placed shot, expect to track.

If they get pressured in a specific area, you may not see this herd for weeks on end. Patience to deal with Axis since they can opt to range for miles and miles. Patterning them like whitetail will give you fits.

Some tough subjects to film.....one of my biggest challenges.

[TheHammer]

Good luck! I gotta get me a axis