Early deer season is often all about acorns, but you have to figure out how to hunt the favored forage

Opening-week strategies for bowhunting deer hunters often center on ag fields and food plots. Whether that’s posting up over a sea of soybeans or on half an acre of clover planted just for the deer, the go-to method for killing a buck early in the season tends to involve greenery. This is a solid option – until it’s not.
When it’s not, it’s usually because a better food source has come on strong. For many bowhunters here in Minnesota and throughout the Midwest, the likeliest culprit for ruining a good field-edge hunt is hard mast.

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