If you ask 10 top whitetail hunting experts for their advice on punching a late-season tag, you’ll invariably hear “hunt the food” from a majority of them. They will claim that applies to both getting that last doe for the freezer or grounding a trophy buck.
Admittedly, it sounds like solid counsel and is often applicable to general, late-season hunt scenarios. However, it is very limited in real-world applicability. In areas where most folks hunt—places that have been overhunted—it doesn’t apply. It’s also limited advice that, at best, doesn’t tell the full tale. Or at worse, applies only in those special circumstances where you’re hunting an area that saw limited hunting pressure during deer season
