Deer hat

[Zbearclaw]

Anyone ever made a hat to look like a doe's head?

Saw some on a hunt Dwight Schuh did a few years ago in AK  but can't figure how to make one.

My dad and I are going to Kodiak in Aug and I'd love to make a set if possible.

[rastaman]

The bold type is copied off of Bowhunter Magazine's website.  Good luck on your hunt!      Deer Hats  E.B., Lansing, MI: "On the August 3, 2006, program, the guys on Bowhunter Magazine TV were wearing deer hats. I have searched and can't find anything like it. Where did these guys get their hats? The hats obviously attracted rutting Sitka deer, but such a hat also would be the perfect touch with the camo tux I'm wearing to a friend's wedding."  Thanks much for watching Bowhunter Magazine TV. My friend Bob Ameen made those hats. I doubt that you'll find any commercial versions. Go to a fabric store for material, a crafts shop for eyes, and build the hat on a regular baseball-style cap. You should be the hit of the wedding. Good luck.  Dwight Schuh, Editor

[Zbearclaw]

Thanks

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I wouldn't ware it in the woods to hunt with when it's firearms season... You could be someones target.

[jsweka]

I wouldn't wear it in PA woods anytime - even in the off season with all the poachers we got.

[GingivitisKahn]

Lol - not good for Ohio public land either.  

Though this past season during the 'bonus youth hunt' (read: youngsters possibly out for their first hunt w/ dad and a shotgun), some goober wearing tan from head to toe and using two trekking poles decided to hike through an area I was hunting.  He sounded like a big quadruped and was deer colored.

A doe hat would have completed his ensemble beautifully.

[BEN]

Originally posted by GingivitisKahn:
Lol - not good for Ohio public land either.  

Though this past season during the 'bonus youth hunt' (read: youngsters possibly out for their first hunt w/ dad and a shotgun), some goober wearing tan from head to toe and using two trekking poles decided to hike through an area I was hunting.  He sounded like a big quadruped and was deer colored.

A do hat would have completed his ensemble beautifully.

 Sure wouldn't want to do that around here on Woodbury Land-----probably would get shot by "sound hunters!"  

[Brian Krebs]

I have successfully stalked and taken muledeer with a cardboard cutout of a deers head; with part of the neck. I painted on eyes; and nose; and inside the ears and the throat patch.
 You stalk or sneak up; and if the deer are alerted; you hold up the head pointing towards them.
 I suppose painting the back of it in orange makes some sense...
 I have though fooled a LOT of deer that way. Timing is everything- wait for the deer to relax to move up closer; and I also pull off small twigs to simulate the feeding sounds.
  I would not wear a deer hat! Especially in the rut !!!!!!    :rolleyes:

[GingivitisKahn]

Originally posted by Brian Krebs:
 
  I would not wear a deer hat! Especially in the rut !!!!!!     :rolleyes:  

Lol - another great point!

   

[Ragnarok Forge]

Deer head hat - broadhead to the neck - dumb hunters = Bad Day Hunting.  I bet it would work great on the deer.  Just make sure there are no poachers or stupid hunters in your area first.

[KentuckyTJ]

Hahaha, hope there are no KY gun hunters around on Kodiak, they'll shoot ya. Heard a story the other day a guy in his truck shot a doe out of season from the Walmart parking lot during daylight. LOL Oh boy.

[don kauss]

you could make suits that look like gargantuan acorns--->then you won't even have to stalk, just sit still and they can come to you!

you may want to check the Alaskan baiting regs though first...