Whitetails: Find the food. There should be deer tracks and crap and feeding craters all over, not just a little here and there. Snow is great for beginners.
Figure out where they are coming and going from.
Get down wind of that spot, where the food and cover meet.
Sit still and be quiet, gun loaded, likely areas pre-ranged, rest/bipod/sticks ready. No phone, coffee, snacks, or other unnecessary BS excuses for movement and noise.
IMO calls, scents, decoys and the like are all things you can play with when you get some experience, but the more experience you get, the more you stick to the basics.
If you can’t sit still all day (boredom or cold) then just go for the evening. Probably have a 9-1 kill ratio, evening vs morning.
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