# @bowmarbowhunting on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DP387Ookcdf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35802825-bowmarbowhunting-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-16T15:08:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 🎯Bowmar Bowhunting🎯 (@bowmarbowhunting) — https://gondola.cc/bowmarbowhunting

## Caption

Most deer hunters overlook this. 🦌💧
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Deer don’t want to drink from moving water if they have a choice. Understanding why, can completely change how you hunt.
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Think about it…Water collects in the lowest parts of terrain and that’s the most vulnerable place a deer can be. When they lower their head to drink, three of their main defense systems are compromised:
	•	Sight: their head is down, vision is limited.
	•	Smell: their nose is literally in the water.
	•	Hearing: the sound of flowing water masks danger.

That’s why deer instinctively prefer still water, small pools, ponds, or puddled-up sections of a creek where it’s calm and quiet. It’s safer.

Here’s the kicker: deer have to drink every single day (roughly two quarts), EVEN DURING THE RUT, but they don’t have to eat every day. That means water is actually a more consistent resource than food. So while everyone else is focused on food plots during the rut, I’m keying in on water, funnels, and pitches. Sometimes, all of those places can be in the same spot. Those are special spots and if you can find them, you’ll drastically increase your chances of smoking a monster. 

If you’ve got a property with a creek, find those still pockets, “the quiet pools” where the current dies. You’ll see heavy trails leading right by them. Hang a camera, where you can see the pool and the trails with the same camera, or better yet, hang a stand.

That’s exactly what you’re seeing in this clip, a giant buck coming getting a drink and he gets so excited he starts pawing the water like he’s working a scrape haha.

Little tips like this are going to drastically improve your seasons success. Good luck out there, and shoot straight 🫡
#DeerHuntingTips #WhitetailStrategy #BeastBroadheads #HuntingTheRut #WhitetailBehavior #Bowhunting #DeerWaterSources

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huntingtherut, whitetailbehavior, beastbroadheads, deerhuntingtips, bowhunting, deerwatersources, whitetailstrategy

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