{"id":4822,"date":"2018-12-28T14:50:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpms.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2018-12-28T14:50:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:50:50","slug":"understanding-whitetail-body-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/understanding-whitetail-body-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Whitetail Body Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can tell a lot about a deer&#8217;s mood simply by watching its body language<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re new to hunting whitetail deer with archery gear, it won\u2019t take long to learn that deer can use complex body language to rob you of even the easiest shot opportunities. If you happen to be a veteran whitetailer, chances are about 100 percent that deer have used that cunning to leave you cussing after a blown shot at a wall-hanger buck. Studying all the nuances of whitetail body language, from the most subtle acts to the obvious, will turn possible failures into future bowhunting successes. Let\u2019s start with the whitetail hunter\u2019s body language nightmare \u2014 spookiness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowhunter.com\/editorial\/understanding-whitetail-body-language\/330156#\">Read More on Understanding Whitetail Body Language<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4786 img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/ofmn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/2026\/03\/deer4-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; You can tell a lot about a deer&#8217;s mood simply by watching its body language If you\u2019re new to hunting whitetail deer with archery gear, it won\u2019t take long to learn that deer can use complex body language to rob you of even the easiest shot opportunities. If you happen to be a veteran [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11658,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-hunting","category-whitetailfirst","post_format-post-format-link"],"acf":[],"youtube_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4823,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions\/4823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/whitetail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}