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How does everyone here hunt?
Pat B:
For the last 30 years most of my hunting has been from tree stands. The last few years I have thought more and more about ground hunting and after coming down from my tree stand I try my best to slip slowly and cautiously back to camp with my eyes and ears open. I have had a few close encounters doing this but haven't connected from the groung with a bow yet. As each year passes(I'm 59 now) mortality gets closer and the urge to stay on the ground gets stronger.
In Colorado a few years ago we only hunted from the ground and I really enjoyed the experience.
chep:
I do everything I can. Call me an opportunist.
Tree Stands.
Still hunting.
Spot and Stalk.
Road hunt.
Ground blind or just on the ground waiting in ambush.
I suppose the terrain and critter dictates more than anything else for me. If I have my way with deer then it will be dependent on the species. I prefer to hunt whitetail deer out of a stand. Mule deer I just walk along the hilltops and ridges and through the forest looking around or in open areas to spot and stalk. When I hunt blacktail deer it's all about still hunting. Trying to catch them coming to the bedding or feeding areas.
mspink:
I got a shot at a doe this last archery season in mo at 18 yards standing under two arching trees with natural cover.... Ground hunting for me, unless there is a natural stand in a tree. The indians didnt have tree stands. But they probably would have used them if they did.
sailordad:
double bull ground blind for me.i store mine with some earth scent wafers and then tie on a doe in estrus wafer
when i am in the filed.i have had bucks as close as three feet from my blind.
Pappy:
Mostly from a tree,about 12 to 15 feet 99% of the time. It gives me time to set and think,on the ground ,especially stalking or still hunting I get to inpatient and move to fast.Plus I like to eat them and the way I hunt on the ground I would get pretty hungry. ;) :) As for the Indans,first I ant one and second I suspect they used any means they could to kill something and I am sure it didn't matter much how. :)
Pappy
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