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styles of hunting?
TurtleCreek:
I like natural ground blinds. Where I hunt there are a ton of deadfalls, so I try to find one in a good area and tuck myself into it. Sometimes I get the urge to still hunt, so I will stalk my way back to the truck the last 30 minutes or so of shooting light. To me, there is no bigger excitement or rush than having a close encounter on the ground. Just to be in range of an animal on their turf is what makes the hunt a success for me.
JW_Halverson:
--- Quote from: TurtleCreek on December 25, 2011, 01:42:07 pm --- Just to be in range of an animal on their turf is what makes the hunt a success for me.
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I know exactly what you mean, Turtle!
Everybody knows that one person that does not understand "personal space" and just stand waaaay to close to you and makes you feel uncomfortable, right? For deer that bubble of space is often 50-100 yds. When you are in bow range you have already gotten deep inside his/her personal space. My favorite trophy memory is the doe that stepped on my kneecap when I was sitting at the base of a tree one fall while turkey hunting.
mullet:
When I'm up in Tenn or SC it's stand hunting. But when I'm home and if I have to hunt Public land I usually stalk just to get away from other hunters. I'm hard core into turkey hunting so I usually end up finding a nice, shady, comfortable spot and just sit and hang out for a while. Usually you will have a deer, hog or turkey come walking through.
JW, I had a cow step across my legs once, didn't notice me and then to my horror she stopped, and her tail went straight out. I screamed and almost got kicked in the face but stayed dry. :o ;D
gstoneberg:
I prefer to hunt on the ground from a makeshift blind out of natural materials, but it's a whole lot easier to shoot deer from a tree. My best experience have been on the ground. I had a forkhorn buck sniff my broadhead sitting in a blowdown once. That's way better than watching them from a tree. It's really hard to draw on them from a few feet at eye level though. When it works it is awesome.
George
HoBow:
Eddie- my family is looking at me like I'm crazy- I just blurted out laughing at your story.
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