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Stalking & Getting up Close...HOW?
lesken2011:
There are a lot of different methods for hunting animals. For bow hunting I definitely prefer the ambush method and have had most of my success in feeding areas. Depending on terrain, I have hunted from treestands and from the ground. Finding a food source which has become an active feeding area with animal droppings is a good place to start. When animals are feeding, they can sometimes be in an area long enough to present you with a good angle for arrow penetration. I have friends that prefer to hunt travel paths to and from feeding/bedding areas. As far as stalking goes, conditions have to be just right and there are just too many variables for me to be consistently successful.
stickbender:
All the above.
But that being said, I read years ago, about a guy hunting in Central America,
with an Indian guide, and he watched this guide walk up to about ten feet of a deer, before it noticed him. He said that deer, will graze, for about ten seconds, and then look, and around, and if nothing is moving, or there is no dangerous scents, it will go back to eating, and repeat the process. So I tried this out, in the Big Cypress, years ago, when I was in my early 20's,. A friend and I were down at My Dad's cabin, and we were walking in a prairie area, when we saw a doe, and a fawn. So I told my Buddy about the article I read, and said I was going to try it. Well darned it didn't work. That is until the little fawn looked up before his Mama, and saw me take a step, and at the instant, Mama swung her head and stared directly at me. I froze, and she did the look away, and then suddenly back again bit, and finally I just clapped my hands, and they took off.
But before Jr. spotted me I did get to within about thirty yards, of them, and this was in the open. You just wait till they put their head down, and take slow easy steps, and count to about 8 seconds, and then stop, and be perfectly still, slow your breathing so there is minimal movement. Then just repeat. But this only works well on a single animal. Like Jr.,if there are more than one, one might look up at a different interval. Again, there were no leaves, just grass, and it was mostly green, and the ground was damp, so noise is a factor to figure in also. Just something to consider, to the above advice, but I do know from my own experience that it works. Just be aware of the wind, noise, and movement, and such. ;)
Wayne
Thesquirrelslinger:
I was walking around a creek one day, going to go sling, with one of my friends. I had a machete(we were going to clear a trail that was getting overgrown) and we literally walked into 3 deer. I mean literally walked into them. It was twilightish- dark, but not black. It was cool, but kinda scary. A mom and 2 fawns.
chamookman:
Like a great Hunter by the name of Elmer once said " Be vewy-vewy quiet" O:) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:.
Moggy:
Move slowly, move when you have cover and look more than you move. Best thing to do is do not move at all and ambush on a trail.
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