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Stalking & Getting up Close...HOW?
nclonghunter:
If you have a particular game that is plentiful, that would be good to start out with. Squirrels are fun to hunt by slipping along quietly on game trails. Perhaps rabbits are abundant in your area. Just get in the mind set that you are hunting when you leave civilization behind and step into the woods. You move slow, deliberate and constantly look for movement ahead and to the sides. Use shadows from the trees and when the wind blows you move slow and stop when it stops to look and listen. You are not looking for big deer, you are looking for small things that move. Move into the wind or cross wind. You are less noticeable if you are in the shadows than in a bright sun beam. A lot of the time you will see game moving towards you and then you wait for the shot.
If you move through the woods and you see squirrels, birds, chipmunks and all possible critters before they see you then you have had a successful stalk, even if you didn't take a shot. Move through the woods knowing they are hunting you, just like you are hunting them. You are the more lethal hunter if you allow it to happen....patience is what allows you to make it happen and you will be mentally and physically drained from the amount of focus you will need....Good Luck and Good Hunting
lostarrow:
Ambush is your best bet. When you walk through the bush, don't walk like a man. Walk like a deer. Talk like a deer . Then you can get really close . Use the wind. Take a few steps ,then stop and listen . Repeat . Get a friend to walk through the bush and listen with your eyes closed, then you'll know what I mean. you can pick out a man walking from a long ways away. The noise you make if any ,should be the kind that you hear and ask yourself if you really heard it or it was a branch or acorn falling.Then wait long enough to convince yourself that it was really nothing before making another noise. Ambush is definitely the way to go though. Good luck!, Dave.
crooketarrow:
From reading all the post it seams alot of you think still hunting and stalking the same rhing.
STALKING IS SPOTING AND THEN GOING TO THE ANIMAL.
STILL HUNTING IS PUTTING YOURSELF WHERE ANIAMAL IS MOVEING THROUGH, THE TRICK HERE IS SEEING THE ANIMAL FIRST. LET HIM COME TO YOU.
Stalking into 20 yards or less with a selfbow would mean there'd be alot of starveing bow builders. I know I'd be one of them. I don't know anyone or heard of anyone that dose it with a bow by design no matter where you live. I use to loved still hunting with a rifle if I had the space and did really well on bucks doing it.
My friend CROOKETARROW said only 1 deer (BUCKS OR DOES) out of 100 is really stalkable. Then you'd better not do anything wrong with that one. THATS STALKABLE
He stalk fawns for practice in the summer but he's still hunt when if came to killing something. He Did alot better than I could. 100 TIMES BETTER.
But he could slow down and have patience when he needed it. Moved supper slow use to drive he crazy but move quickly when he needed to. I knewed him 13 years and he killed 6 or 7 does and 3 yearly bucks one mature 4 year old. But he'd tell you the buck and another was fighting and he walked right up. 15 yards and shot him. HEsaid if was the only buck he'd ever STALKED. All the rest were killed still hunting not stalking.
Just go out and give it a try or 3 tell us what you think.
His favoret way was to seet see the animal one day go back and still hunt the exact same trail the next day at the time he's saw the deer.
Huntinfool:
Still hunting is slipping along slowly looking for game.
Spot and stalking is exactly that, you spot game you stalk in as close as you can.
Waiting in a good spot for deer to come along is stand hunting!
A lot of people call one the other but the above is correct anyone agree.
~HF~
IsaacW:
Some of this is repeating others but worthwhile to do so. Anyway, here are some tips from me...
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE... all year, on all animals (especially deer) and people. The more you practice the better you get and as you practice, pay attention to the different animals and their habits. Deer have a tendency to look up at regular intervals as they eat to check for predators, you can almost time this out and stop moving BEFORE they look the next time.
Practice not only being slow but being able to freeze and stay motionless... in all sorts of weird positions, while in mid-step, etc.
Wear quite footwear. I like barefoot when conditions allow or moccasins. I rarely wear hunting boots.
Keep an eye on wind, other animals... heck ALL your surroundings. Be aware.
Have fun and don't get frustrated. Frustration does not help and remember this is not an easy way to hunt.
Isaac
P.S. I personally do not look an animal in the eye when I am close. I am not sure the science or anything serious on this, but from my experience, the animal busts me 99% of the time if I make eye contact and rarely when I avoid it.
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