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Offline DanaM

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Re: How does everyone here hunt?
« Reply #30 on: May 11, 2009, 10:43:11 am »
Mostly on the ground these days as I seem to have lost my head for heights :o

Like to still hunt when conditions are right.
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Offline Postman

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Re: How does everyone here hunt?
« Reply #31 on: July 27, 2009, 11:24:20 pm »
Usually on the ground or hidden in a deadfall. I've shot a few deer on the ground with compounds and firearms close up,  but hope to get my first with a stickbow this year, huntin' thru the gun seasons with it like last year.
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Offline Buffalogobbler

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Re: How does everyone here hunt?
« Reply #32 on: July 27, 2009, 11:55:34 pm »
Postman,
Dead falls make the best ground blinds!!
I use several of them.
Kevin
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Re: How does everyone here hunt?
« Reply #33 on: July 28, 2009, 12:29:07 am »
Mostly from a tree,about 12 to 15 feet 99% of the time. It gives me time to set and think. 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. :)
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Offline hedgeapple

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Re: How does everyone here hunt?
« Reply #34 on: July 28, 2009, 01:50:07 am »
I like it all.  Terrain, weather, cover and deer movement dictates my hunting method.  Thick stuff with narrow deer trails, I'll be in a tree to hide me and give me better visiability.  BUT, give me a misty day with wet leaves and I'll be a stalkin'.  Last season I took my first deer with a bow.  It was on a narrow ridge maybe 15 yards across.  I was in a treestand otherwise I would have been standing right in the path of the deer with little or no cover.  Later in the season, after leaving my treestand and walking to the house, I spotted a deer heading in my direction.  I guessed where it would cross the drainage from my pond.  I was 12 yards from him when he came up out of the ditch.  He was my second deer with a bow.  It was a compound bow.  BUT, I just finished my hickory bow last week.  I look forward to hunting with her this year.
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Re: How does everyone here hunt?
« Reply #35 on: July 28, 2009, 01:48:00 pm »
I've taken a couple from the ground over the years enroute to or from a stand. I like to eat deer and feel like I'm giving them a pretty good advantage by using a self bow. Would like to keep a few advantages in my favor that height provides.  :)
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Offline TreyNC

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Re: How does everyone here hunt?
« Reply #36 on: July 28, 2009, 09:21:14 pm »
I hunt mostly from natural material ground blinds. Hoping to take my first traditional deer this year. If it gets hard I have a plan. All I have to do is carry the biggest rifle with the biggest scope I have into the woods with me and a 6-7 yard shot wont be a problem. At least thats the way it seems to be every year!

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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: How does everyone here hunt?
« Reply #37 on: July 28, 2009, 11:24:52 pm »
Well I usually get up around an hour before daylight, take a shower and put......Oh! ;D   I usually hunt from a tree stand. If there's no tree where I want to be I'll just hide on the ground.  The best buck I ever killed with a bow, I crawled across a hay field and shot him from my knees. 
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Re: How does everyone here hunt?
« Reply #38 on: July 29, 2009, 09:57:53 pm »
  I'm usually creeping, crawling, and slipping and sliding,,, oh forgot about wading. ;D
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Offline woodstick

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Re: How does everyone here hunt?
« Reply #39 on: July 29, 2009, 11:33:37 pm »
truck, light, gun. na just bsn. depends on the area. i have some spots i hunt from a tree stand, some in a hand made blind, trees grass and stuff. build your own type thing. and a little spot and stalk. just getting into that real heavy. seems more old school. and a heck of a challenge.
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