dak0ta
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Hi,
This weekend I was able to get two blacktail deer with my shotgun. My other buddies were using rifles. We didn't have much time to fill our tags so I decided to try covering as much ground as possible to find deer. I didn't necessarily stalk or move quietly, or still hunt like my buddies were. I just basically walked through the woods trying to spook up deer or make them lift their heads to look at me so I could spot them. I wanted to find them quickly, close the distance in range for my slugs, and get a shot. This goes against all the deer hunting tips such as spot and stalk, blind hunt, still hunting. I opted for a very "on offence" approach which also seemed to work better as I found more deer than my hunting party combined. Anybody else try this? I find the deer generally stare at you rather than taking off which helps get into range. Of course, the terrain makes a difference, this was dense timber. I used a deep fast flowing river as a far barrier in my field of view and basically walked the ridge line parallel to the river overlooking timber so I could have a good view of anything that moved between the ridge and water. It was cool being able to use the geography to one's advantage.
This weekend I was able to get two blacktail deer with my shotgun. My other buddies were using rifles. We didn't have much time to fill our tags so I decided to try covering as much ground as possible to find deer. I didn't necessarily stalk or move quietly, or still hunt like my buddies were. I just basically walked through the woods trying to spook up deer or make them lift their heads to look at me so I could spot them. I wanted to find them quickly, close the distance in range for my slugs, and get a shot. This goes against all the deer hunting tips such as spot and stalk, blind hunt, still hunting. I opted for a very "on offence" approach which also seemed to work better as I found more deer than my hunting party combined. Anybody else try this? I find the deer generally stare at you rather than taking off which helps get into range. Of course, the terrain makes a difference, this was dense timber. I used a deep fast flowing river as a far barrier in my field of view and basically walked the ridge line parallel to the river overlooking timber so I could have a good view of anything that moved between the ridge and water. It was cool being able to use the geography to one's advantage.
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