Please share yours. Most of the hunting I do is one of two techniques:

1. Wait in the blind and hope something walks by (needs no explanation).

2. Spot and stalk - For me, this typically involves driving around the ranch and spotting a deer several hundred yards away. All I really do is is disappear in the brush, haul butt towards the deer, and every hundred yards or so, I'll belly crawl through the grass back out into view of the deer and guage the progress I'm making. I try to cut it to 150 yards if possible. There are times where I've just cut through the woods to a spot that I knew would put me into position on the deer, and then crawled from the point that I was in view to the spot I needed to be in to take the shot.

When you guys talk about "spot and stalk", what are you referring to? Any particular techniques that have worked well? Do you always work wind into the equation, try to guess which direction the deer is trending, note the time of day and stalk food plots, etc.?

Just curious, as I enjoy stalking a whole lot more than sitting in a blind, but I don't do enough of it, in my opinion.

Most of the big bucks on our property (val verde/edwards county) don't hit the feeders so we're better off getting out there and looking around. The terrain is great for this type of hunting (lots of elevation with plateaus that overlook "valleys" and cuts). I'll usually sit in the blind until 8:30 a.m. and then hit the trail. I'll walk along the ridges and sit down for about 20 mintues and glass the area and wait for movement. Three years ago I was doing this and saw a doe run across one of the openings about 300 yards away. I pulled the binocs up in time to see a nice, wide 8 run across the same opening, head down giving chase. They both disappeared into brush. I took about 30 seconds to judge the speed and direction they were moving to decide where i needed to go to try and cut them off. I tried to use wind somewhat to my advantage but also wanted to use higher ground. I decided i'd move through the valley and back up the other side to try and cut him off/get above him again. He moved faster than i judged and we crossed paths down in the valley. he walked in front of me about 100 yards but only for a second. instead of continuing through the brush to cut him off or following him, I walked past where he dissapeared and stuck to my strategy of getting the higher ground. I got about half away up the other ridge and THEN started to walk towards where he was headed. Sure enough, we crossed paths again, but I was higher up and had a better view of him as he moved in the brush. I see him every morning now on my way out the door. Don't get stories like that sitting in a blind IMO.