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Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. #3520186 08/28/12 04:55 PM
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Back in my younger days I walked to my hunting spot sometimes it was a 3 to 4 mile hike, found fresh tracks, hunted down wind from the tracks in the brush with nothing more then a bare bones rifle with 4x scope and a canteen of water. Most of the time you wouldn't see a thing, but when you did it was a big deal.

Anybody still hunt like that?

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: DCS] #3520301 08/28/12 05:36 PM
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Only one I know of is txaggie02.

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: don k] #3520330 08/28/12 05:44 PM
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I do. Love it. I still use blinds also....but I love working the woods on foot, especially when it gets wet and quiet. I'll go all day sometimes.

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: dfwroadkill] #3520398 08/28/12 06:14 PM
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Yes, I do. Still my favorite method when conditions permit. It was (is) called "still hunting" because you ae still more than you are moving.

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: JJH] #3520407 08/28/12 06:18 PM
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Difference between spot and stalk and "still hunting", but yes, I still do both. Spot and stalk is probably my favorite.


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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: txshntr] #3520421 08/28/12 06:21 PM
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Yelp a lot best way to hunt in the Highplains panhandle. Spotting scope and pick up


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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: BOBO the Clown] #3520436 08/28/12 06:26 PM
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I do it when the country is suited to it. It is a very satisfying way to hunt.


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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: nsmike] #3520461 08/28/12 06:33 PM
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We blind hunt most of the time. I have a tripod that is not on a feed or water sorce, just over looks trails between bedding area and water that I like to sit. Dont always see alot, but you can see for miles from that spot. I also like to rattle, and typicaly walk every where I go to see what I see, and I see alot of deer this way.

When we bought our place we drove the roads with the agent, looked it over. Some stayed at the camp to talk, I went for a walk turned down a sendero we had drove down earlier and looked at the tire tracks, sure enough there was a deer track right in the middle of the tire track, look up and there are 3 does sitting there 20 yards away, never know when and where your gonna see them.

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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: redchevy] #3520465 08/28/12 06:34 PM
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I will kind of do that with mule deer.

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: txshntr] #3520544 08/28/12 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted By: txshntr
Difference between spot and stalk and "still hunting", but yes, I still do both. Spot and stalk is probably my favorite.


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When the conditions are right (wet) I spend lots of time still hunting, very effective method. Love spot and stalk as well.


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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: kmon11] #3520553 08/28/12 07:01 PM
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I still do for Mule Deer and Whitetails.


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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: kmon11] #3520555 08/28/12 07:01 PM
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I think the majority of Antelope and Elk hunting is spot and stalk. Probably Mule Deer too.

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: Rob Lay] #3520745 08/28/12 07:45 PM
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My favorite way to hunt!

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: 8pointdrop] #3520752 08/28/12 07:47 PM
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We don't have a property large enough to do it any more. My dad killed many deer on foot back in the day.


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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: Savage388] #3520783 08/28/12 07:56 PM
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We hunt some open country, and usually I stay in the blind but if I see a bruiser too far away for an ethical shot then you better believe he's getting a stalk put on him. I also still hunt when th econditions call for it.

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: Savage388] #3520791 08/28/12 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted By: Savage388
We don't have a property large enough to do it any more. My dad killed many deer on foot back in the day.


This is what I was thinking, 30 years ago there where enough acres for me to SS, but now I am limited to it when necessary while in West Texas or in the Rockies.

I have be most successful with Mulies and Elk, but with increasing hunting pressure in the mountains, it has been better to let the "other" hunters who like to roam push game to me.


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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: Western] #3520982 08/28/12 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted By: Western


I have be most successful with Mulies and Elk, but with increasing hunting pressure in the mountains, it has been better to let the "other" hunters who like to roam push game to me.


that's a good plan, especially when wandering really limits the ability to cover ground to actually spot something.

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: rifleman] #3521026 08/28/12 09:01 PM
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I love to stalk when it is cold and wet . I have taken my biggest deer with that method .


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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: texfork] #3521745 08/29/12 12:21 AM
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A lot depends on the terrain and vegetation, but yes, many still do it.


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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: LandPirate] #3521830 08/29/12 12:35 AM
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Love the stalk, dry or wet it is still a great way to really get into a hunt.



Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: artrios60] #3521997 08/29/12 01:07 AM
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Its the only way i hunt. I detest blind and feeder hunting...for anything.

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: DCS] #3522277 08/29/12 02:04 AM
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I still hunt quite a bit, and enjoy it much more that sitting in a blind. Tend to see more older bucks hunting this way too, the ones that avoid blinds and feeders.

Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: 1RancherAg] #3522368 08/29/12 02:20 AM
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Only type of hunting I do. Luckily I have places where I can stretch my legs! I'll hunt a blind with my little one, or if it's a really awesome place and I have no choice. Even then I've been known to sit outside the blind, lol! Otherwise I've actually passed on a couple hunting opportunities just because blinds were the only type of hunting. No judgment on anybody, I'd rather come home with nothing but the satisfaction of hunting my way. Luckily that doesn't happen often.


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Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: 1RancherAg] #3522370 08/29/12 02:20 AM
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Still do it. Took my son on one two years ago and he got addicted. His words, "Now that's what I'm talking about!" That's the only way he likes to hunt now.


Re: Stalk hunting, anyone still do it. [Re: 1RancherAg] #3522441 08/29/12 02:28 AM
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My favorite time to stalk hunt is on windy days after a front and heavy rain. The wet ground and windy conditions seem to mask your movements.


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