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<blockquote data-quote="catman529" data-source="post: 3511131" data-attributes="member: 9284"><p>most of the time you have to be very very slow, spend a lot more time standing still and inspecting the woods for any sign of a deer and move only a few feet at a time. Wet leaves make it much quieter, but a popping twig makes much more sound than any leaves. So plan where to step before you take a few steps, so you don't pop twigs.</p><p></p><p>more than once I have accidentally walked up on deer and had shot opportunities but that's just lucky when a deer doesn't see you till you are in range and it doesn't run away right away.</p><p></p><p>If I was trying to put as much meat on the table now I would be hunting from a stand over a slightly open area (for a clear shot) inside a privet thicket in a creek bottom with heavy deer trails where the does like to travel a lot. Either that, or I'd be hunting from the ground in a familiar cedar thicket hoping a deer would slide through there quietly like they do.</p><p></p><p>If you aren't hunting very pressured land, field edges in the evening can be great if you got one area where deer love to come out into the field often. I kind of shy away from fields on public land because a lot of guys like to plop their butts down in a field edge and hope to bust a deer. Even then I have still seen deer in fields in evening during late season. You never know...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catman529, post: 3511131, member: 9284"] most of the time you have to be very very slow, spend a lot more time standing still and inspecting the woods for any sign of a deer and move only a few feet at a time. Wet leaves make it much quieter, but a popping twig makes much more sound than any leaves. So plan where to step before you take a few steps, so you don't pop twigs. more than once I have accidentally walked up on deer and had shot opportunities but that's just lucky when a deer doesn't see you till you are in range and it doesn't run away right away. If I was trying to put as much meat on the table now I would be hunting from a stand over a slightly open area (for a clear shot) inside a privet thicket in a creek bottom with heavy deer trails where the does like to travel a lot. Either that, or I'd be hunting from the ground in a familiar cedar thicket hoping a deer would slide through there quietly like they do. If you aren't hunting very pressured land, field edges in the evening can be great if you got one area where deer love to come out into the field often. I kind of shy away from fields on public land because a lot of guys like to plop their butts down in a field edge and hope to bust a deer. Even then I have still seen deer in fields in evening during late season. You never know... [/QUOTE]
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