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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 10/20/2009 3:23:24 PM
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grunt_doc
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I hunt public land, so we stalk as little as possible (even with a blaze orange parka). What I have always done is this:
While I'm still healthy and fit enough to do it, I hunt the gulleys/gorges/ravines/draws/ whatever you want to call them. Lots of deer get pushed all around for the first few days of the season. They all seem to dump into us. It's great until after you shoot one. The reason that no one else is there, is because no one but us is bumb enough to want to drag them out!
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 10/22/2009 11:17:25 PM
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Brett Ulrici
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Does any one have a recomendation of a ground blind that will work with a recurve.. every one I have found is to short.
I am currently using a ameristep and have it raised about 12 " above the ground and closed in th bottom with Straw bails...
It works but it is not a mobil use at all...
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 10/26/2009 10:51:27 PM
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postman
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I think that most commercial ground blinds are made for compounds, crossbows, and gun hunters. I haven't seen one large enough to be used with a traditional bow. I have a Ground Max blind thats made by primos, unfortunately when I hunt from it I have to go back to my compound. When I hunt with my traditional bow, I like to make my own blinds out of natural materials, I've also tried pit blinds which I find work really well, though they have to be made well before the season starts. The good thing about natural blinds is that you can set up as many as you like through out your hunting area, you don't have to take them down and store them when the season ends, and you can still hunt from blind to blind changing your position to compensate for directional changes with the wind. I think that natural blinds are also less likely to spook deer as you can add to them gradually, slowly building them up and allowing the animals to get used to them.
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 10/27/2009 12:01:08 PM
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ChuckNorris
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The good thing about natural blinds is that you can set up as many as you like through out your hunting area, you don't have to take them down and store them when the season ends, and you can still hunt from blind to blind changing your position to compensate for directional changes with the wind. I think that natural blinds are also less likely to spook deer as you can add to them gradually, slowly building them up and allowing the animals to get used to them.
I also prefer natural blinds for the same reasons. I still hunt the same land throughout each season, stopping at different "blinds". Most of them are just large oak trees that I sit against  . It's amazing how well the lack of movement and hiding your silhoutte conceals you in the woods. I like to have the ability to relocate throughout the day based on other hunters movements, weather, etc...
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 10/29/2009 8:38:32 PM
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ahmontana2
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One thing I like to do is cut a tree branch and hold it in front of me when I'm on a still hunt . From what I have seen deer have very poor depth perception but can pick up movment and objects. They seem to have a hard time with telling what I am when holding a branch in my face and when the time is right stick it in the ground and draw and shoot.I Hope that help's some one.
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 10/29/2009 10:48:55 PM
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postman
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Intersting idea, I'll have to try that.
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 10/30/2009 10:22:03 AM
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Woods Walker
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One thing I like to do is cut a tree branch and hold it in front of me when I'm on a still hunt . From what I have seen deer have very poor depth perception but can pick up movment and objects. They seem to have a hard time with telling what I am when holding a branch in my face and when the time is right stick it in the ground and draw and shoot.I Hope that help's some one.
INTERESTING! If I'm stillhunting along hillsides, I will many times cut a hiking staff to help me keep myself balanced while I have one foot in the air as I walk. In dry leaves I also use the sound of the staff hitting the leaves as the sould of a "deer walk". What I may try, is cutting a staff that has multiple branches at the top for just the purpose that you mentioned.
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 10/30/2009 3:17:34 PM
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buckfarmdude
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Abandon your normal gait and learn to move through the woods like ooze.
This is the best piece of advice on still hunting I think I have ever heard. Being stealthy is as much a mindset as anything else.
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 11/9/2009 10:46:41 PM
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postman
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Was out still hunting this past saturday, and after constantly fussing with my fanny pack ( it kept falling down) I decided that there has to be a better way to carry gear. I gave up on back packs years ago as I find they make me feel restricted, get caught on brush, and worst of all make my back sweat. When I got home and was thinking of a better way, the answer was hanging right in front of me... my turkey vest. It has more than enough room for all of my gear with room to spare, it's comfortable, and well ventilated. Well on sunday I was out again, this time with the turkey vest and I am quite pleased to say that it really worked well, still no deer yet but at least I was comfortable.
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 11/10/2009 10:33:20 AM
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ChuckNorris
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Was out still hunting this past saturday, and after constantly fussing with my fanny pack ( it kept falling down) I decided that there has to be a better way to carry gear. I gave up on back packs years ago as I find they make me feel restricted, get caught on brush, and worst of all make my back sweat. When I got home and was thinking of a better way, the answer was hanging right in front of me... my turkey vest. It has more than enough room for all of my gear with room to spare, it's comfortable, and well ventilated. Well on sunday I was out again, this time with the turkey vest and I am quite pleased to say that it really worked well, still no deer yet but at least I was comfortable.
How much gear do you really need on a days hunt? Unless I'm hunting a treestand or planning to sit in the same spot all day, both rarely occur, I only carry a knife, rope, gps/compass, lighter, doe urine, cellphone, and snacks. This all fits in the pockets on my jacket and pants. I sometimes carry a small bottle of water but it adds lots of weight so I usually pack some fruit snacks instead.
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 11/11/2009 3:14:28 PM
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postman
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Yeah I'm usually guilty of having too much stuff with me, but I never go into the woods without enough gear to spend the night or longer if I have to.
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 11/11/2009 8:43:26 PM
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nhdeerchaser
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Yeah I'm usually guilty of having too much stuff with me, but I never go into the woods without enough gear to spend the night or longer if I have to.
Suuuuure you do..Or at least that's what you tell your wife! 
"Uh, honey, I had to spend the night in the woods again, because this BIG 12 pointer bedded down right under my tree after shooting hours! What could I do?"
You can level with us...you're among friends.
Yeah. I can imagine trying to convince my wife of that! NOT!!!
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 11/11/2009 8:50:05 PM
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brian279
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that would be my story and i would stick to it lol
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 11/11/2009 10:26:25 PM
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Woods Walker
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You know, what's funny is that this would be the one excuse that my wife WOULD accept without question, because as far as deer hunting goes, she's pretty much realized that I lost my marbles a LOOONG time ago!
Working late? Flat tire? "Old friend from out of town"? Naaaaah........
Stuck in a treestand? ABSOLUTELY!
I think the time she came home and saw me dryfiring my deer gun at the TV screen with a hunting vid playing (it looks almost REAL when you use a scope!), she realized that I went off the deep end. In fact, she didn't even get mad, or ask what I was doing...she just rolled her eyes, shook her head, and walked into the other room!
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 11/12/2009 4:13:46 PM
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postman
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Hey. after 20 years of wedded bliss and three kids, a night out is a night out! LOL
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 11/13/2009 7:48:03 AM
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badtoys
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i seen on a video whenever you stop try to stop next to a tree big ones work better but small works too anything to breakup your outline works for me had one walk on the other side of the tree i was next to could have knifed it if i had one
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 11/13/2009 9:37:23 AM
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Rocky Landsverk
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what a great discussion. a couple things I learned that I hadn't thought about: wear black, since the inside of the blind is black, not camo.
also have to remember about the pins not getting much light because of the black interior. i do have lighted pins so that should take care of that problem.
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RE: Tips and Tricks For "Ground Pounders" - 11/13/2009 9:57:57 PM
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brentru
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I've found when stalking that a leafy suit does a great job in breaking up the human form. As long as I don't make any big movements, they think that I'm a bush. Last year, I bumped a doe and was able to draw and let down on her at 25 yards with her staring straight at me and she didn't spook.
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