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Quote: "They believe in their camo more than just about any other animal I have hunted. They will freeze solid and not move a muscle, then hold there spot until you almost step on them. similar to hunting hand raised birds vs wild birds. Good Luck and I hope You bag a monster."That trait just blows my mind when I jump a buck that I've unknowingly approached while they just watched me till some magic line was crossed. It's hard to imagine how many BT bucks hunters miss as they work their way through the woods.
Not to thread jack but.Has anyone tried what I call combat hunting for them? Basically you go thru reprod that you can see good distances because of tree spacing not worrying about noise, stop every ten yards or until you hear them moving.I did it once just to see what happened saw quite a few does that would jump up and stop to look back to see what I was (wind was in my favor), no bucks though.
Quote from: fishnfur on October 12, 2020, 03:58:45 PMQuote: "They believe in their camo more than just about any other animal I have hunted. They will freeze solid and not move a muscle, then hold there spot until you almost step on them. similar to hunting hand raised birds vs wild birds. Good Luck and I hope You bag a monster."That trait just blows my mind when I jump a buck that I've unknowingly approached while they just watched me till some magic line was crossed. It's hard to imagine how many BT bucks hunters miss as they work their way through the woods. I shot the nicest BT buck I've ever shot last year. He was laying in his bed 70 yards away watching me. He was surrounded by chest high ferns and all I saw initially was his throat patch. It took me literally 3 or 4 minutes of walking in circles above him to get an angle that I could see to shoot him. I shot him in his bed and he watched me the entire time. I'm just lucky I saw the white patch that looked out of place in the dark timber.
Money tip right there slowhand. Whitetail story, but..... many, many moons ago on an elk hunt (had a deer tag also) outside of the tiny town of D______, Montana, I had an interesting phenomenon occur that I'll never forget. Packs on our back (heading in to a quasi wilderness area, about 1/2 way in to our destination roughly 2 miles up the trail), rifled shouldered, walking along a rare flat and fairly open area, late/mid morning..... "it" occurred. Cruising along the established trail, again... in a fairly open area (pretty wide flat, maybe 70-80 yards across) with just some scrub brush and scattered 3-4' saplings in it, something made me stop and turn around. There, not 30 yards behind me, was an absolute pig of a buck standing broadside in the trail (think non-typical, stupid wide, pig of a buck), giving me the stink eye. He was obviously bedded close to the trail, behind/in what I don't know, watched and let us pass and head up the trail before he stood up and headed out. Over the years, I've taken that well learned tip and used it over and over, for all forms of big game hunting. You know what, those sneaky suckers, blacktails in particular, will certainly stay put as you walk almost right by/over them. Look back often
Quote from: WSU on October 13, 2020, 04:17:54 PMQuote from: fishnfur on October 12, 2020, 03:58:45 PMQuote: "They believe in their camo more than just about any other animal I have hunted. They will freeze solid and not move a muscle, then hold there spot until you almost step on them. similar to hunting hand raised birds vs wild birds. Good Luck and I hope You bag a monster."That trait just blows my mind when I jump a buck that I've unknowingly approached while they just watched me till some magic line was crossed. It's hard to imagine how many BT bucks hunters miss as they work their way through the woods. I shot the nicest BT buck I've ever shot last year. He was laying in his bed 70 yards away watching me. He was surrounded by chest high ferns and all I saw initially was his throat patch. It took me literally 3 or 4 minutes of walking in circles above him to get an angle that I could see to shoot him. I shot him in his bed and he watched me the entire time. I'm just lucky I saw the white patch that looked out of place in the dark timber.This is exactly what My Dad has told me over and over. LOLWell done on Your part. I'll throw in another Blacktail Pro tip #4650. The last one about the camo is pro tip #1 HahaAs Your still hunting silently threw an area or on a trail stopping often to listen and look. Look behind You just as often. Sometimes You will catch a set of eyes or a head pop up to see if your gone. It works! They want to know if the danger is gone so they will sneak a peak. Don't worry they won't get up and run. They think they are invisable, most times they are.