What works Best?

[FamilyMan]

On public lands does spot and stalk work better? OR does getting up in a stand work better?

[bowhuntin]

Well if you haven't scouted an area and don't know the animals behaviors and patterns I would stick to spot and stocking. If you have been out and scouted out an area and know for sure you are going to get some activity place a stand their and wait for them to come in. Just comes down to how you prefer to hunt. Sitting in a stand for a long time for me is hard to do. I prefer spot and stock or ambush style hunting.

[FamilyMan]

Thanks for the info. Next season will be my first year bowhuting and I dont realy know anyone else who is into it so I appreciate any help I can get.

[bowhuntin]

Still hunting the timber works really well too.

[lokidog]

Find someone with apple trees and set up a stand....      Seriously, it depends on the area and what the animal are doing.  Good luck.

[MIKEXRAY]

I stand hunt simply for the fact that I am no Daniel Boone while still hunting. I like to get up to the top of a draw & set up & let the other hunters push the deer / elk up the draw to me. Definitely my most successful method. Still hunting with a bow only gets me glimpses of tails & mostly just branches breaking out of sight as they get out of there. One year I was sitting & had a small buck bed down hill like 30 yards from me. It was a mulie, he was laying down & looking down the hill. At any little sound he would stand & focus on the sound for a half an hour until he determined there was no threat. I watched that deer for 4 hours until the morning thermals changed direction & I realized there is no way in hell I could ever sneak up the ridge & get a shot even at that small buck. I've only sat ever since. Find a funnel & let them come to you. Mike

[D-Rock425]

I think there is a time and place for both methods.  I prefer to spot and stock because I have a hard time sitting long periods.  I have never shot a deer while stand hunting but I have shot three elk from the same tree stand set up over a wallow.