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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: Pigfuz on May 16, 2013, 11:17:03 PM

Title: Method of Bowhunting
Post by: Pigfuz on May 16, 2013, 11:17:03 PM: What is your favorite way to hunt with a bow ( spot and stalk, tree stand, blind, etc.). Include general location and type of game so that it makes more sense.
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Post by: elk247 on May 16, 2013, 11:24:35 PM: Spot and stalk-muley
Locate and ambush-elk
Predator call ambush-bear
If i hunted whitetail or had elk patterend to a specific trail i would use a blind or tree stand. Over looked but effective
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Post by: PolarBear on May 17, 2013, 12:20:54 AM: Spot and stalk for muleys and treestand for blackies and whities.
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Post by: Button Nubbs on May 17, 2013, 03:45:59 AM: Spot-stalk mulies.
Treestand elk.
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Post by: Arrow Head on May 17, 2013, 01:53:45 PM: Spot and stalk Mulies for early hunt. For the late hunt, I got a place in the north central I hike in to and when I smell the doe in heat, I put on the ghillie suit and wait for the horndogs. I have good luck with that on Nov. 21st and 22nd. Rut's usually completely over by the 23rd, then it's back to spot and stalk. I call and ambush Turkey.
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Post by: turkeyfeather on May 17, 2013, 02:02:57 PM: Tree stand or make my own blind out of brush for whitetails.
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Post by: billdo5 on May 17, 2013, 02:12:23 PM: muley/black tail spot and stalk...
Elk spot and stalk until within a good range to start calling(if herd bull) if not herd bull then i just locate and call them in... or blind in a good way
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Post by: vandeman17 on May 17, 2013, 02:23:23 PM: Muley and elk I do spot and stalk and for whitetail it is out of a blind
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Post by: D-Rock425 on May 17, 2013, 02:25:07 PM: I do it all.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on May 17, 2013, 02:42:30 PM: Spot and stalk all
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Post by: Smossy on May 17, 2013, 02:54:19 PM: Read.
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Post by: snarkybull on May 17, 2013, 08:03:18 PM: i find an elk freeway, and then take a nap til they show up. :chuckle:
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Post by: Simcoe hunter on May 17, 2013, 08:35:49 PM: Quote from: snarkybull on May 17, 2013, 08:03:18 PM
i find an elk freeway, and then take a nap til they show up. :chuckle:

Tried that once myself. Woke up much later than expected. Sometime during my nap a detour sign was erected at the end of the trail they should have approached from. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :chuckle:
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Post by: earlmarne on May 17, 2013, 08:45:26 PM: i dont know what my method is called.maybe stumble and spook
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Post by: bobcat on May 17, 2013, 08:51:23 PM: Quote from: earlmarne on May 17, 2013, 08:45:26 PM
i dont know what my method is called.maybe stumble and spook

:chuckle: I've used the exact same method you speak of! :tup:
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Post by: sakoshooter on May 18, 2013, 09:16:52 AM: Spot & Stalk and Still Hunt but I'll do whatever the animal/lay of the land/weather call for. Gotta be versatile to be successful. And lucky.
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Post by: Billdos Uncle on May 18, 2013, 09:20:05 AM: i do whatever my nephew does :chuckle:
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Post by: blackveltbowhunter on May 18, 2013, 09:29:58 AM: My favorite is calling elk. Followed closely by tracking, doesnt matter the species.
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Post by: jechicdr on May 19, 2013, 10:07:13 PM: Quote from: earlmarne on May 17, 2013, 08:45:26 PM
i dont know what my method is called.maybe stumble and spook
I use a variation of that one, stumble and spook, stumble and spook, stumble and spook, find one that doesn't spook and biff the shot, then stumble and spook, stumble and spook, and then ambush and connect the shot. I works about 20% of the time.
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Post by: JLS on May 19, 2013, 10:15:53 PM: Quote from: bobcat on May 17, 2013, 08:51:23 PM
Quote from: earlmarne on May 17, 2013, 08:45:26 PM
i dont know what my method is called.maybe stumble and spook

:chuckle: I've used the exact same method you speak of! :tup:

Tried and true. Team S&S :tup:
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Post by: RadSav on May 19, 2013, 10:25:03 PM: In my youth it was all bugling bulls, spot & stalk deer and belly crawling for pronghorns. As I got older napping in a clear cut became a little more my speed. Now sitting in a blind shooting critters I can pack out whole is starting to become much more enjoyable. The mind would still like to chase goats up the Catalina cliffs and belly crawl 1,000 yards through cactus filled rocks for Arizona mulies, or pack a bull elk out of the Eagle Caps. But sadly the body doesn't play those games so well anymore. :'( I've had to cancel my next sheep, goat and grizzly hunt because the body is just breaking down too fast. Hopefully I can find the strength to give it one more hurrah in a few years. But if not I think I've finally made peace with the fact stand hunting can be pretty enjoyable too.
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Post by: coachcw on May 21, 2013, 12:58:18 PM: the best method is called daylight til dark !
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Post by: lucky33 on May 21, 2013, 03:36:41 PM: On the ground, up close and VERY personal. Whitetails, mulies, elk, coyotes, there is just nothing more challenging and rewarding than taking game on their own turf. Nothing against treestands, but I dont like to sit much. I spend most of my hunting season crawling around like a baby and it works for me. :tup: I am the proverbial ''snake in the grass'' :chuckle:
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Post by: bowjunkie on May 22, 2013, 12:08:54 PM: research, research, scout, scout come back to spots scouted and fail then walk around with my fingers crossed for hours and hours and hopefully get lucky it has worked so far so why stop.
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Post by: 6haase6 on May 28, 2013, 08:20:46 PM: Spot and stock. Nothing like getting up and close with a muley in his bed. Elk with a rifle is a gut feeling game. Elk with a bow was sit on a trail in the mornings and evenings lite calling to try and locate, but ended with a bull being spooked to me on the way to a stand. Always a good thing to have a little lady luck on your side. :tup:
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Post by: brianb231 on May 28, 2013, 08:24:59 PM: Run and Gun (Bugle) the ridge tops for bulls if I have a tag. if just for cow and spike I go to areas that I know hold elk and create excitement with cow herd talk until I wack one.