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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Lakeshooter on July 14, 2012, 02:11:00 AM
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I was just curious what everyone's favorite way to hunt whitetail deer with a long bow is. (tree stand, ground, blind, brush, stalk, ect.) I will be taking my longbow out for my first trad bow hunt.
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Off the ground, with some type ghillie. The closer you can get is a real rush!
Johnny/JAG
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Off the ground. I love being on their level.
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I do it all, Stand, ground and stalk. I was told a piece of advice from an ole buddy of mine longtime ago, that still hold's true, we was talking about an area we scouted and where to place stands, he said ground better and we debated the scent thing and all, he sumed it up with this, "I hunt deer, not tree's. I am there to harvest game not watch a tree grow".
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Ground pounding, but I occasionally climb a tree, too. But hunting them at eye level is a lot more fun, at least for me.
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Lone wolf apha climbing treestand has been most effective for me. Quiet and rarely in the same tree twice--keeps em guessing.Gound hunting is definately more fun, but in WI and VA the mobile tree hunt puts meat in the freezer and provides for large taxidermy bills.
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Maybe if you took better care of your longbow.Those whitetail's wouldn't run off w/ it(LOL)
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I would go with what ever style hunting you have done in the past. I almost always hunt from a tree stand, but made a ground seat last year and plan to hunt from the ground some this year. I like hunting from trees but the older I get the more the ground hunting seems appealing.
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Tree
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yes
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In a tree stand most of the time, but have been sitting on the ground more and more.
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I hunt off the ground and in trees. Remember you don't have to be in a tree to kill a deer
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prefer the ground but do have a couple tree stands set up as well....
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I've always preferred stalking to tree stands, but it's much more productive in the woods I hunt, from the trees.
I can count on one hand the deer I've killed on the ground over the past 30 years. Out of stands...it's been a lot with the longbow.
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Hunting on the ground.
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I think hunting from both tree and ground should be fun, Done both with a rifle and had them 8 yards away with both. Just a little skiddish about the bow hitting some branches or the stand.
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Right now my favorite is the ground. Usually I let the spot dictate what method I use though. Sometimes a Treestand is the way to go and sometimes not.
Pop-up blinds are not for me.
Rob
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I sit in a blowdown on the ground downwind of where I expect the deer to travel. I don't wear camo or even paint my face like a commando.
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I let the deer movement and weather predict the method, doesn't matter the type of bow. My ghillie suit and tree stands all get a work out during season. Don't be afraid or too hard headed to adapt, whitetails have for years !!
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Its all good, whatever it takes in the one particular spot.
Taken many more from treestands tho...
Fred had a pretty good take on it too,
If you wanna see deer - walk...
If you wanna kill deer - sit...
Probably true for many folks, includin me! :D
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I like any method, but spend most of the time in a treestand. I really like the view from a treestand, being able to see the animals coming from a greater distance, etc. For whitetails, a treestand is hard to beat, though the reality is, shot opportunity per hour of hunting,is about the same when I hunt from a ground blind, stalk, or hunt from a treestand.
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Mostly out of a treestand...
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On the ground as well. Primarily still hunting. No camo just burned cork on the face and back of hands.
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Mostly from relatively low tree stands but about 1/3 of the time from a brush blind.
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Same as my recurve...sit and still hunt.
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Depends on the spot and conditions. I treestand hunt quite a bit but i like to ground hunt also. Usually blow downs or brushblind. I never liked pop ups for ground hunting.
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I now hunt out of ground blinds built by materials mother nature provides. I used to hunt out of tree stands and liked it alot but I can't climb anymore.
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from here opening day with my Dave Johnson longbow.
(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f94/Equismith/100_5139.jpg)
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treestands and stalking for me.Every once and a while i will use a ground blind.
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I have hunted alot over the years out of trees for whitetails. Maybe it just me, but I want to hunt less and less out of a tree. The ground game gives you an ability to use natural cover and be more mobile, shot angle is better. I will be hunting much more on the ground this coming season.
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Sold my Logy climber last year. Killed a lot of deer from it, but as I get older, hanging 25 ft. up a tree standing on a shingle makes less sense. Sold it because if I still had it , would still be climbing. Really hated to let climbing go. Will be ground hunting this bow season. Thanks, Roy
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I don't, they are classified as endangered.
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ground vs tree, I prefer the tree I just love the field of view.
When time is a factor (running late) I sit on the ground.
If you choose the ground, practice, practice, especaially when your using a longbow, and blind of some sort either natural or store bought.
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Sneaking threw the woods like a cat is my favorite, but will use whatever method works for the situation. Sometimes thats a tree, other times it's a ground blind.Different areas and elevations call for varying methods.
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I have been thinking of a homemade blind like this I found on google. Set it up near a tree with 3-4 tall stakes with burlap or netting around. It would have an open top perfect longbow.
(http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z387/lakeshooter/groundblindb.jpg)
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I wonder how light one could go with that material? I'm thinking of going on a 5-6 day bivy hunt for whitetails, and would like to have something quick, easy, and light for a quickie ground blind.
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I sit like this
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/jjeffer/cookhouseblind2.jpg)
and try to get this
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/jjeffer/localpig1.jpg)
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My local whitetails won't let that blind slide, prob stay at least 50 yds and give you the evil eye before snortin and runnin merrily off!
Better off with natural materials here, if you can cut shrubbery on site. Some zip ties or better on a bivy hunt twist ties that are reuseable.
My .02
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No matter the weapon, I let the terrain,food source,etc. dictate how i will set up. I like eating venison to much to limit myself anymore than i already have :bigsmyl:
Steve
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Usually from a tree. BUt I did walk (not stalk) right up on a couple of yearling does, and a spike last season, within 10 yards... There they were and I wasn't much paying attention at the moment. May do both this year.