stalking

[Plumber]

can anyone direct me to a book that will teach me how to stalk. There has got to be more to it then walking slow with the wind in your face.thanks guys

[LKH]

Stalking is when you know where the critter is and are trying to get close.

Moving slowly with many many stops and trying to see the critter for a shot before it catches you is still hunting.

Walking slowly with the wind in your face is strolling.  It's what you do with your girl.

Even after you answer this I still don't know of any books.  

Which one do you want????

[cadillac]

Stalking & Stillhunting; The Ground Hunters Bible, by G. Fred Asbell, is a fantastic book devoted to this. I highly recomend it!

[Plumber]

thank you I will check into it

[Roy Steele]

Get a ghillie suit Imade mine in 1981 and when the wind blows hunt the standing corn or old grown up farms around old hay fields bedding thickets all works good for me.Any where theres deer.
   Three ways to stalk.1.When the wind blows hard.Anywhere corn old farms,timber.thickits the thicker these place are the better.
    2.Unpressured animals.
    3.Walking up the back side of hills or ridges and peeking over.Wind in your face alway when.Get all these condishions at once and your set.
   I was taught to stalk super slow to I spot the deer.[I deer hunt]Then I use the indian method.An old bowyer that not only hunted off the ground with a selfbow for 60 years but was 1/2 Iroquois.And was a good friend of mine.Did it like this.
   Once the deer was spoted and was in a spot that could be stalked.When ever the deer was'nt looking his way or could'nt see him,he'd crouched downn and make a few quick steps.Or when he thought the deer might look up and see him he'd go slow.H'ed make those quick little steps.
   By doing this I've seen him get with in 15 yards over and over.He'd say 75% of deer arn't stalkable.But if you use the three things I talked about and with time you can do it.He tryed every deer he'd see hunting,scouting, stumping,shed hunting or just out walking.Back then I'd tryed not to disturb them at all.
   Other than an old camo shirt he'd where brown coat and pants.He once told me that he'd tryed to stalk every deer he thought he coud.He said he'd tryed tos talk around 500 or so deer in his life and reached at least 200 most were just for fun.I beleive him because I saw him stalk 13 bucks and kill 6 under 20 yards.
   I was in all when we he stalked and kill the first one.I'd been a stand hunter for years.Up untill then I'd tryed well I'd given up stalking all together.Then as far as Iwas concerner  it was a wast of time.Exspicaly when it came to buck hunting.Which by then thats all I did.
   Since 1981 with his help and 100's fo trys I stalked and killed 11 bucks with my own selfbows.5 in there beds in corn fields.Twice I've touched doe's with my bow.With a ghillie on and 25 mph winds.Wind is the ticket to stalking.
   It's when and where.

[GingivitisKahn]

In addition to the Asbell book, you may want to check Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking.  There's tons of good info in there in addition to the stalking stuff.

[LKH]

Roy, I tried the corn for the first time a few years back.  It's just not available to me where I hunt.

Even in eastern SD we had a hard time finding suitable corn since farmers have gone to such narrow spacing.

It was fun. Pheasants were a real hassle.

[Frank V]

What Cadillac said, it's a great book. Frank

[mcgroundstalker]

Asbells Book Is Very Good! Also, try to get a copy of Mike Lapinskys' (sp?) "Eye Level Bucks". It's an older video from the late 80's early 90's.

... mike ...

[Ray Hammond]

the ghillie suit won't work where we hunt...too much stuff to snag it on.

Move with the wind, remember that you don't have to be NOISELESS, you just have to know how to NOT sound like a person.

Stand still longer than you move..and learn to use your optics to pick things apart before you take that next step..or you will bust a lot of critters.