What is still hunting?

[GingivitisKahn]

Originally posted by Chris Shelton:
Hey everyone, I am finally reading Mr G Fred's book Stalking and still hunting, and even though I considered myself a somewhat experienced stalking hunter I have already learned quite a bit.

Anyway right in the beginning of the book he explains the difference between stalking and still hunting, which was interesting to me.  only reason being that I always considered still hunting as my butt planted on the ground without a blind?? He refers to it as moving snail slow through the area. So I was just wondering if I am alone referring to still hunting as picking a good location and sitting there all day??

No, you're not alone in that but you're still wrong.   :D   Fred has it right.

You all have it wrong.  Still hunting is walking very quietly while wearing a foam pad from your belt.  When you get tired, or as in my case my back hurts too much, you sit down take a few swallows from your RC Cola, eat an apple, light your pipe, cigar,  or reload your lip.  Then after you start getting board, stand up take a pee and go look for the next place to stop and relax a bit.  The worst part of this technique is, you can do it in corn country and brushy areas that no one wants to put tree stands on.  Very soon after the season starts you have a better chance of seeing deer later in the mornings than the compounders on the edges of the trees that surround the fields.  Deer seem to figure them out real quick on public land.

[JMartin]

Patrick McManus had some really funny ideas of what "still hunting" is.

[Guru]

Looks like Chris got his answer and for some reason RW took this thread in a different direction   :confused:

[Terry Green]

No need to close it Curt......  Its not Chris's fault.

I cleaned it up.....have no idea why someone would want to train wreck it like they did.      :(

[getstonedprimitivebowhunt]

..."still" hunting  Its what I do after 40 plus years of bowhunting Can't give it up ..lol !!! sorry I had to say that ..lol!

Anyway ..I love still hunting.....Me ...quiver full of arrows and a real "SLOW" pace. warm fall day !!! LIFE !!!!!

[Guru]

Thanx T, I was heading out to lunch with my kids and nephew when I saw it...thanks for taking the time, I didn't have bud.    

[mcgroundstalker]

For me, stalking and still hunting is the only way to go. Might not bag many deer but it's a great way to spend a day afield.

... mike ...

[Andy Cooper]

Still hunting is, to me, the ultimate game. I'm anxious to see what GFA says about it.

Sorry for my part in the temporary hijacking . As a mod elsewhere, I shoulda known better.    

[Raging Water]

Gentlemen,

I deeply regret that my question about how "Still Hunting” differed from a style of hunting with “feeders”, hijacked this thread.

That was not my intent. I just wanted to know what it was called.

Apparently, my question and comment sparked a bit of controversy. Again, it was not my intent.
 
There was no malice intended or implied - I just did not know, what I did not know.

My apologies,

Matt

[Turkeys Fear Me]

Originally posted by Chris Shelton:
 So I was just wondering if I am alone referring to still hunting as picking a good location and sitting there all day??

To me, what you are describing is "stand" hunting.  "Still hunting" is moving very slowly through an area, looking for game.  Once game is seen, you can either wait in ambush ("stand" hunting") if you know where the game is going, or proceed to stalk the game.

[PAPA BEAR]

still hunting to me has always been moving slowly and stopping every hundred yds or so to listen and look.

Depends on the terrain, of course, but I am lost with out a good small set of binoculars when sneaking around. I am usually surprised by how much noise I can get by with, but wind and movement at the wrong times are a disaster.  I figure that if I am going to fast that i don't have the patience to use the binos it is best if I park it.  Or if I am going too fast and my arrows are making noise in my back quiver, the problem is not the quiver, it is my heavy feet.  I think that at times still hunting is better than tree stands, because the deer come to you. You still have to see them before they see you, however slow or fast or often you are moving.

[bucksdown]

hey guys i also love to still hunt especially when i've been sitting the rain, and the wind is in my face. sneeking down a trail through thick cover. one thing i like to do when it is wet and a little windy, drop about 3 rows deep in in a corn field moving very slowly, deer here in ohio feed on acorns on the tree lines between the fields. i grew up still hunting for squirles, so stalking was second nature. like some guys said, go at a snails pace, keeping your eyes open. as for some guys getting off the thread, lighten up guys, there is nothing wrong with a little humor. for the one member, i was born in alabama, my dad and his family are from tennessee, my brothers and sisters still live in tn. be warned, you better not walk up on my still. ha! probition, and the revinewers never caught up with my family, we were stalking to quiet.      

[Hopewell Tom]

As described, for me the still hunt is the VERY slow sneak around. I always have my binocs now, as they sure help when the sneak has to turn into a stalk. I also "go on stand" during a still hunt. If I find a good spot, have a "feeling" or think I heard "something". Get in a comfy position and wait for a bit. Or a long bit. You might also make a noise that has to be waited out. 10-15 minutes isn't too long to be quiet after a mistake. Anything out there that heard it is now focused in. Remember, the deer don't have to get to the mall before it closes....