Icassidy

I have had equal success through the seasons and I spot and stalk only. I prefer this method because I see much more deer behavior and learn more from them. The hardest part is that instead of waiting for a great opportunity out of a ground blind or tree stand, which would typically yield higher successes, you have to create your own opportunities and that means blowing more stalks that you are successful at. I guess that's what makes victory that much more for me. I used to hunt ground blinds when I first started bowhunting and I do enjoy that as well, but again I just didn't see as many deer or learn very much from them. Being busted between 100-40 yards is very common, even getting within 80 yards is an accomplishment in and of itself and you should be proud of that. Good luck in the future. Ian

The stalk took about 2 hours I'm guessing. Belly crawled for about 40-50 yards after I got to 77 yards of him and they waited him out at the 20ish yard mark till he got up from his bed. Grunted him a few times while I waited and he finally came to see what was going on. He got up and started my way and I closed another 5-9 yards on him while he walked through a small cut.

Was blessed in 2009 to guide my dad in on a decent 2x3 in velvet in September. He stalked into 48 yards of three bedded bucks and arrowed the buck pictured. December rolled around and I hunted hard for 12 or 13 days before being able to stalk within 11.5 yards of this 3x3 with some help from my buddy Marty.