ORIGINAL: TJF
ORIGINAL: atlasman
ORIGINAL: Outdoor writer
People seem to be looking for that magic gadget or tactic that will fill there walls with big bucks.
Like books for example?
j/k
Actually I was really hoping you were going to go into some good details about identifying these bedding areas and how to attack them along the outskirts without spooking everything within.
That would have made a great chapter as I believe many (including myself) are less POSITIVE about their local bedding areas then they are willing to admit.
Atlas
The bedding areas won't be the same with all the different terrain thateveryone hunts.Bedding areasare more definedin some areas while not in others.While he sure could have gone into great detail of the bedding areashe hunts, it stillprobably wouldn't help you in your area. I know thatyour areaandhis area has nothing in common with mine. If you like I could go into great detail about my area but it wouldn't help you in the least.
You need to find a hunter orAuthor that huntsin your area or the same type ofterrain to really be of much use to you.If I wrote a book I would not go into detail of my area but stick togeneralized principals/methods of hunting.Hopefully the reader would be able to apply that with his hunting area to benefit from the book. Plus...I would be looking to attracted a biggeraudience for my book then justthe few who hunt ND.
You are asking a lot of himwhich might be the reason you didn't like his book and others did.
Tim
I didn't mean EXACTLY Tim...............just some SPECIFICS as to what he looks for and what he sees that makes him want to investigate an area further to confirm his theory.
Where does he start??........on maps, on foot, glassing for deer movement that tells him where to go next??............stuff like that. No one can pick out your bedding areas for you but it would have been nice to get a little help..........especially when everything was about killing a BIG boy...........most guys can find bedding areas.........but are they the bedding area of the brute they are after or just a place deer like to flop down.
As far as getting in to hunt them.........some helpful hints there would have been nice as well.......How close is too close?........what if you bump him??.........what is most important in that setup??.......wind, food, other deer, time of day or season???
Just something SPECIFIC would have been great.