Diddo!! I usually do my stillhunting as a late season bow hunting strategy. Over the years, I probably average about a 99.5% failure rate with a bow. When it does pay off however, there is nothing quite as exhilerating! I hunt public ground, so still hunting during the gun season would not be a good idea. I would still hunt up on a buck that I've spotted during gun season and know exactly where he is bedded as long as I'm not interfering with other gun hunters.
I've killed4 bucks stillhunting,2 with gun, 2 with bow. 1 gun shot was 100 yds. after he stood from his bed that I had watched him enter 3 hours before. The other gun shot was at 30 yds., after I heard a stick crack behind me, he walked up on my back trail and didn't know I was there, 45 cal. muzzleloader kill. 1 bow kill was at 4 yds., he came walking up to me! 1 bow kill was at 40 yds. Common themes through all of these kills, the wind direction was inmy favor, I put myself into a position without any of them knowing I was there, i.e. moving slowly (100 yds./hour)!
Iuse binoculars constantlywhile moving. I either sling my gun over my shoulder or lay my bow on the ground.You can getaway with "slow" movements while still hunting. If you have a nose itch, move slow enough that you can "count the hairs on the back of your hand"! Using the binoculars will let youstudy that object ahead to know if it's a deer leg or a stump that you're looking at. Always look 360 degrees around you! They will come up on youfrom behind. If you have water available, such as a creek or river that runs into or on the perimeter of a bedding area, use it! Put on some hip boots or even chest waders if you need to. Water will conceal 99% of the noise you would otherwise make stillhunting on ground.2 of my 4 kills weremade while I was standing in water! If the ground is dry and the leaves are cracking, you just as well stay on stand and still hunt another day. "Pickthe fightsyou can win!"
From those4 kills, I was within bow or gun range on probably 50 other great bucks! The success rate isvery low, you better be able to dealwith that. Takepride in the ability to get close to your quarry without being detected. If the end result is a kill, then that's icing on the cake and relish in it! It will be few and far between! Good luck!