Originally Posted by
ArcticBowMan
Not many trees up here, and the ones we have would double over if I tried to climb them. Nothing like hunting from the ground and stalking your quarry on their ground. I have shot sitka blacktail and mule deer from the ground with my bow, but still have yet to hunt whitetails. I'd love to try it someday, and would like to try both ways, from the ground a from a tree.
Limiting your range with a longbow only makes it that much more difficult. Getting that close to that many deer is a success in itself in my opinion.
You know I have hunted newfoundland and they say its kinda like Alaska. It would be about impossible to kill a decent moose just sitting and ambushing. You got to cover land and cover as much of it as possible and wind is critical. Wind howling, so when You see an animal, thats when teh work starts. I have to admit, when I went up there, I felt like I was "hunting". I enjoyed it. Whitetails of course are different. Lots of em. Lots of dense forest. Some are experts at these stalks. I ain't.
I figured this is the way it is for you up there.