The reason some people blind hunt is a matter of hunting populations and land ownership issues. In Wisconsin for instance, the area you hunt might have numerous people in that small area. You want to make people upset, go tracking through an area they are sitting or hunting. I've seen hunters almost come to blows.

The other issue is land ownership. In Wisconsin there are severe trespassing laws. Although I admit they are not enforced the way they should, but with the GPS and the camera now, land owners are taking the issue of trespassing in their own hands. They mark you and photograph you and then then press charges.

For instance, a farmer owns 120 acres of fields which draw deer. He then posts his property and allows no one without permission to enter his land. He has people sitting the edges of the field watching for moving herds. If you stalk, you are doing them a big favor by pushing deer. Your better off to sit up trail of them on your property, and wait for deer to move from bedding areas to feeding areas. You ambush hunt, but it works. Also in some areas of the State baiting is allowed. Again, you wait for the deer to come and feed.

Where I live in the state, I am surrounded by National Forest. So it is common for me to find a good fresh track in the snow and start to walk it out. I've moved miles on a trail. And that is a lot of fun. But you have to remember, the further you track into the National, the further out you have to move that animal after the harvest.