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i was watching a show, where as this guy got in the woods, he would walk on his heal, than put the front of his foot down, and keep doing this, he was trying to sound like a deer walking and he did.
He said if a deer is near by and hears this he wont spook, cause it will sound like another deer, after a bit of practice you really do sound like a 4 legged animal walking.

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Sounds cool. I wonder how sore I'll be after 1/2 mile like that?

Jeff

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Sometimes when i walk to my stand in the morning i'll tkae a few steps and then stop, then take a few steps and stop. This mimicks a deer walking too.

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starting and stopping like that also mimicks a predator.

I bumped so many deer last Saturday going to my stand I RAN the last 200 yds. I read that somewhere.....and thought it couldn't be worse than what I was doing.

I stopped once......(nothing). I stopped at my tree......(nothing).

I wouldn't knock it 'til you tried it.

jeff

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sounds credible, but anything sounds good after 2 straight mornings of spooking deer when walking to my stand. guess thats what you get when you get careless.

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Good idea...I will have to give it a try...

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That is the way I was taught to walk while hunting, thought everyone knew that :D, not really for the sounding like a deer part, but more for keeping the sound down. Guess I had a good teach. I was showing my girlfriend the other day that exact same thing, she was makin so much noise, lol. And it does kill your shins.

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i took some ninjitsu (sp?) when was younger and we wore these soft soled ninja shoes, and had class outside in a local park whenever the weather allowed. they taught us to walk on our heels and slowly putting your foot completely down...if you feel a stick that may crack you can adjust your foot/weight accordingly and be near silent. even in crunchy leaves you can sneak around pretty quiet.

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Another good way is to grab awalking stick and walk with that on your way in. It adds another "crunch" while you are walking, mimicking a 4 legged creature. I have walked right up on deer while doing this, until they see you they don't seem to equate that type of footfalls with humans.

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SB i woulda paid money to see that lol but hey it might work.......who ever woulda thought that bucks roar and you can take a round plastic cylinder with hole in the top and get the number one selling deer call

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I read a book that Germ turned me onto by a man named Mark Brooks. he said that deer get spooked all the time and run through the woods. He said we sound like a couple of deer running when we run through the woods......and that this wouldn't spook them. Heck....I'd already bumped about 10-15 trying to be stealth.....so I figured what the heck.

I swear to you I never heard a deer bump after I started running. Could be because I already bumped them all......but who knows?????....lol

Jeff

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I just raked a clear path all the way to my tree stand.

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Here in MO that path you raked would last about 30 minuts this time of year. Least where i hunt.

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All of my leaves are pretty much down. Just needs a quick brush off every now and then.

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Okay folks I'm going to give you all the secrets at once:

1. Walk heel to toe gently;
2. Do not start and stop;
3. Run if you want to; and
4. Most important to keep your scent down eat field corn and clover for
24 hours prior to hunting and you'll smell like an cow. (And after it
gets through your system, you can make some pretty realistic
cowpies too!)

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I also have heard of this and sometime back in the early 90's I was watching a show about moose's. The guy was walking just like that and had a mounted cow head on his chest and was able to walk up to a giant bull moose. Sounds silly but i have done it and it seems to work.

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running to where stand will definately jump deer or at least let them know somethings there.

go in the dark.it works the best.if you go in the light just still hunt your way to your stand you may just get lucky.

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I agree with what the Nuge said.

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Someone on here a month or so ago suggested making turkey calls as you walk to your stand, since they are a (relatively) large two-legged animal, which made sense to me. I don't know if that'd pass muster in the dark of morning, since turkeys aren't generally off their roost then, but I don't know if deer are smart enough to put that together.

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sounds like a good idea, i always take a few steps and stop and a few more, when ever i get close to my stand

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have to try that!!!

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I just walk to my stand the same way that I'd walk down the street. I just figure that they will hear me so why take so much time. Soon after you stop making noise they don't worry about it anymore. In fact sometimes deer are curious about sounds, but usually not the sneaky sounds.

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because they live in the woods everyday and they know the difference between a human and a deer.

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Tie a couple of old catchers mitts to your feet and they'll think you're a bear.

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LOL!

That may be a hard approach to pitch…
But they do say hunting is “catch as catch can”…
Bet that one threw you for a curve…

Am I batting a thousand here or what?