Walking quietly
12-04-2008, 01:05 PM
#21
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 128
RE: Walking quietly
ok, good to know...I'm learning. I've learned more this year, than the past several years combined..also got my first turkey this year on thanksgiving morning 
which was a total fluke, but was a nice bird...
thanks for all your help man...I appreciate it.
Good luck to you on your future hunts
-Scott
which was a total fluke, but was a nice bird...thanks for all your help man...I appreciate it.
Good luck to you on your future hunts
-Scott
12-04-2008, 01:10 PM
#22
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: South Carolina
Posts: 675
RE: Walking quietly
I would clean the path and slow down. Deer walk a few steps then pause when they are being cautious. Imitate them, but definitely clean the path. I made a path from the logging road down to my stand. I had to clear a lot of brush and sticks to make it a quiet path. I also made sure it had some turns so that you can't see all the way down it. Now the deer use it too! I often see fresh tracks on it.
12-04-2008, 01:18 PM
#23
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 128
RE: Walking quietly
ORIGINAL: RenaissanceBiker
I would clean the path and slow down. Deer walk a few steps then pause when they are being cautious. Imitate them, but definitely clean the path. I made a path from the logging road down to my stand. I had to clear a lot of brush and sticks to make it a quiet path. I also made sure it had some turns so that you can't see all the way down it. Now the deer use it too! I often see fresh tracks on it.
I would clean the path and slow down. Deer walk a few steps then pause when they are being cautious. Imitate them, but definitely clean the path. I made a path from the logging road down to my stand. I had to clear a lot of brush and sticks to make it a quiet path. I also made sure it had some turns so that you can't see all the way down it. Now the deer use it too! I often see fresh tracks on it.
BTW, here is the link to my turkey pics (my first turkey taken on thanksgiving morning)
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=3213225
Thanks for all ya'lls help..I will be clearing a path and maintain it until january 3rd (end of the season)
next season I will know better, and do this before the season starts..
I appreciate the help guys
12-04-2008, 08:18 PM
#24
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 128
RE: Walking quietly
what is the general consensus on hunting the rubline trail I mentioned earlier? post rut when they get back to normal patterns of feeding/bedding...will the bucks still frequently use the rublined trail to travel back and forth, or will they change it up??I've read hunting rublines is not productive at all?
12-04-2008, 10:51 PM
#25
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Posts: 299
RE: Walking quietly
Scott you might laugh at this, but I've gotten very close to deer using this method. Wait till first light, and carry a walking stick with you. I'm sure you've heard squirrells hopping in the crunchy leaves??? Become the squirrell Scott. For each step you take, crunch the leaves quickly two or three timeswith the walking stick, and pause. Still hunt your way to you stand like this, keeping an eye out for deer. Deer will ignore a squirrell hopping around this way, but put a two step human rythym to it and you'll be busted. Just remember Scott---BECOME THE SQUIRRELL, lol
12-05-2008, 06:15 AM
#26
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: defiance,ohio
Posts: 557
RE: Walking quietly
why not try hunting the edge of the woods on the field - or wait until a snow or rain so you can walk across more quietly - or i've seen tips on making a short soft grunt for every step on each forward step while doing the stop and go-3 to 6 steps and stop for a couple minutes. i heard that can help/work sometimes-but i've never tried it! goodluck to ya.
