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Article #457: How to Enjoy Deer Hunting In Group

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If you are an occasional hunter, did you patches of woods which varied in size
ever try hunting in group? Hunting with a from several thousand acres down to
companion is of great way and it helps practically nothing. When hunting the
you also in your trail and stalking the smaller of these wood patches, one man
deer. But it is difficult to find a would start and trail the deer, and his
hunting companion who will be a help companion would watch the place where the
rather than a hindrance. This is because animal could be expected to leave the
unless they work, as a team, the chances woods. In this type of hunting, the man
of either of them sighting a deer depends who jumps and trails the deer should not
more on luck than it does on hunting try to stalk or to intercept the animal,
skill. When hunting with a group that is but should confine his attention to the
large enough to cover all probable trail unless he should overtake the deer
crossing places, it is not so important and have a good chance for a shot.
for the trailer to stick to his trailing. When the trailer hunts as he would if
It is not so important for the trailer to alone, he is apt to cause the deer to
stick to his trailing. You can apply a change its course enough so that his
different type of hunting when in group. companion will have no chance to prevent
There are several ways in which two the animal from reaching another piece of
hunters may work as a team in deer woods and prolonging the hunt. Of course,
hunting. They may go into the woods and when hunting with a group that is large
travel a short distance apart in an enough to cover all probable crossing
effort to stalk feeding or resting deer. places, it is not so important for the
If they start a deer, they may separate, trailer to stick to his trailing. In such
with one man on the trail and the other cases it is probably better to organize a
off to one side so that he may sight the "drive" which is a different type of
deer if it should turn in an effort to hunting and requires different tactics.
evade the trailer. They should keep in While hunting with one or two companions,
touch with each other so that as soon as it is desirable for them to have a plan
the deer's course may be predicted, one and for each man to play his part in that
of the men can circle and cut in ahead of plan until the deer's actions prove it to
the deer and intercept it on its expected be useless and the hunters have a chance
course. This is where most hunting teams to meet and devise another plan. Nothing
become individual hunters. If the deer discourages a trailer more than to follow
fails to show up at the expected place at a trail to the place where a man has been
the expected time, the watcher is apt to stationed only to find that he is gone.
start hunting aimlessly instead of trying Two hunters can work as a team in deer
to intercept the deer at another point or hunting. Even though they go separate
rejoin his companion in order to ways they should keep in touch with each
determine the deer's new course. If two other so that as soon as the deer's
hunters are able to contact each other course may be predicted, one of the men
occasionally, they may be able to can circle and cut in ahead of the deer
alternate on the trail and may hunt all and intercept it on its expected course.
day without too much fatigue to either. Therefore as a whole you can sum up that
A large part of my hunting has been done there is a need to have good combination
in a farming country where deer were in between the two of the hunters.






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