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Information on Deer Stalking

Approaching the bedding from unexpectedstalk should be made along the top of the
direction could help the hunter. Some favoredridge if wind or other conditions make the
bedding area is in the low land near rivers,former approach undesirable. It is always
ponds  and  swamps  besides  the  low ridges.best to try to approach any bedding area from
an  unexpected  direction.
Unfortunately there is no hard and fast rule,
which the hunter can use in order to locateAnother favored bedding area is in the low
these resting and bedding places. There island near rivers, ponds and swamps. Deer
nothing to prevent deer from lying downoften pick wood land meadows where the swamp
anywhere they happen to be and they do thisgrass gives them concealment. These places
very thing during the night after feeding.are difficult for the hunter to approach
During the daytime rest period, they seekbecause of the grass and underbrush which
seclusion where they will be safe fromcover  such  areas.
enemies and, to some extent, be protected
from the weather. This being so, there is aI have found quite a few deer which were
large part of a herd's range, which thebedded down on points of land that jut out
hunter may disregard when looking for beddinginto lakes and ponds. The hunter is often
areas. Open fields, feeding areas, trailstempted to save steps by crossing the base of
that are used by men, and even game trailsthese points instead of hunting them. By
are seldom used by deer as bedding places,doing so, he is very apt to pass up a good
but they may be used by the hunter aschance for a shot at a deer. Deer in these
starting points in his search. Tracks foundplaces will seldom take to the water when
at these places will often indicate thedisturbed by man, but will try to run past
general direction taken by deer on their waythe hunter in an attempt to reach the main
to their resting places. It is seldomland.
possible to stalk a resting deer by following
its track to its bed, for it invariablyPoints of woods which extend into fields and
watches its back trail. The hunter should usecuttings, similar to the points of land which
his knowledge of the area to which the deerextend into water, are often used as bedding
seems to be heading, in order to judge whereplaces, but deer which are in these places
the animal might be located and then stalkare not restricted in their choice of an
that area or the most promising locations inescape route. Deer in these places are
that  area.difficult to stalk and are a real challenge
to  an  experienced  stalker.
Deer seem to be partial to low ridges when
choosing bedding grounds and will often useTherefore it is very important for the hunter
them even when they are near well-traveledto know from which direction of the bedding
roads. Such places are almost impossible toplace he has to approach and make the hunter
approach from the road without detection bymore successful without much stalking and
the deer. These locations should bedisturbance to the deer before shooting.
approached from the opposite side, or the



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