| Deer hunting on the move, or
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| | soften your focus so that your eyes,
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| stillhunting, is commonly misunderstood
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| | while seeing objects or spots on the
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| as to what it is and how to go about it.
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| | wall, do not lock on any one spot. Repeat
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| It is stalking deer, not waiting on a
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| | the index-finger practice. You should see
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| stump or in a blind for the deer to come
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| | your fingers enter your FOV much earlier
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| to you. It can be the most rewarding deer
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| | than before. It is this type of sight -
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| hunting experience you can do. It can
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| | gained through practice, for it isn't
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| also be the most frustrating, since it is
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| | natural to us anymore - that allows us to
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| a skill which requires you to slow
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| | see changes in woods patterns, motion -
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| everything everything - your sight, your
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| | in short, to see deer out in the
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| breath and your walking gait. But the
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| | distance, possibly before they see us.
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| payoffs go beyond the hunt to your better
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| | Now, onto walking.
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| enjoyment of nature itself.
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| | Walk Toe-Heel, not Heel-Toe
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| This article will talk about some things
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| | You see it all the time - the hunter
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| I've learned while hunting deer in the
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| | walking through the woods as if he's
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| Vermont woods and oak mast ridges of
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| | hunting on rice paper.
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| Wisconsin. These few simple techniques
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| | It doesn't work. As a hunter, you're
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| can be used on your next hunt - whether
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| | going to make noise. But then, so do deer
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| you choose to stillhunt or not, the
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| | and other game. So does anything living
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| principles are the same. These techniques
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| | and breathing in the woods. What you want
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| will also make your deer hunt a richer
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| | to avoid is making the rhythmic gait a
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| experience. It's all about: you're
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| | hunter makes when he's running, usually
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| outdoors - enjoy the scenery, hunting or
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| | after a deer, or doing everything he can
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| not.
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| | to be quiet, when he doesn't yet see one.
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| Generally, as deer hunters, we think of
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| | Walking toe-heel is the way to walk,
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| one thing when we hunt, and that is deer.
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| | because the palm of your foot can be more
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| Not deer in general, but that deer. We
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| | flexible in its response to the softwood
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| are aided in this compulsion by our
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| | twigs and deadfall underfoot - like deer,
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| brains, and our eyes. Let's talk about
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| | whose hooves make relatively light
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| eyes first.
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| | contact with the forest floor. Walking
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| Hunt Deer with Soft Focus - See Them as
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| | heel-toe makes for a heavy, stiff step -
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| They See You
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| | a human step. Walking heel toe, take a
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| We see as all predators do - forward, and
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| | few steps, pause, and, using the
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| tightly focussed. Take a look at your
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| | soft-focus described above, take in the
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| average housecat and watch it stalk
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| | environment, in a holistic way. Above all
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| something. It pursues its object with its
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| | else, if you find yourself entering in to
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| eyes narrowed and every muscle relaxed,
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| | a steady, rhythmic gait, break it up. You
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| yet steeled at a moment's notice to
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| | also want to avoid any obviously human
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| pounce. We share with the cat and all
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| | sounds sounds coming from anything
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| predators having our eyes in the front of
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| | man-made, such as metal or hard plastic.
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| our head, designed to focus on a single
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| | Bottom line - brushing past an oak stump
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| thing.
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| | is o.k. Marching in cadence is not, nor
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| However, deer, and all prey species, have
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| | is that canteen banging against your
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| eyes designed to detect motion. Deer and
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| | hunting rifle strap buckle.
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| all prey species have eyes on the side of
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| | Know the Wind
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| their head, and this aids in perceiving
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| | Finally, walk into the wind. Yes, this is
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| motion first, long before the animal can
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| | rule 1. But many hunters, especially
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| make out whether what they see is a
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| | those used to staying in a relatively
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| threat, or just some pattern-breaking
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| | insulated hunting blind, forget this
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| motion in the woods. When stillhunting
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| | cardinal rule. I've stood with my bow
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| for deer, we must adopt to the way they
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| | drawn on a buck 10 yards away, with the
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| see. We must see motion first, patterns
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| | buck clearly trying to figure out what
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| out of sync second, and the deer last.
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| | the heck this would-be rambo was up to -
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| The only way to do this is to relax our
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| | only to watch it spring to life once the
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| focus and broaden our field of vision.
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| | wind shifts, and thanksgiving was a bit -
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| Here's how to practice. Stand facing a
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| | thinner that year.
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| wall, about six to eight feet away from
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| | Don't even bother still hunting on
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| it. Stare hard at a spot on the wall.
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| | blustery days, with no prevailing winds.
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| Raise your arms, index fingers extended,
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| | The bottom line, when you are hunting
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| fully out to the side from your head (and
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| | deer in this way, is to get used to is
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| slightly behind). Now, keeping your arms
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| | slowing yourself down, for hours at a
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| straight and your index fingers extended,
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| | time, and softening your focus to "deer
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| bring your arms slowly in front of your
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| | hunt" for motion - not deer.
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| face. Notice the moment when your fingers
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| | But act like, see like, deer, become more
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| come into view - this is your field of
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| | a part of where you are, and you will
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| vision (FOV).
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| | reap many rewards - whether you take a
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| Now, turn to the wall again. This time,
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| | deer or not.
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