ground hunting w/o a portable blind
09-12-2005, 05:10 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Northwest suburbs, Illinois
Posts: 2,075
RE: ground hunting w/o a portable blind
Arrow, you are not wasting your time by hunting on the ground. I have been very successful for several years while ground hunting.
The key is knowing your land. From the ground a hunter can not see all around him like one can in a tree. Its important, as a ground hunter, to be intimate with the deer movements on his land in order to be successful.
Just be patient and do not move much. Deer will spot you much easier at ground level. Otherwise all the other basic rules of hunting apply.
The key is knowing your land. From the ground a hunter can not see all around him like one can in a tree. Its important, as a ground hunter, to be intimate with the deer movements on his land in order to be successful.
Just be patient and do not move much. Deer will spot you much easier at ground level. Otherwise all the other basic rules of hunting apply.
09-12-2005, 06:00 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: palm bay fl
Posts: 4,504
RE: ground hunting w/o a portable blind
i 've never taken anything when hunting on the ground, but i could of.....many times...just not what i wanted to take or misfire, lol....i just tuck into the brush, last year a young doe cam within feet of me, it was so cool.......good luck......
09-12-2005, 06:34 PM
#15
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Posts: 854
RE: ground hunting w/o a portable blind
I hunt on the ground many times each year and have had decent success. I liek to build blinds either by setting into a downfall or by cutting oak branhcs and stacking them aside of a large tree. I usually setup so that I am totally covered until the deer is past me and my shot is then a quartering away one.
One thing people forget though, the cover behind you is just as important as the cover in front of you. You really want to blend in with whats behind you, almost more than whats in front of you. Learned this from experience
One thing people forget though, the cover behind you is just as important as the cover in front of you. You really want to blend in with whats behind you, almost more than whats in front of you. Learned this from experience
09-12-2005, 09:56 PM
#17
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Morgantown, WV
Posts: 808
RE: ground hunting w/o a portable blind
yes you can do it but its alot more difficult than in a tree. you're on their playing field and the deer will pick up the motion of you drawing back 90% of the time. Thankfully about 75% of those deer are dumb enough to stand there and wonder what the hell was that. The deers reaction time is alot faster when you're on the ground as well. I let an arrow fly at a 150 class buck from the ground at 30 yards without a blind 2 yrs ago. I judged him at 35 because of the terrain so my aim was a little high. With combination of that and him dropping his front shoulder immediately my arrow cleared his spine bya mereinch. I did kill a 10 pointer from the same spot the next week tho, with my dads bow cause i was having problems with my Legacy at the time, hence why i switched to Bowtech.
09-12-2005, 11:36 PM
#19
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 441
RE: ground hunting w/o a portable blind
I just read a article in NA Hunter about GB's. It's recommended highly. As stated earlier, find a run between water and food source, set up with good cover all around, build your lanes, leave it for a few days then hunt it. In open terrain deer aren't as scared of it as you would suspect. I'll be hunting 3 blinds this year. Mainly bow but if I can't call them in then I will get out the lead slinger.
