Thread: Bush Stalking Advice

If you are spooking them, you are getting close. You are in the right areas, and you just need to slow down.

In a good area I just take my time, take one step, have a good look around, plan your next quiet step. Go from tree to tree so you are making the most of the cover. Have your rifle in your hands, not on your shoulder. Force yourself to think - if there was a deer 50m away how quiet and stealthy do I have to be? Probably quieter than you were going.

It's easy to start walking, and put your rifle on your shoulder. The focus required to bush hunt is quite intense. So I take breaks, and walk through low sign or difficult areas, accepting that I may spook some. Then I hunt.

Any good area with good viz is worth a wait for a few minutes - or longer. I get bored sitting around, but sometimes it's a case of "wow theres a deer there that wasn't a few minutes ago, where the hell did that come from?" They seem to pop out of nothing.