Thread: Bush stalking - not my best skill

I would have replied earlier but its a prick to post from my phone.
Others have summed it up well above.
Without knowing the area its pretty hard to be specific but preferred foods are not evenly spread out threw the forest or Regen
Find a feed area, Grass, willow shoots, five finger, broad leaf, whitey-wood,caprosmas,tussocks, new shoots on fallen beach.
My experience is only with red and fallow, fallow prefer grass reds are browsers but still graze grass.
Stags of both species seem to prefer coarser feed late spring/summer.
Bush stalking is percentage hunting. No better way to put it.
Increase your percentage by finding the likely areas(feed and travel routes to feed) sounds like you have this bit sused.
As others have said wind is your enemy. If hunting a gully with wind coming over the top it will swirl and eddy like hell, I go pretty dam quick if its up my arse till its not. Thick shit just make your way threw and as soon as it starts to open STOP and look! another 5 steps STOP and look!
I often wonder how many deer have snuck of without me seeing them, they have the advantage if your moving.
Keep going back(not every day).
If you haven't been there much do a recon, forget hunting and work out where they are feeding/bedding.You might get onto one or not but will be better equipped to concentrate you efforts in the"high percentage" areas next time
Try to stalk areas that give you a veiw,walking the tops of benches in the bush/heads of gullys where you can go slow and peer down into the bush,look above too but much easier to see from above and most animals dont expect danger from above.