Interesting time stalking a deer yesterday

Had a cool wee stalk / interaction with a deer yesterday. Have had this type of thing happen on many occasions with deer, tahr and chamois.

My first deer with the bow was similar, I was spotted by a group of deer at 60 metres, but had one walk into range to check me out as I tucked up against a rock.

Even as a 'expereienced' hunter things don't go as planned. I know exactly what I did wrong in this case, it was a simple case of me being too confident and clumsy as a result.

Threw the video in here instead of magazine section as it might help give a few tips to a learning hunter.


https://youtu.be/zJ2P063SalU


Cheers
JoshC


PS. it's a little bit hard to see on a phone unfortunately.

Awesome footage!

To good,Josh.I always reckoned,you find Deer with a bow,the hunt is just beginning.Find Deer with a rifle,it's usually over.

Damn that would have been entertaining!

Awesome footage bro :thumbsup:

that is great stuff mate

Excellent viewing.

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thanks you for share!

Very very entertaining great footage and some good sound advice:cool:

Great footage, you learn a lot by watching.

Best hunting post/thread Iv seen on here.

Every days a school day, thanks

The good old hanging in the chiller before the deer is dead ah. Had me loose a couple in my time.

Great watch thanks

Hamish

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Well that was time well spent, cheers ears

Great vid Josh :cool:

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

Ha just had similar in France:thumbsup: moved to soon bugger busted:O_O: great vid Josh

A wonderful educational clip! Well done!
Si

That is really awesome. Thanks for taking the time to record and share that.


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Do you have an example of the sound you made to grab the animals attention to share with us?


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Originally Posted by madjon_

To good,Josh.I always reckoned,you find Deer with a bow,the hunt is just beginning.Find Deer with a rifle,it's usually over.

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Very much so. Bow hunting teaches you how to hunt again in many ways, it gets the adrenaline pumping again. Even more so I think now with many hunters experienced and learner being able to easily take a shot of 300m plus. Even with a rifle I still try to get right in a deers bubble, spooking a deer and it bolting doesn't phase me one bit these days.

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Originally Posted by 223nut

Damn that would have been entertaining!

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Yep was quite entertaining. At one point he calmed down and I though that he may even bed down again - I've had that happen a few times with chamois. When he snuck around in a circle to try and cut my wind and came within 16 metres the adrenaline started pumping again. Great fun.

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Originally Posted by sneeze

Best hunting post/thread Iv seen on here.

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Thanks mate! Was a good opportunity to demonstrate a deers behavior in this situation. I've had the exact same thing happen a few times. Even in areas where hunting pressure is moderate to high like this spot!

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Originally Posted by HNTMAD

The good old hanging in the chiller before the deer is dead ah. Had me loose a couple in my time.

Great watch thanks Hamish

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Yeah mate, I'm guilty of doing it all the time. Normally it's more like, when I shoot this, can I be bothered carting the bugger out though!

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Originally Posted by sambnz

Do you have an example of the sound you made to grab the animals attention to share with us?

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Umm I don't have an example on video, but you maybe able to find one on youtube. It's like an extended 'mmeeeehh', not too loud though. But other methods can work too, a loud grunt, whistle or 'oi' can stop them. I prefer a 'meh' as I think it confuses them into thinking it could be another deer talking to them. If you get a chance, go and listen to farmed deer on a still evening, especially this time of year. You'll hear them talking to each quite a lot. Red deer can be quite vocal at times.

Thats awesome

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That's an awesome clip and experince. Purfect!!!

You can learn so much from interacting with deer and not lifting the rifle. I saw a mob of 6 hinds all with fawns last weekend and decided to see how close i could stalk in as I had no plan to shoot any of them. I was over 400m away with the wind in my favour and needed to cover 200m of open ground to get to more cover. Before i even moved at all I became aware that they knew something was up. They continued feeding but took turns at checking out my direction. I swear the hinds have a sixth sense when they have a toddler at foot.

good shit mate i have done this a few times to. much to some of my mates ridicule because i let a hind walk
there,s more to just pulling the trigger i go home on a real high after such encounters and have never gone felling frustrated
if i want get frustrated i go to he golf course and have a game of whackfuck!!!! :cave:

Very cool and awesome you got it on video. It's happened to me more with nosey hinds than stags.