Thread: Outfoxing the fox?

well he will still be around - what would have been a better way of tackling that stag would have been to split up - one stay back and roar and the other sneak in - the one roaring does not overdo it - dont roar straight after the stag does and vary it a little bit dont try to just immitate him - roar away from him to mix it up as if you were moving around a bit -and no bashing antlers - new hunters have this idea that they can go out and here is a stag roaring and all they need to do is give a roar bash a branch and stag will come in - well over last I quess 40 years of roar hunting I could count on one hand the occasions where a stag has come in with any aggression - have had them sneak in especially early roar to try to see what I am - but the best normally is the stag will stay put long enough to sneak in - when you heard him wallowing and then he roared one of you should have been sneaking in - I used to take my boots of that final stalk in so as to be as quiet as possible - hind calls are good just occasionally mix one in but where they really work is if the stag has shut up or sounds like he is moving away - use it then can change their mind to stay or even start coming back - but forget the idea that they will come in to you- yes sometimes but rarely -my ideal would be to not roar at all just sneak in - that way stag does not even know you are there - those old boys dont get old by being stupid