nwmanitou
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Still hunting with a bow is my prefered method. Often I'll use the terrain and folliage to cover my stalk. For instance, if I know where an animal is, I'll move until a large rock or tree is between me and the animal or at least covers its direct line of sight and hearing to me then head straight for him. Another one is if I can see their direction of travel, I'll make a large semi circle around their route to get a head of them. Then I just sit patiently as they walk within range. Deer and other Cervids are amazing animals, completely built to evade predators. They can smell you from up to a mile away, have impecable hearing, and their eyes are sensitive to UV light. Most commercial detergents contain UV dyes to brighten colors. For deer this means you tend to glow bright blue, particularily durning dusk and dawn, prime hunting times. That's why I like archery, it forces you to really respect the animals abilities and take much greater care to effect a clean, quick, kill. My rifle will reach out to 1000 yards, but there is just something much more rewarding about playing the game closer to the deer's terms, whether succesful in harvesting an animal or not.
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