- Banned
- #41
Wind is a huge deal for getting close. besides all the devices to check the wind. I also have a long piece of thread tied to the end of the barrel. Since I carry the gun in both hands with the gun ready for a fast shot. The thread is always in my vision. I can see the slighted change in wind direction.
As for binos and range finders. i never needed a range finder. that's for rifle hunters who take long shots, and of course bow hunters who need to know exact ranges. I'm in the middle with a muzzleloader who never takes a long shot. I can hold dead on out to 150yds which is farther than i'd ever take in the timber.
Binos are different. I have mixed feelings about them. Keep in mind I just hunt the timber. They can help spot small parts of the deer/elk. However, they take too much movement to use. One of the secrets to still hunting is being still. The animals will easily pick up the motion of using binos, so I just use my own vision now. You can train your eyes to pick up small parts of an animal if you look hard enough. Most guys just scan the area. That's won't work. You have to look at everything for the smallest detail. Then take one small step, and do it all over again, because with every step you have a new angle on the terrain. Still hunting means standing still much longer than you're moving. It takes infinite patience.
Of course stalking is completely different. In stalking you know where the animal is. In still hunting you don't know there's an animal there at all, but are hoping to spot it before it spots you first.
In either method moving too slow is not possible. Moving too fast is easy.
As for binos and range finders. i never needed a range finder. that's for rifle hunters who take long shots, and of course bow hunters who need to know exact ranges. I'm in the middle with a muzzleloader who never takes a long shot. I can hold dead on out to 150yds which is farther than i'd ever take in the timber.
Binos are different. I have mixed feelings about them. Keep in mind I just hunt the timber. They can help spot small parts of the deer/elk. However, they take too much movement to use. One of the secrets to still hunting is being still. The animals will easily pick up the motion of using binos, so I just use my own vision now. You can train your eyes to pick up small parts of an animal if you look hard enough. Most guys just scan the area. That's won't work. You have to look at everything for the smallest detail. Then take one small step, and do it all over again, because with every step you have a new angle on the terrain. Still hunting means standing still much longer than you're moving. It takes infinite patience.
Of course stalking is completely different. In stalking you know where the animal is. In still hunting you don't know there's an animal there at all, but are hoping to spot it before it spots you first.
In either method moving too slow is not possible. Moving too fast is easy.
