How to Enjoy Deer Hunting In Group
Mitch Johnson
If you are an occasional hunter, did you ever try hunting in
group? Hunting with a companion is of great way and it helps you
also in your trail and stalking the deer. But it is difficult to
find a hunting companion who will be a help rather than a
hindrance. This is because unless they work, as a team, the
chances of either of them sighting a deer depends more on luck
than it does on hunting skill. When hunting with a group that is
large enough to cover all probable crossing places, it is not so
important for the trailer to stick to his trailing. It is not so
important for the trailer to stick to his trailing. You can apply
a different type of hunting when in group.
There are several ways in which two hunters may work as a team in
deer hunting. They may go into the woods and travel a short
distance apart in an effort to stalk feeding or resting deer. If
they start a deer, they may separate, with one man on the trail
and the other off to one side so that he may sight the deer if it
should turn in an effort to evade the trailer. They should keep
in touch with each other so that as soon as the deer's course may
be predicted, one of the men can circle and cut in ahead of the
deer and intercept it on its expected course. This is where most
hunting teams become individual hunters. If the deer fails to
show up at the expected place at the expected time, the watcher
is apt to start hunting aimlessly instead of trying to intercept
the deer at another point or rejoin his companion in order to
determine the deer's new course. If two hunters are able to
contact each other occasionally, they may be able to alternate on
the trail and may hunt all day without too much fatigue to
either.
A large part of my hunting has been done in a farming country
where deer were in patches of woods which varied in size from
several thousand acres down to practically nothing. When hunting
the smaller of these wood patches, one man would start and trail
the deer, and his companion would watch the place where the
animal could be expected to leave the woods. In this type of
hunting, the man who jumps and trails the deer should not try to
stalk or to intercept the animal, but should confine his
attention to the trail unless he should overtake the deer and
have a good chance for a shot.
When the trailer hunts as he would if alone, he is apt to cause
the deer to change its course enough so that his companion will
have no chance to prevent the animal from reaching another piece
of woods and prolonging the hunt. Of course, when hunting with a
group that is large enough to cover all probable crossing places,
it is not so important for the trailer to stick to his trailing.
In such cases it is probably better to organize a "drive" which
is a different type of hunting and requires different tactics.
While hunting with one or two companions, it is desirable for
them to have a plan and for each man to play his part in that
plan until the deer's actions prove it to be useless and the
hunters have a chance to meet and devise another plan. Nothing
discourages a trailer more than to follow a trail to the place
where a man has been stationed only to find that he is gone.
Two hunters can work as a team in deer hunting. Even though they
go separate ways they should keep in touch with each other so
that as soon as the deer's course may be predicted, one of the
men can circle and cut in ahead of the deer and intercept it on
its expected course. Therefore as a whole you can sum up that
there is a need to have good combination between the two of the
hunters.
Mitch Johnson is a regular writer for http://www.kids-games-n-
crafts.com/. His articles have also appeared on
http://www.solidcoins.info/ and
http://www.urcoinsguide.info/
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