I am thinking about hunting from the ground mostly this year and would like to see pictures and short description of hunt equip , yardage , etc.
I was good here sitting down, Had deer within 13 yards and a missed shot at a coyote at 8 steps but once I stood up, the jig was up and the young buck picked me off.
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/1351814462.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/1351814462.jpg.html)
I had deer and a bobcat at 3 yards here
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Kenny%20M%20Lease%20Hunt/1383610374.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/Kenny%20M%20Lease%20Hunt/1383610374.jpg.html)
I was wearing a guille suit
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the trick is to stay still, hide your outline especially head and shoulders.
I like my shooting lanes close and I prefer to build ground blinds that only have shooting holes through them.
Bad Hiding spot
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Colorado%20Elk%20Hunt/1315176033.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/Colorado%20Elk%20Hunt/1315176033.jpg.html)
Not terrible minus the blue.
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/1366934799.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/1366934799.jpg.html)
Plus its more important to have cover behind you than in front of you.
(http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg575/Doug_Simon/th_20130907ComingtoDraw_zpsea8f0c01.mp4) (http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg575/Doug_Simon/20130907ComingtoDraw_zpsea8f0c01.mp4)
Resulted in a beautiful heart/lung shot on a maple at 8 yards... :knothead:
Kingsnake
King, did it look like this? This is what my second pic resulted in.
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Im definatley thinking of opting for ground this year.
I have a ladder stand , but Im not real comfortable in the tree, and the shot/draw angle is never the greatest.
Also I have had shots (missed) at more deer from ground than trees.
The killer is scent and thermals.
But this year Im trying wood smoke as a cover scent.
You really feel like a hunter on the ground (or at least I do)
Great thread guys... Keep it going. :clapper:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/jjeffer/BFblind.jpg) (http://s47.photobucket.com/user/jjeffer/media/BFblind.jpg.html)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/jjeffer/P1010008.jpg) (http://s47.photobucket.com/user/jjeffer/media/P1010008.jpg.html)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/jjeffer/lowerflatsit_zpsff7d844c.jpg) (http://s47.photobucket.com/user/jjeffer/media/lowerflatsit_zpsff7d844c.jpg.html)
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/jjeffer/IMG_1552_zpsc19ab0a8.jpg) (http://s47.photobucket.com/user/jjeffer/media/IMG_1552_zpsc19ab0a8.jpg.html)
The pleasure I get from keeping my feet on the ground is beyond words for me. It is just where I have to be. The things I see,hear,and smell are what keep me going.
I like "simple", and the ground lets me keep it at that........
(http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/livrht/DSCF5472.jpg) (http://s496.photobucket.com/user/livrht/media/DSCF5472.jpg.html)
Hard to notice this if your up in a tree......
(http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/livrht/1011110847.jpg) (http://s496.photobucket.com/user/livrht/media/1011110847.jpg.html)
If it was good enough for Fred, it's good enough for me........
(http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/livrht/DSCF4250.jpg) (http://s496.photobucket.com/user/livrht/media/DSCF4250.jpg.html)
Lots of years ago up on a Sullivan Co. ridge.
(http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/livrht/plaidcamo.jpg) (http://s496.photobucket.com/user/livrht/media/plaidcamo.jpg.html)
Love that picture Monkeyball!
QuoteOriginally posted by monkeyball:
Hard to notice this if your up in a tree......
(http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/livrht/1011110847.jpg) (http://s496.photobucket.com/user/livrht/media/1011110847.jpg.html)
I will uselly face plant right into those and then instantly turn into the ultimate Ninja
QuoteOriginally posted by wtpops:
QuoteOriginally posted by monkeyball:
Hard to notice this if your up in a tree......
(http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr330/livrht/1011110847.jpg) (http://s496.photobucket.com/user/livrht/media/1011110847.jpg.html)
I will uselly face plant right into those and then instantly turn into the ultimate Ninja [/b]
Now that is funny right there!
Cyclic-River, that picture of you with your pipe is great! I wonder if the smoke acts as a scent blocker? My wife bought me a Former pipe for my birthday last year--one of my most prized possessions!
But for hunting, a bent stem would be ideal like yours. Got me thinking about this...
Chupa,
I break the Pipe out when I am taking a break from hunting. Often I like to remember loved ones lost and send my prayers to them up in smoke.
Also I like to reflect on those less fortunate and take in the grandeur of the moment/situation. That was an Elk hunt, mid day.
Not to steal the thread too much but here is one in SC on a hog hunt
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/hog%20heaven/1302554941.jpg) (http://s1135.photobucket.com/user/cjohntalk/media/hog%20heaven/1302554941.jpg.html)
You can see how exposed one is without any back cover. ;)
Craig, love your photos, wtpops you really made me laugh.
Charlie, love your photos and thoughts when taking a break with you pipe...
QuoteOriginally posted by Cyclic-Rivers:
Chupa,
I break the Pipe out when I am taking a break from hunting. Often I like to remember loved ones lost and send my prayers to them up in smoke.
Also I like to reflect on those less fortunate and take in the grandeur of the moment/situation. That was an Elk hunt, mid day.
Pipe smoking is a very contemplative activity for me as well. I'm actually considering to give ground hunting a shot this year. Heard a tip of using a turkey diaphragm call to purr while moving through the woods to (maybe?) fool some deer... :dunno: won't know unless you try though I guess haha
Maybe Joe Skipp will weigh in here. He has some great strategies for ground hunting and a great guy.
Do a search, there have been many threads.
Billy
love these pics
Jerry, I think youre a ninja
Keep em coming
Doing the ground hunts only this year and the pics are helpful.
I like shoot through holes on ground blinds. I killed my biggest buck out of this blind at 8 yards.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/hunting%20stuff/buckblind1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/hunting%20stuff/buckblind1.jpg.html)
I killed a buck out of this one as well at 4 yards. There was a pushed up dirt hump on the edge of the food plot, I dug out a level place behind it to place my chair
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/hunting%20stuff/100_0612.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/hunting%20stuff/100_0612.jpg.html)
Here is a view over the top of the blind, it was on a food plot.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/hunting%20stuff/100_0614.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/hunting%20stuff/100_0614.jpg.html)
I made 4 shooing holes in the above blind, here is one of them.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v181/ekrewson/hunting%20stuff/100_0613.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ekrewson/media/hunting%20stuff/100_0613.jpg.html)
I've hunted on the ground 95% of the time since 1975. Sold all my stands about 7 years ago.
Here in south Alabama most folks look at you funny when you tell them you bowhunt on the ground.
Nothing wrong with treestands but I've never liked heights, plus, it's a lot warmer on the ground and a lot less hassle.
Down here the deer look up for danger more than on the ground.
(http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag59/tleiferman/IMAG0233_zpszzywj9uo.jpg) (http://s1298.photobucket.com/user/tleiferman/media/IMAG0233_zpszzywj9uo.jpg.html)
Sitting on my stool in a ghillie suit last October, had this guy come within 4 yards. Passed up the shot hoping for a bigger one, still kicking myself for that decision.
Had a doe come by about 15 mins after I sat down. Too bad this was a pig only area. Still fun, though.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-be9fDoLvUoY/UG-Zhi_Q-4I/AAAAAAAADXU/RHR-q5mRDuw/s800/IMG_0887.JPG)
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(http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee391/rjwalton8/th_20131027_102844.jpg) (http://s1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee391/rjwalton8/?action=view¤t=20131027_102844.mp4)
Click on the pic to watch the video.
Rob, Loved that video, saw it the first time you posted it. It sure puts you right there.
I started hunting from the ground, and killed a 8 point buck at 11 yards, home-made blind, sitting on a 5 gallon bucket. I think I'll stick with it. :coffee:
I love ground hunting. I have had a blast since I switched a couple years ago and have been lucky enough to take a few deer doing it.
(http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee391/rjwalton8/Hunting%202012/P1010362-2.jpg) (http://s1225.photobucket.com/user/rjwalton8/media/Hunting%202012/P1010362-2.jpg.html)
(http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee391/rjwalton8/P1010276.jpg) (http://s1225.photobucket.com/user/rjwalton8/media/P1010276.jpg.html)
(http://i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee391/rjwalton8/P1000113.jpg) (http://s1225.photobucket.com/user/rjwalton8/media/P1000113.jpg.html)
i've only ever hunted from a treestand once, didn't like it. but got a question for the rest of the ground hunters, how far into the woods do you generally go and sit? i for some reason always seems to hike an hour or 2 or 3 to get where i'm going to set up. makes for a long haul out in the mountains i play in.
Rob what seat do you use?
Awsome video!
QuoteOriginally posted by BUCKY:
Rob what seat do you use?
Either a spot 360, hammock seat, or knee pads depending on the situation.
Knee pads? Dang, you're hardcore. I need a comfy seat :)
Just need to cover them white whiskers
(http://md12.wow.synacor.com/service/home/~/?id=84906&part=2&auth=co&disp=i)