Vipa Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 I consider stalking to be the use of stealth and fieldcraft, along with observation, to get me as close as I possibly can to my quarry without it knowing I am there and get off a safe and killing shot. Bow hunting would be the ultimate, but alas I live in the UK. As far as I am aware though, most bowhunting is conducted in a sit and wait fasion from a blind rather than track and stalk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 As far as I am aware though, most bowhunting is conducted in a sit and wait fasion from a blind rather than track and stalk? Not quite true , I have many cousins who hunt with the bow in the states . They split their time up in the field with being up a high seat for first light and then a stalk around the woods later in the day . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 Not quite true , I have many cousins who hunt with the bow in the states . They split their time up in the field with being up a high seat for first light and then a stalk around the woods later in the day . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 stalking for me is the roe before last. crawling thru grass, mud and then in a muddy wet dyke just to get abit closer (it was blowing a gale) unseen and the deer oblivious to my presence, a successful stalk is just as rewarding as making the shot. high seat shooting on the other hand, in my opinion is pest control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trapperdan Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I prefer the term hunting or hunter,as i think this unifies us all ! I enjoy lots of diferant field sports so Im just a hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 We in the British Isles have probably the oldest and most diverse range of field sports in the world which sportsmen and women from all over the world visit the UK to take part and enjoy. Over the last couple of centuries we have developed a wonderfully rich and diverse vocabulary full of tradition, heritage and terminology to describe our various field sports. The use of any one word used to describe them, be it hunting, stalking, wildfowling, walked up, driven immediately conveys the sport one is referring to. Quite why anyone would wish to use the term synonymous with a pack of hounds to describe shooting deer, or pheasants for that matter, is beyond me. Presumably another nail in the coffin of rural Britain in it's desire to ruin all that we once held dear or should I say deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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