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CHAPTER 9
HOW TO STALK UNDETECTED

A stalker is a part of all that is around him. He moves with the ease of a warm summer's breeze that is never seen and barely felt.

Man was not the originator of stalking techniques but merely the imitator. He observed cats as they stalked and killed their prey. He watched the fox and other predators move in close for their attacks. Because of his primitive weapons - his spear, knife and bow and arrow -early man had to learn to stalk in close if he was to harvest game and survive.

Today, hunters can utilize various methods of stalking to bag bucks. Remember not to make noise on the way to the place you're hunting, because this action has a domino effect. As you spook animals out in front of you, these animals will move out and spook the deer in the area you're planning to stalk.

One place I stalk requires crossing a creek. I have friends who hunt this same region. They utilize an aluminum boat to cross the creek-banging around and spooking everything. When they arrive at the hunting spot, they almost always are unsuccessful in taking a deer.