Thread: What am I doing wrong???

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

posted this up a year or two ago...excuse the in between bits from copy n paste....hopefully this will help.

Thank you very much for the advice. I like finding a spot overlooking a river flat but as yet not had any luck seeing any deer that way. When going through the bush, i clearly dont go slow enough!

Originally Posted by Hornady ELDX

To the thread author.
If you have no luck and are still keen i can take you to the west coast for a weekend in march and pretty much guarantee you a couple of deer.this is a mates first deer 2 weeks agoAttachment 185896

I will happily take you up on that offer!

Thank you!

so keep the dog at heel........if dog had trotted past them,you shouldve already seen them,and dog shouldnt have been that far ahead of you.20yards MAXIMUM and then only if in plain sight and knows the rules and sticks to them...dogs job=tell the boss animals are near.....not go for walkies and romp around having fun.
cover ground with your eyes before you cover it with your feet.

I spent a fair bit of time in a local valley over spring, seen no deer but did find sign a few times. Haven't been out last 3 weeks due to other commitments and hear on the grapevine that another local shot 2 spikers last weekend in that very valley. I'm still working towards my fist deer, have got goats and hares but not a deer.

Originally Posted by DCN808T

Thank you very much for the advice. I like finding a spot overlooking a river flat but as yet not had any luck seeing any deer that way. When going through the bush, i clearly dont go slow enough!

possible that wind direction is at play if that is the case......with wind up your bum blowing towards clearing you are on a hiding to nothing.
good binos 8 or 10 power are awesome for sitting back and watching.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

so keep the dog at heel........if dog had trotted past them,you shouldve already seen them,and dog shouldnt have been that far ahead of you.20yards MAXIMUM and then only if in plain sight and knows the rules and sticks to them...dogs job=tell the boss animals are near.....not go for walkies and romp around having fun.
cover ground with your eyes before you cover it with your feet.

My dog would beg to disagree with you there. In the dogs defense, i thinks she knew my partner was somewhere ahead of us, who had most likely also walked past the deer.

So you learn...

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

possible that wind direction is at play if that is the case......with wind up your bum blowing towards clearing you are on a hiding to nothing.
good binos 8 or 10 power are awesome for sitting back and watching.

Yeah. Also doesnt help when 2 ATVs come driving up the river as happened in august.

Originally Posted by DCN808T

Yeah. Also doesnt help when 2 ATVs come driving up the river as happened in august.

Where do you expect the Deer to be?

If you are still learning how to hunt, it might pay to leave the dog at home for a bit.
If you really have to take the dog then keep it in close.

Originally Posted by norsk

Where do you expect the Deer to be?

In front of my rifle!


If ive managed to attach a photo, youll see where i was lookin

Originally Posted by DCN808T

In front of my rifle!
Attachment 185899

If ive managed to attach a photo, youll see where i was lookin

Now let everyone point out all the deer in that photo!!!

What time did you get to that spot?

Did you walk up the river with the wind at your back?

Did you walk right through that area before climbing up into your spot?

Your going to have to go out a hell of alot more than 7 times in order to realistically stand a chance in getting your first Deer alone. Good news is there are more Deer around now than ever before.that dosn't mean that your not going to have to earn them,its just statisically more likely you will get one if you join the dots.

I camp near that spot for the specific reason of being there at dawn and dusk. But im yet to spot anything. I left before sundown last night which i realize now was a mistake

I didnt walk by that area of the river, but some ATVs drove up it last time I was there.

the last time I went down hunting in haast..we had SIX meat hawks buzzing overhead everytime we popped out on clearing and ATVs spotlighting clearings at night!!!!!!! oh those were hard days for hunting...keep at it bud,you will get a deer,you were plurry close....little bit more alert next time,little bit more looking and little bit less walking ,little bit more keep dog in close and you will be posting up photos of deer in no time.

Fixed it for you...