Thread: Approaching deer in open terrain

Cool vid mate. The most common mistakes I see people making is;

- making erratic movements - animals see movement more so than detail
- silhouetting themselves - this is a big one, and you can be silhouetted in all sorts of scenarios and landscapes
- taking too long to close the gap when out of sight

Covering hands, face and any shiny bits like rifle barrels, watches etc helps a lot. I've had similar results wearing camo and not wearing camo. Had a spiker walk up and sniff my boot when I was sitting in some ferns, wearing a blue and black checked swandri.

It's quite interesting watching a bush hunter learns to stalk game in the open tops - a couple of my bush hunting mates missed out on two reasonable stags last year because they were not used to hunting in open country. In their cases, they thought they needed to "stalk" in from a long way out - if you are out of sight and down wind, you don't. Cover that "dead" ground as fast as possible. Once within 2-300 metres, and there's a chance you may be heard or seen, then slow down and be more calculated.