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The art of stalking

Article Abstract:

Stalking, which normally involves a hunter following a trail, should be done as quietly and as alertly as possible, and with a favorable wind. It is also important to see the quarry, without being seen. Methods of loop, parallel, and straight tracking are described.

Tracking and trailing, Animal tracking

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Growing up Western

Article Abstract:

A hunter who grew up in Ogden, UT, describes his increasing love of the wilderness and of hunting. His first deer hunt took place in the summer of 1962, after persuading his father to buy an army surplus rifle, and resulted in the shooting of a 268-pound buck.

Appreciation, Illustration

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Mule deer high: the beauty and solitude of the high country makes stalking timberline bucks well worth the rocky climb

Article Abstract:

Large male mule deer can be stalked relatively easily by approaching from above. If the weather permits, they tend to stay above the timberline until the rut begins, and hunting up in the peaks is well worth the effort.

Mule deer hunting

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