This article will remind you about these little things that can ruin a hunt. Things that we do not think about very often, but of great importance.
Quite often the result of a deer hunt can be summarized in one word: patience. Since I started bowhunting, the hardest thing to learn was to wait for the best time to shoot. I can not count how many times I had to wait, quietly and without moving, for the deer to walk these last steps before I could have a direct view to its vital organs.
I still remember each of these opportunities as the most exciting moments of all my hunts. I also remember those moments of inattention that I scared the deer away.
Pay attention to little things
I have seen several deer disappear from my view because they felt that something was wrong in their immediate environment.
A few years ago I was hunting near a railroad. At some point I had 4 deer in front of me, with 2 of them being 8 pointers. Then suddently the train started to move backwards and the back of the train moved to about 100 meters(100 yards) from me. By slowing down the train emitted a loud noise that scared the deer away.
A year later a doe and its 2 fawns were coming closer to me, when the doe stopped suddenly. Then she found something close to a tree and she took off quickly followed by her fawns.
I came down from my treestand hours later, to try to find out what had driven them away. Surprise! There was a hunting glove on the ground. A glove that I lost some 3 months ago during a survey of my territory.
It is these little things that can ruin a deer hunt.
Nanook
Version en français: http://nanookqc.blogspot.com/2012/03/les-petites-choses-quon-oublie.html
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