Stalking or waiting in a blind

[RealNick]

After some opinions/experiences....

Which do you hunters find gets best results hunting deer? Stalking or waiting in a blind?

[headspace]

I'd rather stalk them, I'd get the fidgets in a blind and anyway they'd probably use a different track to P..s me off. At least stalking is doing something.
JD

[Oldbloke]

Getting older so more sit and wait lately.

[VICHunter]

Depends on the habitat.

If you're on some known trails in a relatively highly populated area a blind makes perfect sense.

Covering more ground has it's obvious advantages though.

[keg]

Blind that's insulated and has a heater. I hunt outside until it gets below 20 deg F or its raining pretty hard. I sleep in it sometimes especially the night before the firearms season opener. Nothing beats waking up making some coffee and hunting in your long johns. I was putting the stairs up in this picture. I got pretty hammered in it the season before and almost fell off the ladder. I put a handrail on it cause it was a little spooky without it. The crow decoy on top is my mascot for the name of the shack we call it "The Crows Nest" due to my Navy background.

[tom604]

that's not a blind !!!!!! that's a house

[RealNick]

Blind that's insulated and has a heater.

I won't be able to have anything that well built sadly.

It will be walking, or in a tent peg and beam style cloth hide for taking hunting them home again.

Hunting in public forests here, not private property so can't be building stuff.

[cooker]

Hunting in public forests here, not private property so can't be building stuff.

Only a problem if a ranger finds it?

[Swarm]

Awesome setup, Keg

[Aussier]

Blinds are a little too boring for me.

I'll take the change in scenery of a walk.

[keg]

I'll take the change in scenery of a walk.

You almost have to hunt from an elevated stand in most of Indiana if you want to see deer. Most property is row cropped so during the hunting season the only way to see them is at a choke point or during feeding. The trick is to know when and where they are going to be. That's the part of deer hunting that takes experience here. I own 20 acres and if you walk in from the wrong way during the wrong wind at the wrong time of the year you won't see a deer in the daylight. That is unless you sleep in the building but they might still catch you snoring really loud.

[Aussier]

You almost have to hunt from an elevated stand in most of Indiana if you want to see deer. Most property is row cropped so during the hunting season the only way to see them is at a choke point or during feeding. The trick is to know when and where they are going to be.

Fair enough, whatever works

Private property around me is mostly open but has a number of hills/ridges/dips etc. which reduce visibility a lot.

That's just me. I'm sure guys are using blinds successfully here too depending on their situation.

[Die Judicii]

I'll take the change in scenery of a walk.

You almost have to hunt from an elevated stand in most of Indiana if you want to see deer. Most property is row cropped so during the hunting season the only way to see them is at a choke point or during feeding. The trick is to know when and where they are going to be. That's the part of deer hunting that takes experience here. I own 20 acres and if you walk in from the wrong way during the wrong wind at the wrong time of the year you won't see a deer in the daylight. That is unless you sleep in the building but they might still catch you snoring really loud.

So you say matey,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but,, I think you are stating the obvious (that we tend to take as second nature)

If you walk in from the wrong direction during the wrong wind at the wrong time ,,,,, it is a given that you wont get the results you are hoping for,,
regardless of whether its 20 acres, 200 acres or 2,000 acres.
Same applies whether it be bush land or row cropped.

Its a no brainer really.

[Yelp]

The crow decoy on top is my mascot for the name of the shack we call it "The Crows Nest" due to my Navy background.

Great setup

[headspace]

Mate, I can just see it now, here we are in Keg's apartment all cosy then the Council bloke comes along and wants to know if we put in a Development Application. Very comfy though Keg. Room with a view.
JD

[Yelp]

Mate, I can just see it now, here we are in Keg's apartment all cosy then the Council bloke comes along and wants to know if we put in a Development Application.

"Dunno officer. We're just squatting here, was here when we got here."