I don’t know if this will become a regular feature, but while I was up in the hills the past few weeks, I had a lot of time to think of stuff I’d like to include in the HogBlog. Passing along a few hunting tips seemed like a good idea, and I took the opportunity to jot a few down.
So here’s the first one…
Look close first, then look far.
More than once I’ve lowered the binoculars just in time to see a critter boogie out of the brush right in front of me. If I’d started out by looking there, I’d have seen that animal every time. And it’s not just me. A lot of folks tend to bring up their binos and scan the distance without ever taking a close look right in front of them… especially when they’re hunting the big, open spaces here in the west. But this applies everywhere, from the western plateaus and prairies to the eastern treestands.
Check the area closest to you when you glass or scan for game, and then slowly work out into the distance. That critter way off on the horizon may see you coming, or he may not, but the one right there at your feet is definitely going to get up and get gone if you don’t see him first.
Look close, and then look far.
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Once,
over at the Priest Valley property, before we developed it and had to crawl around on our hands and knees to get from place to place.
I stood up in a clearing atop a knoll and began to glass the surrounding hills.
Not spotting anything, I lowered my specs and started down the other side of the hill and suddenly, the hillside exploded beneath my feet.
My very first step had nearly landed me atop a sleeping (big) boar.
I believe that he was just as frightened and startled as I was because we both yelled (he blew and snorted) and we both left in opposite directions.
The only thing remaining at the top of that hill was the cloud of dust which we both had made in our haste to quickly get away from one another.
Good advise Phillip!
If only I had taken the time to look down (without my binos) about 10 feet below me!