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Okay, you are sitting at the bottom of a HUGE draw that is fairly steep. You have spotted an animal that you want to shoot. You break out your range finder and it says 1500 yards. Too far to shoot. The wind is blowing straight across the side of the mountain from your right. What do you do? Try sneaking straight up? Go clean around the mountain and come up the other side? Go a couple draws over start climbing up till you get above him and then sneak your way towards him?  Say "screw it, you can't eat that record book rack anyways"?
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I'd try sneaking straight up on him (if possible) for two reasons. (1) It's the quickest. If you don't jump on the opportunity somebody else might either beat you to it or spook him. (2) Chances are slim that he would get a whiff of me at 300 yards. There's a greater chance of him seeing me before I get there.
Now I want to go bear hunting, which would be a first.
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Well I have been is this situation and chose to go a couple ridges down wind and climb up and over to him. It was about a 2 hour hike but it was worth it.
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I would have to go with bux and go a couple draws over and then get up above him. For some reason it seams that animals expect danger from below them. They tend to always pay more attention to the downhill side, so by dropping in on top of the animal I think it gives the hunter a little more of an edge. Granted they can see, hear, and smell you just fine no matter which way you come from. If they are onto you, game over.
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Possiblee..... Possiblee.
More thoughts for me to ponder.
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If your hunting public accsess areas I would take the quickest route. Chances are your not the only one watching, or at in that 1500 yards. At least in this St. Private property, No people, Take your time, go around,chances are he's not going anywhere.
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Well, first thing I would do is bust out my 50 cal sniper rifle and get ready to fire.
Na, most likely I would take off going right at him. Or, look for some cover for me, watch him, find out what way he is moving and try to cut in front of him. If I out smart him he will be walking right to me. BUT most likely the deer would win.
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I find that deer are more aware of what is going on in front of them (the direction they are traveling) then they are where they have been. I can hike quicker than an unspooked deer will feed or mosey to his bedding grounds. That is why I will normally choose to sneak above and behind him until I am in a safe range to make a good clean shot. I do not like taking shots that I am uncomfortable with. I have seen way to many deer that have been shot numerous times and there normally isn't much left of them.
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