Availability: In Stock. Title: The WhiteTail Hunter's Almanac 5th Edition Author: Dr. Ken Nordberg First Copyright Date & Printing: 1992 Number of Pages: 165+ Table of Contents: Author's Introduction Chapter 1: Portable Stump Hunting Birth of a New Hunting Method Recipe for Success Definition A Portable Stool A Difficult-to-Identify Hunter Effective Stand Sites Four Essentials of Ground Level Stand Sites Planned Hunting The Soft (Non-Agrressive) Approach Chapter 2: Mile-a-Day Still-Hunting Still-Hunting Today Mile-a-Day Still-Hunting Resurrected Definition Guidelines Characteristics of Effective Still-Sites Mile-a-Day Still-Hunting in Action Detecting Approaching Whitetails Dealing with Unalarmed and Alarmed Whitetails Avoiding a Non-Quarry Closing the Range on an Intended Quarry Mile-a-Day Still-Hunting for Adult Bucks Using Cover Scents Using Buck Lures -- Scents, Calls and Rattling Period of Still-Hunt Route Effectiveness Group Still-Hunting Chapter 3: Selective Trailing Introduction The Key to Successful Trailing Whitetails Vulnerable to Trailing Favorable Conditions for Trailing Whitetail Early Warning Traps Recognizing the Quarry's Activity, Probable Destination and Looping Ambushing Trailed Deer Two-on-One Trailing Avoiding Preemptive Identification Signs of Discovery Trailing an Alarmed Deer Make Yourself Difficult to Identify Trailing as a Scouting and Learning Tool Chapter 4: Tracking Wounded Whitetails A Whitetail Hunter's Obligation Wounds, Initial Responses, Trail Signs and Recommended Recovery Methods Heart/Lung Hump (High Shoulder) Brisket Neck Head/Brain Spine Descending Aorta and Ascending Vena Cava Hind Quarter Leg Abdomen One-on-One Tracking Two-Man Recovery Method Night Tracking Escape Route Landmarks and Compass Bearings Marking a Wounded Deer's Trail Lost Trail Trail Projecting Likely Destination 180-Degree Fanning 360-Degree Search Re-discovery Drive When to Give Up Chapter 5: Improved Stalking Definition Stalking a Whitetail in Sight Favorable Whitetail Activities Whitetail Body Language Favorable Weather Conditions Stealth Stalking Without Detection Stalking Without Identification Stalking Without Displaying Hunting Behavior Hunting Behavior to Avoid Non-Hunting Behavior Oblivious Passage Oblivious Tangent Oblivious Bedding Area Stalking Stalking Normal Bedding Areas Stalking Stormy Weather Bedding Areas Stalking Feeding Areas Stalking Corn Fields Chapter 6: Adult-Buck-Effective Drives Introduction How Adult Bucks Escape Drives Elements of Adult-Buck-Effective Drives Adult Buck Drive Areas Initially Unalarmed Deer Drive Upwind Adequate Escape Cover Properly Positioned Standers Properly Prepared Stand Sites Proper Intervals Between Drivers Slow and Silent Drives Difficult-to-Identify Drivers Zigzag Drives Proper Execution When the Shooting Begins Small Group Drives Drives Without Standers Epilogue: Sing a Song of Suet
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