Farmer bill
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Muzzleloader season is open here in North Dakota and this will be my first crack at it. I have hunted regular rifel season before. For that I would drive around till I saw some deer eating in a field that I had permission to hunt on, then wake up early the next morning and lay along a fence line or weed patch and wait for a deer to come back to feed. This has always worked well although some mornings they don't come back and it is almost always a long shot.
I was talking to some friends over Thanksgiving and he said what they do is similar. They climb the biggest hill in the area and find deer in a cattail slough with a spotting scope then try to sneak up on them. He said they can find deer up to a mile and a half away! I was wondering if anyone here has tried this method of hunting. If so what is the success rate? I'm assuming that you wait till the deer bed down before trying to get close to them, but is there anything else that would make sneaking up on the more successful? Is it possible to get close enough to shoot them with a muzzleloader? (I know they have good range but as it is my first hunt I'd like to keep it under 100 yards). I will probably try this next weekend just to see what will happen. Any advice or wisdom would be greatly appreciated!
I was talking to some friends over Thanksgiving and he said what they do is similar. They climb the biggest hill in the area and find deer in a cattail slough with a spotting scope then try to sneak up on them. He said they can find deer up to a mile and a half away! I was wondering if anyone here has tried this method of hunting. If so what is the success rate? I'm assuming that you wait till the deer bed down before trying to get close to them, but is there anything else that would make sneaking up on the more successful? Is it possible to get close enough to shoot them with a muzzleloader? (I know they have good range but as it is my first hunt I'd like to keep it under 100 yards). I will probably try this next weekend just to see what will happen. Any advice or wisdom would be greatly appreciated!