![]() For example, a fox or lion sleeps heavily and for many hours at a time, confident where it is in the food chain. It’s also worth remembering that the more vulnerable to predators an animal is, the less it sleeps. Deer like to rest against the uphill side of timber. Train yourselves to look carefully into thickets, against fallen timber, to check out the uphill side of any large trees, looking for colour, fur, a leg or an antler. I use Leica optics, which offer incredible brightness, edge to edge, in all light and weather conditions. I cannot recommend highly enough sourcing and learning how to use the very best binoculars you can afford. I am certain most of us have walked past carefully bedded-down sambar deer as we hunt the forest. Look for a moving ear, the lift of a tail or flare of their neck hair (being among their silent methods of communication), a tip of an antler, or a patch of fur amongst the shrubbery. Remember that Sambar have the ability to stand perfectly still for long periods of time. Looks like, but to look for and see ‘parts’ of our quarry. Movement that goes against the prevailing weather conditions, to see not only what a deer clearly Try to train your eyes to recognise any movement at all, any ![]() If you make direct eye contact, the deer will disappear in an instant.Īll of us have varying levels of eyesight and varying levels of ability to pick out from any landscape, If you find yourself in close proximity to the animal, dip your head so the brim of your cap covers your face and look up so you are glancing from under the peak. Wear a cap and avoid making eye contact with the deer. When stalking sambar, move as if you were the hunted. As such, its eye gives the animal a remarkable view both forward and behind. Of the sambar has evolved as that of a prey species. Stop often and focus on trying to smell deer as you hunt the thicket gullies – it is a good habit to get into. To breathe in this way greatly enhances whatever personal level of scent recognition you have. Regarding our own sense of smell, in relation to hunting deer, breathe slowly and deeply through your nose with your mouth open. Any of these will greatly reduce your chance of success. Scented foods and do not chew chewing gums. Smoke, do not apply scented toiletries to your body prior to hunting, do not eat especially heavily When stalking (or about to head out) do not Sambar deer have an exceptional sense of smell. Learning how to walk as deer do will pay dividends. If, when stalking, you step on a stick that snaps, stop and look around, just as the deer do. When sambar deer stop walking, they do not usually shuffle their hooves. You do stop to break the gait, do not shuffle. ![]() Look all around and get into the habit of regularly looking behind as well. What does that mean? It means walk with a broken gait. So, when stalking,ĭo not walk as a human. Animals and humans walk very differently. Make as you pass through shrubbery, and listen to the noise you make with each placement of yourįeet. Listen to the noise that your clothing and gear Movement through the habitat where you are hunting. When stalking sambar deer, listen to your After washing your hunting clothing and headwear in scent free sports wash, follow the directions and spray all items in the anti UV product. Interestingly, even most hunting clothing has a UV-brightened component, which makes it attractive to our human eyes, but gives us away toĪ good-quality UV killer and unscented sports wash can be found readily at any good hunting store. Sambar, like many animals, are very sensitive to UV-enhanced clothing and scented detergents. It’s important to ensure all your hunting clothing has been treated with a product that ‘kills off’ all UV and that it is always washed with scent-free sports wash. What I’m sharing below are the ‘one percenters’ – the little points of difference that add up to greater success – and I hope they improve your hunting success. As most who hunt this species of deer are aware, sambar have finely tuned primal attributes that have enabled them to survive in an environment where they are preyed on by high-level predators. When hunting wild sambar deer by stalking, it’s the little things that make the difference to your end result. ![]() It’s the ‘one percenters’ that make all the difference when hunting sambar.
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