Stalking beds

[BHC]

Just curious if you guys ever try stalking beds as a last resort. Or maybe stalk up on 6-12 beds on a morning or midday when you have poor weather ( wind,rain,etc.). Seems like wet windy conditions might be easier circumstances to sneak.. Also if you bump them you could try bump n dump or assume they will be at the next good bedding over... ?? Anyone stalked and shot a good buck from a prescouted bed?

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[Dewey]

I have come close a few times but it's extremely hard with a bow. I find really windy and wet days give me the best odds and even then it's a very low percentage aggressive move. Mature bucks are masters of their domain and even younger bucks are hard to sneak close enough for a bow shot. That last 50 yards is tough but not impossible if you know the exact location of the bed or have a visual of the buck. It can be done but takes more patience than most can handle. Odds are much higher with a gun.

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[Czabs]

Bucky! Post your video. Whenever I think I'd bed stalking, I think of that video. I've stalked beds with very minimal success. Tough, even with wind. Still will continue to try though!

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[whitetailassasin]

I've stalked and shot 2 bedded bucks in the swamp. Both situations weather was rainy first time and the second windy. Both bucks were shot as the raised from the bed. 38yds and 28 yds. It isn't high percentage. Both of the bucks were taken from the same bed. 2 years a part. I was going to use my iPhone to video last season buck, but the water I had to wade in got into my otter box and soaked my phone. I now have a life proof case...lesson learned. Both times I waited over an hour for them to rise from the bed.

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[Stanley]

I have stalked a few bedded bucks over the years. I remember one in particular. The buck (150 class 8 point) was on public ground about 50 yards off the road. I was sneaking towards the buck. Some clown coming home from church drove by and saw me. He turned around and stopped his tan Rambler and threw rocks at the buck and scared it off. That was about 35 years ago, I still remember that tan Rambler.

[stash59]

I've stalked and shot 2 bedded bucks in the swamp. Both situations weather was rainy first time and the second windy. Both bucks were shot as the raised from the bed. 38yds and 28 yds. It isn't high percentage. Both of the bucks were taken from the same bed. 2 years a part. I was going to use my iPhone to video last season buck, but the water I had to wade in got into my otter box and soaked my phone. I now have a life proof case...lesson learned. Both times I waited over an hour for them to rise from the bed.

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Good job on those stalks and kills WA!!!

Got any hero pics?

[dan]

I have done it, but with bow I have not gotten a mature buck yet. Got a few with the gun right in there beds that are among my top scoring bucks. The biggest I could of shot with a bow if that was the weopon I brought.
Its a solid tactic for gun hunting in certain terrains, in other terrains its nearly impossible. It helps to understand where they bed on what winds, and which way they are facing.

[headgear]

I've tried a few times with no luck, mostly because they beds I have stalked have been empty. However I have gotten darn close to bucks going in blind or blowing them out of beds when I thought they might be using a different bed close by so it is something that is very possible and I hope to score a buck this way one of these years.

[whitetailassasin]

I've stalked and shot 2 bedded bucks in the swamp. Both situations weather was rainy first time and the second windy. Both bucks were shot as the raised from the bed. 38yds and 28 yds. It isn't high percentage. Both of the bucks were taken from the same bed. 2 years a part. I was going to use my iPhone to video last season buck, but the water I had to wade in got into my otter box and soaked my phone. I now have a life proof case...lesson learned. Both times I waited over an hour for them to rise from the bed.

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Good job on those stalks and kills WA!!!

Got any hero pics?

Check my bio, both are in amongst those

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[johndeere506]

Great replies here, Ive often wondered this myself. If I was hunting public land with only limited time, Id be very tempted to try this on several known beds. I know it would be lots of fun, successful or not.

[whitetailassasin]

That's all I hunt..public. So sometimes you have to make it happen. And if I feel the odds are in my favor, I go for it. Since its evening time and I have plenty of time to close the remaining yards I take all the time I need to make my moves. I don't care if I get wet crawling etc, I want that buck.

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