It seem that most everybody these days hunts from stands, whether that is a climber, shooting house, ground blind, or whatever. Does anybody get out and walk and really hunt for deer? It is one of my favorite ways to go about killing a deer, you really have to be paying close attention to detail and be ready to shoot quickly at any time.

Took a long walk on my lease just yesterday morning. It was drizzling, so the ground was quiet. Really enjoy slippin some days.

I enjoy it more myself..been a long time since I killed a deer from a stand gun or bow..minus the one I shot from my truck last year watching a big field

I very rarely gun hunt from a stand. Though I would say 85% of my bow hunting is out of a stand. And I seem to climb higher every year.

As I get older I bowhunt from a stand more because I can simply take it longer. It allows me to sit. Otherwise my feet hurt and I can't kneel very long anymore.

I hunt from a stand most of the time but I will also walk/hunt the 1 mile walk in or out. I killed a good buck 2 years ago by hunting my way out. Saw him cross the logging rd about 300 yards away but couldn’t get a shot. Dropped everything but my rifle and took off running down another road so I could hopefully catch him crossing a field. When I slipped into the field he was standing on the edge making a scrape. Was one of my more memorable hunts.

Best deer I've ever killed was on the ground walking around big woods, using a bleat every once in a while. Heard two deer jump up, stopped, took a knee, and got my gun ready. I had no idea what I had jumped up but out steps a giant 8 point at 120 yards crossing a logging road about to hit the bottom and be gone forever. My bleating and the fact I took a knee made him check up for 4 or 5 seconds. Once I steadied my crosshairs as best I could considering my breathing and adrenaline I let one fly. Hit him a few inches right of the shoulder where I was aiming and clipped his jugular, went down without nary a flinch. That hunt is one I'll talk about for a long time, no stands involved.

When you hunt the mountains in NA, every rock is an elevated stand. No way I’d haul a climber up these mountains I hunt. Use what nature gives you up here. Plus, much safer. Haven’t been in a stand but 1 time in the past 4-5 years.

My largest buck was from the ground. Slip a bit, sit or stand a bit. Hit the grunt call about 3 times and he came crashing down the hill looking for a fight. He stopped about 35 yards from me and I hammered him through the neck. DRT. 125 inch 10 point but was huge bodied, his rack actually looks smallish for his body. I have 1 bow kill from the ground, doe. Love to sneak when the ground is wet.

David

I killed my best FL deer this past Saturday while slipping around scouting an area I've never been.

I do it all the time especially in the mornings. I’m not very patient so if I’m not feeling where I’m sitting I’ll go slip around. I really like doing it on roads. I’ve had a lot of success doing it. I’ve done it in thick clear cuts to and slip up within a few yards of deer and they never bust me. I’ll do some soft grunts when I’m doing it and stand there for a little but then move again

Do it all the time. Can’t stand sitting in a shooting house or stand.

I love slipping quietly. but there are those times you cannot get to where they are quietly. A deer's first defense is to hid. If they are in the real thick stuff they will not get up until you knock them in the head. When approaching area like this I will just charge in there much like jump shooting rabbits. It can scare the crap out of you when they jump up feet from you. good stuff.

I only hunt climbers in bow season or occasionally on a clearcut so I can maximize what I can see(but then only if the wind is right). I’ll often hunt box stands on fields in the afternoons because I know the deer are coming to them and I likely won’t have to track and haul an animal out of the woods(and up hills in many places where I hunt) after dark.
The rest of the time I slip in to a likely spot and just lean against a tree or sit down where there is some cover. If the wind shifts to a unfavorable direction I quietly change accordingly. In the woods where I hunt you can’t see far at all most places once you are 8 feet off the ground so it does no good to get in a stand.

Hunting smaller properties you better not walk around too much. Go to your stand when winds right and stay put.

I hardly ever sit in a stand any more. I prefer walking, I may not kill as many deer but I just enjoy slipping through the woods and seeing different scenary. If I stop or sit in a place for a while and don't see anything I can always ease on over to the next hill or bottom. I think I use hunting as an excuse just to get out in the woods sometimes.

I do it all the time. That's why my dad and I have always been called the slippinlips by our family and close friends. I always carry a shooting stick with me. If they don't come to you, go to them. As long as you are not making a lot of fast movements deer won't see you very well. I like to travel into the wind of course.

Dern Auburn folks up in this mutha!!

The only way I hunt is set up in natural cover, or slip around. Saturday morning I stalked one for 300 yds, stayed within 40-50 the whole time just never a good shot opportunity. The kill is great, but I live for the hunt. No trail cams, no bait, or any aide outside of rifle or bow. Just woodsmanship and staying on hot sign. I love being surprised by what walks out.

Walking and slipping on most clubs is discouraged. I like to walk and slip based on growing up mule deer hunting. Got my arse in big trouble on the first club I joined here in AL. So, I’ve never done it again.

This is the problem a lot of people have including myself. My lease partner does not like it when I do it too much. So I mostly stay put. However in the dog hunting club I am in, nobody cares, if I hunt there without the dogs, I will not be sitting.