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Thread: How do you guys stay quiet in tall willows?

  1. #21
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    Re: How do you guys stay quiet in tall willows?

    rules i try to live by....never take more than 20 steps even on a road without doing a full stop look and listen....it is as low at 2 or 3 steps when things feel "right"...always have your gun at the ready.....if you are out of breath or sweating you are going too fast...if i accidentally make a loud crunch i sometimes will let out a call like a bull moose grunt or an elk call ....i cant prove if it helps or not but it is what i might do

  2. #22
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    Re: How do you guys stay quiet in tall willows?

    This reminds me of a joke:

    How does a Scottsman find a lost sheep in tall grass?

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    Re: How do you guys stay quiet in tall willows?

    Quote Originally Posted by thelongjohnson View Post
    Wait for it to start pissing rain....
    I agree. Not the most fun, but in noisy conditions or thick brush, I have the most success on rainy days.

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    Re: How do you guys stay quiet in tall willows?

    Good time to use your calls to "mask" the noise you are making. Turkey calls, cow/calf calls etc do help to "fool" the animals you are stalking.

  5. #25
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    Re: How do you guys stay quiet in tall willows?

    Exactly^^^^^ moose aren’t completely quiet and if you mess up and make some noise/break a twig - just make a call to make it sound like a moose passing through. Look all the noise made when calling moose or rattling deer. Noise happens, work with it.
    Quote Originally Posted by MOUNTAIN MICKEY View Post
    Good time to use your calls to "mask" the noise you are making. Turkey calls, cow/calf calls etc do help to "fool" the animals you are stalking.

  6. #26
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    Re: How do you guys stay quiet in tall willows?

    For being quite on gravel roads on your feet, I have from time to time just used two pairs of cheap thick socks, no boots, super quite.

  7. #27
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    Re: How do you guys stay quiet in tall willows?

    Use airplanes, gust of wind, bugling elk, partner bugles etc to move in those difficult yards. Particularly when moving in a spot where u can’t avoid noise and the animal is close

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    Re: How do you guys stay quiet in tall willows?

    Quote Originally Posted by thelongjohnson View Post
    Wait for it to start pissing rain....
    Quote Originally Posted by Farmer View Post
    I agree. Not the most fun, but in noisy conditions or thick brush, I have the most success on rainy days.
    Looks like I was onto something. Best part is I don’t mind the rain.
    They are out there,they look like us,they talk like us, but they ain’t us.

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