tuna
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I'm out hunting pheasants today, I'm wearing jeans and my bird vest. No dog, so I'm plodding along, being noisy trying to scare the birds up. I look up and see a doe, 45 yards away. I step forward 5 yards, no response. I light up a cigarette, the wind was crossways, no response to the lighting match or my movement. I step another 10 paces closer, no response. She looked at me a few times, but nothing. Another 5 paces closer, we're now 15 to 20 yards from each other when she looks right at me. I look at her and say "Oh come on now, I could have had you any time", she goes back to eating. I crush out the cigarette and she moved off with the flag up.
20 minutes later, I'm sitting on a rock and a flock of turkeys come by. I laugh because it is so comical. They come about 10 yards from me, never spooking at my laughter or me talking to them.
What gives? Why doesn't this happen during deer or turkey season? What did I do right to get so close? No camo, no scent control (although the wind wasn't blowing toward the doe), no quiet movement, laughing, talking, moving. Have I stumbled onto the dumbest animals on the planet, or onto a secret method of hunting - not acting like a hunter?
20 minutes later, I'm sitting on a rock and a flock of turkeys come by. I laugh because it is so comical. They come about 10 yards from me, never spooking at my laughter or me talking to them.
What gives? Why doesn't this happen during deer or turkey season? What did I do right to get so close? No camo, no scent control (although the wind wasn't blowing toward the doe), no quiet movement, laughing, talking, moving. Have I stumbled onto the dumbest animals on the planet, or onto a secret method of hunting - not acting like a hunter?
