In his classic book, “Shots at Whitetails,” author Larry Koller describes still-hunting as “moving quietly through the woods and swamps looking, stopping and watching with patience and care.” Koller wrote those words back in 1948, when America’s deer woods were less fragmented, there were fewer hunters per square mile and deer were less educated.
But some things have not changed. Working quietly through the woods in hopes of getting a shot at a whitetail remains a viable, if not one of the most challenging, hunting tactics. Unfortunately, the popularity of elevated treestands, blinds, trail cameras and other gadgetry have replaced the woodsmanship and patience still-hunting requires to get the job done. In a nutshell, most will fail at the challenge regardless of experience in the field or how much they…
