Persistence Hunted Deer Goucher
Persistence Hunted Deer Goucher
Citizen Runner wrote:
Arch Stanton wrote:Would this work on moose, elk or antelope? I bet a human could never run down a caribou.
I'm not sure you would want to try this with a moose. They can get aggressive if disturbed and they are very big animals. Not sure if they would use this as a fleeing tactic, but they can swim surprisingly well.
When my brother and I were in HS we used to chase rabbits on some of our runs and it really wasn't that difficult to wear one down.
Chasing down rabbits is easy. They usually give up about the third lap.
I chased and caught rabbits many times when I was young. Not sure I ever totally exhausted one, more like trapped in a corner most of the time. Usually took ~30 min. They would not really run away but would stay in the same general area.
SMJO wrote:
I did it. You need good tracking and running snow to make it quite easy. Anybody who could run around three hours for a Marathon could do it.
Deer are very predictable and they will run a circle which you can cut the tangents of.
The point where an animal will "bay" is actually far from death.
You did it in snow? How cold was it maybe they just get tired rather than overheated. Deer are really weak.
just come to nj. deer are everywhere. i have run within 2-3 feet of them lying in the bush and they don't even bother moving. or i can walk on my front yard at night or in the morning and there may be 5-10 just milling around.
if you go biking early in the morning, one of the things you need to do is watch out so you don't get hit by a deer jumping across the road.
I have a lot of deer in the city park very near to where I live. They are not scared of me at all, they just look at me when I run by.
So the question is, if I started to run up to one and it just stood there, what then?
Richard
jjjjjjjjjj wrote:
if you watch the Richard Attenborough video of the Kalahari persistence hunt, you will see that you have to be an expert tracker to do it, and in brush/forest, there is no way that you will be able to track the deer.
Richard Attenborough is a much better anouncer than those lousy Americans.
Does anyone think it would be possible to persistence hunt deer adam goucher?
There is a book called Tracker by Gary Paulsen that gives a fictional account of a boy walking down a deer. It's a good read, even though it was meant as a book for teens.
Mr. Obvious wrote:
I have a lot of deer in the city park very near to where I live. They are not scared of me at all, they just look at me when I run by.
So the question is, if I started to run up to one and it just stood there, what then?
show your dominance over it by giving it a slap
I live near a national park (valley forge, PA) that I think I may check out over spring break. They have a huge abundance of deer with lots of open space for chasing. I think that's my best shot
go for it.
you'll love it.
you'll be connecting with your primal roots.
I have done it (partially).
This past winter my dad hit a whitetailed deer (with a muzzleloading flintlock rifle) in the lower back leg, pretty much the foot. It was definitely going to live from the gunshot its self. And, I would say it had about a 50% survival rate including the chance of infection and all that, as you do see a fair amount of 3 footed wild animals. We had good snow and I spent the next several hours tracking the deer on a mix of steady jogging, walking and sprinting when I would actually see the deer. Early in the tracking she would sprint several hundred yards away from me and it became less and less each time. It bedded down several times and I kicked it back up every time. I missed her once with a shot from about 40 yards and continued to track for another hour. I eventually caught up again at a creek crossing and the doe couldn't crawl up on the bank on other side and eventually just laid down in the water and I finished her off from about 5 yards.
It was certainly a persistence hunt as I walked/jogged/ran for several hours and was totally exhausted myself. The deer was slightly handicapped, but its lose of blood was minimial as I probably would have lost the trail without the snow. In perfect tracking conditioned I believe I could have done it to a healthy deer.
jjjjjjjjjj wrote:
if you watch the Richard Attenborough video of the Kalahari persistence hunt, you will see that you have to be an expert tracker to do it, and in brush/forest, there is no way that you will be able to track the deer.
Saw that was very interesting. Also the deer were slowing due to overheating and dehydration, it would be much harder for this to work in a cold climate
Arch Stanton wrote:
Would this work on moose, elk or antelope? I bet a human could never run down a caribou.
The moose would probably just let you run up to it, then trample your ass. (lol)
To those who claim to have "persistence hunted" a deer, I tip my hat to you. I would think, though, that many suburban deer that frequent parks might be slightly domesticated and wouldn't necessarily keep running to the very brink of death. Whereas, a wild antelope in Africa would know it's do-or-die!
It is cruel if you leave the half dead deer to die of exhaustion or be mauled to death by wolves. If you are hunting for sport, and that is what we are talking about, you owe the animals you hunt some respect. That means, among other things, not subjecting them to unnecessary suffering.
My buddy brought up an interesting point after watching the video on persistance hunting. So, they chase this deer/elk for 8 hours, then the runner goes on the final chase, kills the animal... then what happens? Do they have to haul the carcass back 10 miles to their tribe? They are now miles from home, tired, and have a huge piece of meat to move!
OP, you live in the area of PA with LOADS of deer ticks
trterteqrt wrote:
OP, you live in the area of PA with LOADS of deer ticks
there are tons of ticks in southeastern pa, I'll be careful not to get bit while chasing
I don't know about running them down but I used to hunt them when I was a young dude.
Meat is dry and needs to be casseroled (sp)but get it right and it tastes good.
I can remember many times walking upon Deer and they would stand 5-6 feet away and not even realise I was there if I stood still. For the most part they are way more alert than that and generally the first time you see them is usually the last.