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<blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8459170" data-attributes="member: 7030563">There are all kinds of hunters.&nbsp; Stealth is not necessary to it or really I think used often.&nbsp;&nbsp; My Dad hunted water buffalo from a helicopter on Safari, most of the Buffalo shot in the US were killed from the back of a train.&nbsp; When I hunt pheasant we walk through fields upright, with bird dogs and not trying to hide at all.&nbsp; Plenty of people near me hunt deer and coon using barking dogs that you can hear from half a mile a way.&nbsp; That is the only way I know of to hunt coon.&nbsp; Same with the Fox hunting which has been going on for hundreds of years in the UK, they use loud dogs.&nbsp; Stealth is used when hunting deer or hogs from a tree stand or ducks from a duck blind but I would not say you have to be particularly good at hiding in either case, you pretty much climb into your stand or blind and don't move.&nbsp; The skills required are more on the carpentry/treehouse side of things .... and maybe &quot;deception&quot; in the case of Ducks with the decoys you put out?&nbsp; The only animal I know of in the USA where you really have to be stealthy to hunt is Turkey.&nbsp; Not saying that is the only one there is but it is the only one I know of.In all cases you do need to understand the behavior of your prey, which is why I said animal handling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ECMO3, post: 8459170, member: 7030563"] There are all kinds of hunters. Stealth is not necessary to it or really I think used often. My Dad hunted water buffalo from a helicopter on Safari, most of the Buffalo shot in the US were killed from the back of a train. When I hunt pheasant we walk through fields upright, with bird dogs and not trying to hide at all. Plenty of people near me hunt deer and coon using barking dogs that you can hear from half a mile a way. That is the only way I know of to hunt coon. Same with the Fox hunting which has been going on for hundreds of years in the UK, they use loud dogs. Stealth is used when hunting deer or hogs from a tree stand or ducks from a duck blind but I would not say you have to be particularly good at hiding in either case, you pretty much climb into your stand or blind and don't move. The skills required are more on the carpentry/treehouse side of things .... and maybe "deception" in the case of Ducks with the decoys you put out? The only animal I know of in the USA where you really have to be stealthy to hunt is Turkey. Not saying that is the only one there is but it is the only one I know of. In all cases you do need to understand the behavior of your prey, which is why I said animal handling. [/QUOTE]

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