I agree. It is the same here. Pressure put on game is allot different here than in the big places. I have hunted the west, where what is thought of as pressure there, doesn't even compare here. I have NO interest in drives, actually I am more of a bowhunter than anything. When I did hunt the west, it was with a rifle though. Stalking there was so easy compared (please remember I said compared) to still hunting here. I walked up on so many animals while there, that doing any still hunting here, is great training for terrain that rolls, has saddles, ridges, valleys and draws. I am sure in some of those areas, the better way is to still hunt as stand hunting here is much different if you hope to see game. Yes, I got my elk still hunting in the shadow of Pikes Peak, out of Cripple Creek, while hunting the west. I know you want to keep this a friendly thread, I just want to be sure it is not a thread of "out way is better than yours". It certainly can be, if the terrain permits it. I feel ambushing it is more into the hunting mode than anything. IMHO. As a hunter, you have learned your games habits, it's breeding and feeding schedules as foods sources change and you have used nature to your advantage to claim your price. That means wind, cover, knowledge of your game. Because YOU KNOW your quarry and are not just looking around hoping to see one. It is a matter of what you are used to,where you hunt and what you have learned about your way of hunting. But yes, I certainly do enjoy still hunting, when the conditions permit it. It is a great way to see new country. See what and where the game is going, has fed, bedded, looks to breed. Things that a stand hunter has probably already determined by scouting, because the area to hunt is smaller and the hunting pressure more congested.
