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CHAPTER 9
HUNT YOUR BUCK INDIAN-STYLE

Stalk hunting deer with a bow is the way of the early Americans. Indians first developed this system of hunting and were deadly effective at taking game using it.

However, today because of our hurry-up society, most hunters cannot refrain from walking too fast to stalk successfully. But 3l-year old Larry Norton, who was raised in the rural West/Central part of Alabama, has been stalking deer most of his life.

"From the time I was a little fellow, if I was out scouting for deer, I would try to see how close I could get to the animals before I spooked them," Norton recalls. "Even today when I'm scouting before the season, if I spot a deer, I attempt to stalk it to learn what the deer is feeding on and to keep my stalk hunting skills honed in preparation for bow season."

Norton has been harvesting deer consistently with his bow for the last five years. A hunting guide at Bent Creek Lodge near Jachin, Alabama, Norton is in the woods almost daily throughout deer season. The tactics he's developed will enable you to bag more bucks with your bow.