Ambush, Spot and Stalk, and Calling: Which Hunting Style is Best for You?

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Hunting is a sport loved by most adventure lovers who like to try to test their bravery in the wild. There are different hunting styles, and each one selects a style pertaining to their personality and the animals they need to hunt. Spot and stalk are the most common hunting styles, while others get used depending on the situation.  

How to choose your hunting style? 

Most hunters learn their basic lessons from their family going deer hunting or tracking elks with their father or other relatives. They get used to a certain style the authority figure uses to kill the prey and start tying it independently. 

Learning to hunt professionally in all the different types will enable them to find the style most comfortable for them in the later stage of their life. 



Ilearntohunt.com offers hunters safety course, training novice hunters on all the hunting styles and helping them choose what comes best to them. Your sharpness, agility in handling weapons, and knowledge about nature, animal behavior patterns, and following tracks contribute to selecting the style best suitable for you. 

Spot and stalk 

Spot and stalk hunting is the primary form of hunting followed in most states. The hunters perch on a high platform atop a tree or an artificial structure. They wait patiently for the animal to pass the ground below them. They shoot the animal once it falls under the range of their weapon perfectly. 

Spot and stalk hunting is a safe method to hunt animals much bigger and ferocious than humans and dangerous to get close. Novice hunters often start with this style before they get trained in calling or ambush attacks that require better hunting skills. 

Calling hunting 

Calling is a most common hunting feature where the hunter uses a whistle or a device that sounds like a buck, deer, crow, owl, or another animal. The animal responds to the sound, thinking it is a mating call or another animal is present in its territory. 

It is common in bird hunting or turkey hunting and hunters often make the noise of other birds rather than the birds they are hunting to agitate them. It starts searching for it coming out of its camouflage or responding with a grunt or rattling the bushes.

The hunter spots the animals hidden in thick jungles using this technique and shoots when they get a response to their calling from a specific direction. Often animals resting or bedding or animals in heat looking for a mate fall pretty to calling. 

Ambush hunting 

Ambush hunting requires skill and understanding of animal behavior patterns. It requires the hunters to wait in predictable places the animals come or pass by. Whitetail deer to giant grizzlies get hunted down using this method. Hunters study the area for tracks and determine the animal will move through a specific part of the jungle at a fixed time. 

They wait nearby for the animal to come to the area and ambush it with their weapons. Often baits like carcasses, blood, or food plots are used as bait to ensure the animals spot them on the specific path. 

Becoming an expert hunter 

Becoming an expert hunter requires mastering all three types of hunting styles. Experienced hunters often prefer Ambush as it is quick and yields guaranteed results but requires high skills. Stalk and spot style is time-consuming but helps beginners understand the jungle enormously. 

Most countrymen use calling at a specific time and season to lure the animal without suspicion. Try all the styles and find the best one for you based on your experience and how much you enjoy each style.

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