Tree vs. Blind Hunting

by Ryan Taylor

Many times people fail to make the correct decision when deciding to hunt whitetails on the ground or in the tree. There are many determining factors to consider when you have the options to do either one. Stand hunting is what many hunters prefer. They will tell you they live and die by the tree stand. Other hunters are such great artists that they can hide a blind by covering it up with leaves, branches, grasses, corn stalks, and even plain sticks. I guess you could say time plays an important role in choosing each hunting location.

For stand hunting, hunters typically stay between two and five hours. Very rarely do stand hunters stay in the stand all day long. Blind hunters tend to stay in the stand for a lengthier amount of time. Comfort plays a big role in stand hunting and blind hunting as well. You are able stretch out and get much more comfortable in a blind versus a tree stand where you can only stand up to stretch. Time also plays a role in set-up. Setting up a blind and then “brushing” it in takes some time and patience. Basically blending in is of optimum Read the rest of this entry

Hunting wild game is the natural way to control animal populations. It is also the most affordable. Governments and large corporations have tried and failed to implement ideas to control animal populations with other means and failed.

For example the timber companies in Southern Virginia brought in bobcats to control the rabbit populations. The rabbits ate the pine seedlings when they were first planted. The timber companies being concerned about protecting their investments would prefer the rabbits were gone.

Finding rabbits to hunt in Virginia is becoming harder and harder because the bobcats don’t know about over hunting. Eventually, the rabbit population will diminish as planned. The Corporate timber companies are happy because their investment is no longer at risk. With this means of animal control they create a new problem for the community.

When the bobcats run out of a food supply of rabbits they move on to something else. They will eat other rodents and anything they can find. It won’t take long before they become a pest to the farmer and local residence.

The bobcats begin eating the farmers domestic animals and the local residents pets. The coyote population is so out of control in Southern Virginia the local government pays a bounty to hunters for each coyote killed.

Hunting in Virginia is still the most efficient means of controling the wild animal population without creating a larger problem.