Not having multiple treestand setups doesn't mean a whitetail hunter can't be successful; learning the art of still hunting can be a rewarding, buck-tag-punching experience. (Lynn Burkhead photo)
By Greg Hackney
The following are some of Hackney’s best, simple and old-school tips for still hunting.
#1. Learn to squirrel hunt
“When I was squirrel hunting I was always watching for deer. And you learn how to slip-up on something by starting with the squirrel."
#2. Sticks are your enemy
“The biggest thing in still hunting is to never break a stick because that puts every animal in the woods on alert. Now you can crunch some leaves and you can get by with some of that, but if you ever break a stick you’ve alerted everything out there from the squirrels, the deer, everything. When you break that stick that squirrel all of a sudden he’s quit...