So @WHW and @redsquirrel encouraged me to add this to my bag o tricks. I've never really had the opportunity to really grid search until this past season. I found one gut-shot muzzleloader doe and two boars who caught a 22 mag bullet in the shoulder and didn't realize it for a second. I thought I was pretty slick. 3 for 3
But this evening I took an absolute chip shot at a bobcat with a 22 mag at maybe 20 yards. Non expandable bullet and I didn't catch the shoulder so he ran and didn't leave a trail. But I did find a few drops of blood and I know I got him. I searched a little but it was getting dark. Plan on hitting it again tomorrow morning more to practice the skill than anything.
I have drawn off an area to search on huntstand. Roughly a baseball shaped area covering about 300 yards out from the location where I last had eyes on him. I generally just start zig-zaggin through that area, starting from where I lost contact/sign and laying down a breadcrumb trail with my gps. If it's open i make looser back and forth patterns, and if it's thick I go closer. Basically I try to cover the whole area with a little bit of overlap on my line of sight.
Just curious as I lay here pondering if anybody else has a little trick to add or a different way of doing things. I don't recall ever seeing a lot of info out there about grid searching solo.
But this evening I took an absolute chip shot at a bobcat with a 22 mag at maybe 20 yards. Non expandable bullet and I didn't catch the shoulder so he ran and didn't leave a trail. But I did find a few drops of blood and I know I got him. I searched a little but it was getting dark. Plan on hitting it again tomorrow morning more to practice the skill than anything.
I have drawn off an area to search on huntstand. Roughly a baseball shaped area covering about 300 yards out from the location where I last had eyes on him. I generally just start zig-zaggin through that area, starting from where I lost contact/sign and laying down a breadcrumb trail with my gps. If it's open i make looser back and forth patterns, and if it's thick I go closer. Basically I try to cover the whole area with a little bit of overlap on my line of sight.
Just curious as I lay here pondering if anybody else has a little trick to add or a different way of doing things. I don't recall ever seeing a lot of info out there about grid searching solo.