Comments. What was wrong this time? There were twothings wrong. Since he had noticed the leaves were drying(which made walking more audible) he should not have at-tempted stalking at that time of day. Again he had erred instrategy. When deer are bedded down they are most difficultto approach. As explained in a previous chapter, deer are onthe watch and are so situated that all approaches are guarded.He had forgotten that while deer usually bed in the samelocality, they never use the same beds more than once.
Under the conditions, I believe he should have taken astand along the trail and waited for them to start back tothe feeding ground.
