I mix both up, if I know hunters area in the area or I feel like catching up on my reading, then I prefer my stand. Awesome way to relax and clear my mind, I still hunt on certain occasions, i.e. if the deer movement has moved where I can hunt on a ridge/saddle area and I know the movement change is temporary.

Or if it's raining/snowing just light enough I know they won't bed down for the day...the inclimate weather masks my steps in the leaves/snow and it just about eliminates scent detection. What a rush if I see fresh tracks in the snow!!!!

I am only 12 years old but I have killed all 4 of my deer by still hunting.Before season starts i just go to where the deer are and make a blind and I have killed all of my deer from a blind.

To bad in New York you have to wait until you're 16 to hunt. My grandson wants to hunt badly.

I do both, I try to still hunt by working creeks and draws into the wind. The rain runoff in these usually leave the ground bare of leaves and sticks, giving me a silent approach and frees up my eyes for scanning for deer rather than having to watch where I step. One or two steps then scan / rest, then repeat trying never to take more than one to two steps. When water is running, even better the sounds of water running cover my steps allowing me to slip in undetected. good luck and good hunting!!!

I walk my whole property which is 150 acres, but I stay up all day.

I think still hunting is good for some situations.

I've only ever killed deer from a treestand but I'm trying to learn still hunting. I always feel like I'm missing deer. also this last season while sitting in a tree with a harness on i had five deer walk right behind me. being tied to the tree and they are so close and pressured where I hunt I couldn't turn to shoot so i lost alot of opportunities by being stuck in a stand this year.

I love spot and stalk hunting, it is great for the open valleys and prairy out west. There is nothing better than spotting a mule deer a half a mile away and then getting withing 150 yards. This past year a buddy and I stalked a 10 point whitetail buck in the sandhills of Nebreska. We spent hours getting within range, and alot of time on our stomach, we finally closed the distance by watching the wind and using the small hills to conceal ourselves, there was not better feeling then laying a tag on a deer we stalked for hours.

Tree stand ...
I usually start out in a tree stand, and get in it at least an hour before daylight. As I'm sitting there, I'm planning, what I call, a sneaky stalk, if Mr. Big doesn't come by.

Sneaky Stalk ...
I always keep my nose in the wind,at least on an angle. When I sneaky stalk, I take my time. One axiom I stalk by is, "you can never stalk to slow, but you can always stalk to fast." I normally try to stalk in rhythm to the woods I hunt. Taking in to account, the wind, the amount of daylight available, the noises, the smells, moon phase, major and minor feeding periods.

There is always some variable I'm aware of,that may effect my opportunites that day.

Parts Unknown ...
Know where you are going.
Are you headed to a feeding area or a bedding area? When you stalk, take quiet,short and easy steps. Don't try to step over fallen branches, go around them to avoid unneccessary noise.
Can you hear your own foot steps? If so, then you are probably movin' to fast.

Don't make sudden or jerkey movements,as this will alert most animals. Move your eyes, not your head, Always keep an arrow nocked or your gun ready, this is vital, doing the sneaky stalk.
When you pause,which you must incorporate into each stalk, use a tree or higher elavation, or just stoop to the ground.

Should you encounter a deer while stalking,and he has seen you first,drop to the ground and come up at full draw. Most of the time this will work,if the deer does the egyptian walk,do a quick grunt and place the pin on the vitals. Another time to pause or take a break, is when you're standing in shade. Don't pause in sunlight, as your silhouette and form is much easier to see by animals.

Use your binoculars,they extend your sight to see body parts of deer.

Always stalk with a destination in mind. I always do all day hunts. My destination in most of my stalks are toward a feeding area or a water hole,where I have already placed a tree stand for an evening hunt.

These are just a few of my tactics, what are yours?

Make sure you don't over hunt the area too

To me, the difference between the two is small and simple. Spot and stalk is like still hunting but you know where the animal is. Still hunting is like spot and stalk minus the spot. You are hoping to spot one, when you already have in spot and stalk. Both are helped greatly by good binoculars. Best investment you'll ever make. If you aren't cringing when you buy them, they are too cheap. After you use them, the cringe will disappear into a giant grin.

I've never seen anyone hunt from a stand out here. Deer too thin on the ground, fewer deer per square mile means you could wait a lifetime for one to walk by. Many shots are over 100 yards. Many like to glass with binoculars, then stalk. Good binoculars are maybe most important piece of gear as Shane said.

I like to spot and stock you can cover more area.

I usually sit in the morning and evening and walk around during the day, that way i get a little of everything

If I have a good area that I know deer are moving around in then I like to hunt from a stand...but if the action is slow after a couple days I will still hunt and stalk.These days stalking could get you shot with all the idiots out in the woods that don't know what their doin'.

I like both. But I prefer spot n' stalk because it is more of a challenge.

If your goal is to kill a mature buck on a pressured deer club I would suggest still hunting, but when the chase part of the rut kicks in you can slip around covering some ground and score. I can see myself getting into a stand before sunset and sitting until I can no longer stand it, then slipping around, hard thing is slipping up on deer in thick brushy areas, most of the time I am lucky to see a tail fly. Its really about terrain, and attention span. The ambush has killed more deer, but around fields and open areas spot and stalk can be effective and obviously more entertaining. Try it all. In Arkansas when the deer aren't moving we release the beagles and let the games begin, but it hasn't produced any mature bucks, anyone got any great dog hunting stories?

I am lucky in that near where I live there are quite a few large (Over 10 square mile) public hunting areas and I like hunting in the big woods and swamps. I believe a person will likely be more successful from a well placed stand but I prefer to stalk or still-hunt and have killed more deer on foot than sitting by about 7 to 1. I usually try and figure out a place to sit at first light for two to three hours, but after that I'm still hunting unless the woods are really noisy. One of my most memorable stalks occurred while trying to fill out a doe tag. I jumped a group of five does and decided to track and follow. There was a bit of snow and at times I was either crawling or scooching on my butt with rifle in my lap. A couple of times I thought I lost them but I kept going slowly and finally got a sixty yard shot and put one down. My heart was racing for about 45 minutes between first jumping them and the shot. It was a very rewarding hunt. I guess I'm a bit restless.

Still hunting. With some good scouting before & during the season, I think you will see more deer than spot & stalk.