Creeping along is almost as bad as sitting all day for me...I just go for a walk and try to be relatively quiet and to pay attention. See them before they see me and have caught a few in their bed, not knowing I was there. In Pa it is a rare day one can sneak along in almost complete quiet. I've bounced more than a few out of their bed and finished it before they ran off. Most of the times they escape, but others they just stand up and look...or run off a bit and make the mistake of looking back in the wrong place.
If I had my preference, I would hunt with a Bird Dog quartering in front of me. Have seen some nice Deer just standing there looking at and wondering what the Dog is all about and ignoring me.
Only problem is that you need some big acreage to roam..Wandering around the same 100 acres all day doesn't work all that well...
Windy or a light rain is a fine day to go for a walk.
Caught this one while walking-both of us-on a snowy windy day...He had no idea and eventually passed within 30 yards of me..Not a shooter...
Walking a ridge and looking over...caught him feeding maybe 30 yards away..He never knew...
Walking and looking over....Doe bedded...I watched and waited, hoping a Buck would come along. Finally gave up and she was still there...
An out of season walk...He thought it would be safe to just stay there...It would have been a mistake...