A deer can hear you tip toeing 50 yards away when you're trying to hunt, but then they'll jump out in front of your truck when they heard you coming down the road a mile away.
@@zekiah2 That’s actually a patrol technique called SLLS. Stop, took, listen and smell. Whenever you pause for something, everyone faces outward and conducts SLLS.
My DS in basic (Ft. Benning, Jan. 2005) taught us all his tricks during our downtime, usually on Sundays he would go to church with us and after he would ask who wanted to do voluntary training with him. He ran us hard through the woodline. He would have us just walk while he observed from outside the woodline and tell us when he could see us or hear us. He said that if any of us could get to the other side without him calling us out by name then he'd give us a get out of jail free card. I learned A LOT, but never made it to the other side. I've got some really good bucks using his tricks.
If its possible, wait until it has rained in the area and dampened all the fallen leaves. Its something I learned from hunting: you can move very quietly over wet leaves but so can the prey so be aware. Also, if possible, traverse the area when its windy as that provides a lot of noise cover. When the wind is calm and the leaves are dry its extremely difficult to not be heard unless you are moving painfully slow.
Been there, having to pause after each step, listen, then move one step forward rinse and repeat. It’s good to have a nice perch or rangers grave to wait on or in. Especially when it’s extremely dry.
In late autumn; with no snow yet fallen; the ambient air, cold, crisp, no European person having been there. How, I implore, did the original habituate step within this bailiwick?
My father taught me this also when hunting. He was a hunter safety instructor in Pennsylvania for 50 plus years. Also, he was a veteran. He retired after 22 years of service. Unfortunately, he has passed on this past August. This video just brought up the good memories.
If a platoon gets attacked there’s a really good chance they can handle it and/or call in help if they can’t. Sniper teams of 2-4 people have to roll differently because if they’re found out they can be easily overwhelmed and killed without a chance to do anything about it besides taking a few with them.
Had the privilege of getting a class from a scout section leader a few weeks ago during a field event, he went over the “sniper walk” and a couple other things. One of those that I really didn’t consider was that the human eye is much better at tracking lateral movement and movement in the peripheries. Use a clover leaf technique and approach the objective head on using as much cover while minimizing lateral drift as you can. Employ a stealthier IMT than you think you need, for example, crawl if you think you can get away with a sniper walk. One of the most memorable things he told us was, “no step on stick”.
@kittybrowneye3163 Just wait until the military grade emps start getting used on the battlefield. It'll go right back to this instantly, and those who have the skill will be the victors.
@@kittybrowneye3163 you’d be surprised, obviously you’ll still be spotted if it’s hovering directly over head, but if they’re scanning a grid, they might just miss you if you adhere to your “stealth skills”
Appreciate how dedicated he is by keeping his face concealed throughout this pro tip video. That is high level commitment to a life of camouflage. Well done sir.
Yeah, except you need to have an education to be selected and make it far in these schools, and courses. So, you're full of sht. Real men have their heads on a swivel, and real men keep an education and a mass of knowledge. Dude is just speaking how he was raised, doesn't mean he's not educated. Mfers don't lose their accent or way of speech just because they got a degree or some education. Lol.
I learned very much more than high school from my Boy Scout Troop 188 discipline. We would stand at attention, learn to use a regular and compound bow, shoot a .22 rifle with and without a scope, have earned ranks with corresponding patches.. (Eagle Scout is the highest), do verbal and written reports, keep track of monetary dues and treasury accounts, study the Boy Scout Manual, learn rope knots, carve wood, build fires, set up/take down camp sites and do pushups and jumping jacks for fitness and reprimand. We were a very active unit constantly camping and hiking.. Did a 50 mile hike around Catalina Island in a week with only a backpack and dried food. Played wargames in the woods such as capture the flag! We also ate cooked snake (tastes like chicken), made animal traps and removed ticks. ❤ it. Invaluable learning, S.
I appreciate Your qualifying. Furthermore, congratulations for Your having achieved eagle scout. You guys are like the Seals of the Scouts. I would be more inclined to follow Your instructions before, even a regular serviceman. With all that being said I wish to question You as to something so simple as to whether it is consequential to step heel to toe or to step toe first?
I saw this in a ninja documentary, they would do this since wooden floor boards were made to make noise once someone would walk. Floor boards were made to protect important people from ninjas
I remember learning this when I was 12 years old from a neighbor of a childhood friend. People said he was crazy. He said he was a Vietnam vet. If you were willing to listen, you could learn a lot from the man.
How do you think such tricks come around? The first one who discovered it was just doing his best, noticed it, tested it more, then spread the word to everyone just as the video does. Many technologies out today, I also thought of before I ever knew anything as a kid but because I was young doing school, someone else came up with it ahead of me. It's common to think of the same thing without education if you're smart.
My wife's grandfather told me a story of a technique they used during Vietnam when they thought the enemy was in the area they would take their boots off to move much quieter
For all those that said they grew up in the woods and thought this was normal practice to sneak up on something we could be friends... you also probably dont care if you have friends tho 😂👍
So true. I was always happiest alone on the hill , with a perfect grin sitting perfectly still. Nobody asking if they could shoot my gun and No one shooting my targets. Had asany shots as I had rounds... still love a 22lr.
I learned this as an 80s teenager from Vietnam vets I idolized. And I have always walked like this on stealth patrols. Redondo units , macvsog , LRRPS this kinda of knowledge pass down through with other skills
Walk slowly. When you take a step point your toe down sliding it under the leaves and put your weight on dirt not leaves. It's very slow going but if your looking to be as quiet as possible that's the best way to do it. It takes a lot of practice because most people want to move way faster than they should.
@@Warmonger2024 cool, when I was in Okinawa I wanted to study to be one. But unfortunately I had to learn it by stalking white tail deer. They have got pretty good hearing.
Ok. I have been scouring these comments and You are the first mention of toe first. This was the method we were taught. And we were challenged with a query as to ' how did Native Americans walk in these conditions...'
+1 for inconsistent movement. Also, if you are avoiding rural people or game animals, you can double your footsteps so it sounds like deer. Do irregular intervals of one to five steps, with rest between, just sounds like a deer moving to anything that knows the woods
My ex Vietnam vet neighbor a few houses around in the circle taught my older brother and I how to crawl and how to walk stealthily just like that back in ‘83 or ‘84 or so, exactly like he’s showing us. Same neighbor also took shots with a rifle outta his bedroom window at our other neighbor on the other side because he was mowing his lawn too early one morning. Crazy. I hope that guy got the help he needed. He had a fort down the road beyond the creek with bags of sugar in it.
Awesome! I get busted by animals constantly due to crunching leaves! I'll have to go give it a go... Any recommended footwear to be stealthier? I take it this is a very slow method of making movement... Thank you for your service!
My uncle was a Army sniper in Vietnam and yes this is true. He taught me some techniques and here is one , when you are stalking always put one foot in front of the other because it makes it look like a game trail and the vc won't follow it because when a human walks they leave a wide path . I even learned about the 6th sense people get sometimes when you look at them with glass.
You showed a standard heel-to-toe step. The method my grandfather taught my (he was quarter Creek Indian) was toe-first. Your foot naturally slides UNDER the leaves. Even in boots, you can go silently and faster than people trying to be silent.
I have an ex military friend who tried to show me this, but he was always complaining about his feet hurting. I have been tracking and hunting since I was a child. The best thing to do is just watch placement of your foot.
The one thing I impressed the Cadre with was doing that at night without NODs and finding the 'Watchers' before they spotted me. There is also another method used to walk through thick mud without making the huge slurping and sucking sounds. But now their just used to impress and scare my kids on hikes. My uncle 'Carbide' (MAC V SOG 68-70) taught me when I was 11 so i could get the drop on my friends in our bb wars. " Walk like a blind man in a field of broken glass." RLTW Carpe Noctem Brothers
Living in a rain forest this is how I walked as a kid in the woods. Keep it sneaky so I don’t alarm any animals who may be bigger than me as a kid. So nice to see that it’s a real thing people do.
That's the worst thing to do if your trying not to get attacked by something bigger than you. Walk up on a bear an it doesn't know you're there = a bad time. Theres a reason if in bear or big cat country your supposed to make noise while walking.
You are actually doing a Ninja Walk. I learned this method from a Student in the Iga Ryu ninjutsu school while I was in Kyoto for a Day trip. Heel, then Side, then Down all Slow and Deliberate movement till mastered
There is another way to mimic the sound of a quadruped. But your way is great for being quiet. Bare feet are even better. It leaves the least spore. Pretty ease to track a person through leaves if they don’t know what they are doing.
I've used that technique for stalking since I was a little kid. I was taught by an old Nam vet while playing hide and seek with the neighbor kids. As kids, our hide and seek games were all about stealth.
Then you roll heel to toe right onto a twig under the leaves SNAP 😮 best opportunity for movement is post rain or during rain in my experience. Wet or damp forest floor is a GO
As a kid on the farm I learned this very early . I could sneak up on any one day night. I loved scaring my older brother and his buddy's camping on the back of the farm . Especially at night. They were seniors in highschool all going to the Marines after graduation and me a third grader not scared of the dark . Oh I wish go pros were invented back then. I'm pretty sure a few of them went on in life with nightmares cause of my azz .
Been hunting dang near 40 years.. that's exactly how we do it. Deliberate slow motion with pauses between steps. Those pauses make it harder to pinpoint you and allow you to hear what's going on around yourself as well.
Works everywhere. I taught this technique to my nephew when he asked how I could move so quietly when we played hide and go seak. My mom was always startled when I walked around the corner because she couldn’t hear me coming. They have a joke now that I need to wear a bell when I’m around because thats how I’ve been moving for years unless running. I been practicing this since I was a kid playing in the woods and trying to be a ninja. Lol
My dad taught me similar. At 5 or 6 year's old stepping in his tracks. He said go slow but pay attention to the wind moving thing's. The less the wind, the slower you move. With pause every so often and make a quick mental note of where sticks, rocks, logs etc. are in front of you. You can also do this with a quick look while moving. In heavy hardwoods during a dry period, late fall is tough to trek through. Daylight is best for those times while the ground and leaves still have some moisture from the night. Hunting, wind direction is important and not having change or metal objects making noise. Animals will look for where a leaf or stick is moved or broke but metal noise is not common for them to hear and alarming to them and humans if any true distance in the timber.
Then how do you "make any time" getting to your FFP? It just seems like that's a ton of energy and a ton of time being expended... How do you make movement quicker?
I went hunting with a buddy of mine... never again. He was making all kinds of crazy noise and not even avoiding the leaves. It was like he was purposely dragging his feet and hitting every pile. Needless to say, we didn't get anything that day.
Also break up the walking process with pauses so as to not create a rhythmic pattern. Take 2 steps pause. Take 1 step pause, take 3 steps pause. Take 1 step pause. Take 1 step pause. It mimics the scamper of a squirrel. Avoid the loud snap of a stick. Theres nothing heavy enough to snap a twig other than a large predator (bear) or a human. A snapping twig gets the attention of everything within hearing distance.
I take slow flat steps taking care to pick my feet up a little higher than usual. If the leaves are dry and the ground is dry it will crunch no matter what. No reason to make the noise last longer.
In the woods, heck!!! I practiced & honed these skills early on old wood floors as a teenager sneaking in & out of the house while my parents were asleep. Snipers ain’t got nothing on me! ✌🏽😜🇺🇸🙏
Indians stalked toes and ball of foot to heel. Like tip toeing but slowly putting the whole foot down. The opposite of what you showed. It makes a smaller initial footprint like the heel but able to bear all your weight so if you feel / encounter a twig stick drier leaves you just didn’t continue to put your entire foot down snapping the twig. It allows you to step into a smaller area.
The scariest thing is ground radar listening arrays with a good operator can tell you almost anything about ground movements, and they reach out to over a mile. A good LPOP with Long Range Recon Teams and manpack listening dishes can give grids to thermal air recon systems...being a sniper can be a terrifying thing with long range surveillance teams that know what their doing and are looking and listening for everything. I would hate to be a foreign entity that is facing good U.S. Recon Teams that are appropriately geared up and have good LPOP support teams.
😮 You did what my PAPA taught us Except he said to hesitate off and on in a random way ... he told us... THE INDIANS DID IT THAT WAY TOO. Cuz of that ? We loved walkin that way. ❤
Heel to outside edge to toe lessen the surface area of your footprint and eases you into your terrain as a kid I figures this out just running around our acreage full of weeds brush and tree leaves hunting quail and pheasant which are not easy foul to sneak up on as I had to get close to them since I was only hunting with a high powered PELLET GUN it was challenging but fun and after a while you just seem to know where and how to place your feet and manage your stride, that’s how I spent my time as a kid NO IPADS OR TECH OF ANY KIND!
The walking he shows i learned from a SERE instructor, Its called scout walking and is used in Army and USMC and all of the Military branches. take this information and save it.
A neighbor was from a local native tribe. He had been taught to walk silently. He was extremely good at it. You would not hear anything, and rarely find tracks.
I was a boom operator for many years. When I started out, I noticed the noise of my steps and kinda instinctively did this. Everything down to putting my weight on the outer edge of my sole. Works great.
My father was a Korean War veteran (Canadian), he thought me to walk like that when I was old enough to hunt with him in the early 80's, im still doing it today.
My father taught me this as a young hunter. My platoon sergeant really drove it home as a young infantryman. Another tactic I've learned to employ while moving through dry timber- I walk with a hen turkey diaphragm call. When I take that inevitable, deafening misstep, I stop and after remaining motionless for what seems like too long, I softly churp or make a couple squacks( that could be a squirrel? ) I have no way of knowing how effective this is. As a bow hunter, I'm certain it has aided in getting me through the whitetail woods less noticed.
That's literally from a book on ninjitsu from the early 90's. It's all about lowering the surface area. And the guy that wrote it was the ninja on deadliest warrior.
That’s an ancient Native American foot technique of rolling your foot . The aftermath cannot be a “ trail “ but a diversion of side or lateral movement and then brushing techniques to minimize or disrupt the trail you just made without making its excessive
It’s one of the great things about Pennsylvania and a lot of north eastern forest, was always told you learn to stalk quiet here, won’t be much challenge elsewhere
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I always found if you cough loud enough with each step they won’t hear your footsteps in those leaves.
Also Velcro works great too!
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Or just crack open a beer can and light up a cigarette. 🤣
I ate taco bell last night, low crawling while dispersing chemical agents from upwind.
@@blackbeardthepirate7467talk about war crimes…
No matter how quiet you are, the rhythm of any noise can be a HUGE giveaway. Stepping with inconsistent timing makes a difference
Keeps the Shai Hulud away as well
Few steps at a time, stop. Repeat.
@@jangtheconqueror lol i finally understood that reference
yep, I do the same. animals in the wild will walk a bit then stop and listen/smell... then move a few more steps....etc.
My man 👍 hunter 101 is it a squirrel, a deer a pack of turkeys , pack of hogs , or here comes damn ol John down early from his stand 🤣🤣
A deer can hear you tip toeing 50 yards away when you're trying to hunt, but then they'll jump out in front of your truck when they heard you coming down the road a mile away.
Reality o can verify
I can verify. My car is loud, damage wasn't too bad though. Fender and a headlight.
But the deer also hears all the animals and critters wind, also their own movements. So it’s not like the deer is actively scanning for hunters
@@breadtoasted2269 true, but by your statement, the deer should run the hell away when they hear traffic lol.
Lol 😅
One of the many reasons that boys/young men that grew up in the woods/outdoors, are great candidates for special forces.
Yeah I was just thinking.
I do the same thing but no one taught me. How did I know about this?
@@randallvaughn9318Maybe because you have a normal level of problem solving skills
@@randallvaughn9318experience? Making midtakes and learning from it?
Or you can just imitate how the deer walk
3 steps then pause and listen for a bit
repeat
@@zekiah2 That’s actually a patrol technique called SLLS. Stop, took, listen and smell. Whenever you pause for something, everyone faces outward and conducts SLLS.
When you need to get a snack at 3 am and your parents are sleeping
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You beat me to it lmfao
Move out lmfao
Running to open that microwave door before that timer goes off like it’s a bomb about to explode. 😆
Fapping beside your roommate at 3am.
Rhythm of even quiet sounds attracts attention. Break stride, pause between steps...using OP advice.
My DS in basic (Ft. Benning, Jan. 2005) taught us all his tricks during our downtime, usually on Sundays he would go to church with us and after he would ask who wanted to do voluntary training with him. He ran us hard through the woodline. He would have us just walk while he observed from outside the woodline and tell us when he could see us or hear us.
He said that if any of us could get to the other side without him calling us out by name then he'd give us a get out of jail free card. I learned A LOT, but never made it to the other side. I've got some really good bucks using his tricks.
I discovered this by accident just walking around the house trying not to disturb anyone.
My dad taught me this method to hunt deer when was younger🥺 I miss my old man
If its possible, wait until it has rained in the area and dampened all the fallen leaves. Its something I learned from hunting: you can move very quietly over wet leaves but so can the prey so be aware. Also, if possible, traverse the area when its windy as that provides a lot of noise cover. When the wind is calm and the leaves are dry its extremely difficult to not be heard unless you are moving painfully slow.
Been there, having to pause after each step, listen, then move one step forward rinse and repeat.
It’s good to have a nice perch or rangers grave to wait on or in.
Especially when it’s extremely dry.
How did native people of this continent hunt in the leaf leaden ground of deciduous forests in the northeast kingdom within the Appalachian mountains?
In late autumn; with no snow yet fallen; the ambient air, cold, crisp, no European person having been there. How, I implore, did the original habituate step within this bailiwick?
@MichaelTPowers-z6v what they would do back then is cough really loud with each step to cover the noise.
My dad taught me this 30 years ago while stalking whitetail.
And…. Your Dad probably k@&@%d a lot of NV in ‘Nam 💪🏼. Are you related to Carlos Hathcock?
My father taught me this also when hunting. He was a hunter safety instructor in Pennsylvania for 50 plus years. Also, he was a veteran. He retired after 22 years of service. Unfortunately, he has passed on this past August. This video just brought up the good memories.
@@ViolenceThroughSilencelike if you would be proud for that
Fox walk is what I was told it's called. 30 years ago.
Same. Learned from my gramps
If a platoon gets attacked there’s a really good chance they can handle it and/or call in help if they can’t. Sniper teams of 2-4 people have to roll differently because if they’re found out they can be easily overwhelmed and killed without a chance to do anything about it besides taking a few with them.
Had the privilege of getting a class from a scout section leader a few weeks ago during a field event, he went over the “sniper walk” and a couple other things. One of those that I really didn’t consider was that the human eye is much better at tracking lateral movement and movement in the peripheries. Use a clover leaf technique and approach the objective head on using as much cover while minimizing lateral drift as you can. Employ a stealthier IMT than you think you need, for example, crawl if you think you can get away with a sniper walk. One of the most memorable things he told us was, “no step on stick”.
Sounds like you were a sponge in that class. You are one with the way, my son
Now days there's 9000 ir cameras flying over your head none of this matters anymore
@kittybrowneye3163 Just wait until the military grade emps start getting used on the battlefield. It'll go right back to this instantly, and those who have the skill will be the victors.
Kitty browneye? 😂 that's pretty good
@@kittybrowneye3163 you’d be surprised, obviously you’ll still be spotted if it’s hovering directly over head, but if they’re scanning a grid, they might just miss you if you adhere to your “stealth skills”
Appreciate how dedicated he is by keeping his face concealed throughout this pro tip video. That is high level commitment to a life of camouflage. Well done sir.
The heel toe method. Also used in marching bands to quiet the sound of marching feet within the music.
The loudest noise is the snap of a twig
If he says 'leafs', you know you can trust his woodcraft. He didn't waste no time on them there book learnins.
He knows tradecraft the best real good like
I learned the stalk walk from Tom Brown.
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Yeah, except you need to have an education to be selected and make it far in these schools, and courses.
So, you're full of sht. Real men have their heads on a swivel, and real men keep an education and a mass of knowledge.
Dude is just speaking how he was raised, doesn't mean he's not educated. Mfers don't lose their accent or way of speech just because they got a degree or some education.
Lol.
I about choked when I heard that boy say leafs. Then I rewound the sumbitch and heard it again so I could feel something.
I learned very much more than high school from my Boy Scout Troop 188 discipline. We would stand at attention, learn to use a regular and compound bow, shoot a .22 rifle with and without a scope, have earned ranks with corresponding patches.. (Eagle Scout is the highest), do verbal and written reports, keep track of monetary dues and treasury accounts, study the Boy Scout Manual, learn rope knots, carve wood, build fires, set up/take down camp sites and do pushups and jumping jacks for fitness and reprimand. We were a very active unit constantly camping and hiking.. Did a 50 mile hike around Catalina Island in a week with only a backpack and dried food. Played wargames in the woods such as capture the flag! We also ate cooked snake (tastes like chicken), made animal traps and removed ticks. ❤ it. Invaluable learning, S.
I appreciate Your qualifying. Furthermore, congratulations for Your having achieved eagle scout. You guys are like the Seals of the Scouts. I would be more inclined to follow Your instructions before, even a regular serviceman. With all that being said I wish to question You as to something so simple as to whether it is consequential to step heel to toe or to step toe first?
I prefer to be as loud as possible so the bad guys think a Trex is coming.
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Native people call this the fox walk.........
I saw this in a ninja documentary, they would do this since wooden floor boards were made to make noise once someone would walk.
Floor boards were made to protect important people from ninjas
Hunter here - that's how my dad taught me to move through the woods - there is no hurry.
I remember learning this when I was 12 years old from a neighbor of a childhood friend.
People said he was crazy. He said he was a Vietnam vet.
If you were willing to listen, you could learn a lot from the man.
You mean to tell me I've been sniper walking since I was a little kid trying to sneak around?!
You’ve been a chosen one since birth, my son
I just about said the same thing. 😂
I remember walking around the house like this to get snacks in the middle of the night as a kid. lol
How do you think such tricks come around? The first one who discovered it was just doing his best, noticed it, tested it more, then spread the word to everyone just as the video does. Many technologies out today, I also thought of before I ever knew anything as a kid but because I was young doing school, someone else came up with it ahead of me. It's common to think of the same thing without education if you're smart.
Same, always told my self its leopard mode haha
My wife's grandfather told me a story of a technique they used during Vietnam when they thought the enemy was in the area they would take their boots off to move much quieter
Ah yes. The Indian Walk. My grandpa taught me that. He also said move in multiple of four steps.
It works but I thought concentrating all your weight onto your heel and edge of your feet would make more noise.
EXACTLY what I was thinking!!! :)
All it the cree step junior, it’s a part of our culture this isn’t India
Do you know why groups of 4?
The Native American method is toe first then roll to your heel. It gives you better control of your weight.
This is the exact same thing I taught my son for deer hunting. He still sounds like a herd of angry rhinos in the woods.
For all those that said they grew up in the woods and thought this was normal practice to sneak up on something we could be friends... you also probably dont care if you have friends tho 😂👍
I do prefer nature over some people. 😂😂😐
So true. I was always happiest alone on the hill , with a perfect grin sitting perfectly still. Nobody asking if they could shoot my gun and No one shooting my targets. Had asany shots as I had rounds... still love a 22lr.
We can definitely be friends…but I don’t care either way.
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@@danielstrother2494 that would be awesome... but whatever 😂
I learned this as an 80s teenager from Vietnam vets I idolized. And I have always walked like this on stealth patrols. Redondo units , macvsog , LRRPS this kinda of knowledge pass down through with other skills
My grandfather taught us boys this trick when we were young to hunt but got to go along deer hunting. As a ww2 veteran he taught us a lot of skills.
You were hunting deer. He was hunting Nazi’s
That's how we learned too.
@dolfandynasty2838 Honestly, about the same thing if you give the deer opposable thumbs.
It's amazing how you just learn this naturally through hunting as a child
Walk slowly. When you take a step point your toe down sliding it under the leaves and put your weight on dirt not leaves. It's very slow going but if your looking to be as quiet as possible that's the best way to do it. It takes a lot of practice because most people want to move way faster than they should.
That's what we learned in Nija school
@@Warmonger2024 cool, when I was in Okinawa I wanted to study to be one. But unfortunately I had to learn it by stalking white tail deer. They have got pretty good hearing.
wrong. you wanna step on your heel
Ok. I have been scouring these comments and You are the first mention of toe first. This was the method we were taught. And we were challenged with a query as to ' how did Native Americans walk in these conditions...'
@@hurpaderppwhy is it wrong?
I like the way he takes normal steps to be loud instead of taking normal steps slowly.
Also move when the wind blows and inconsistent movement. Animals move with inconsistent movement. All will mask the sound
+1 for inconsistent movement. Also, if you are avoiding rural people or game animals, you can double your footsteps so it sounds like deer. Do irregular intervals of one to five steps, with rest between, just sounds like a deer moving to anything that knows the woods
My ex Vietnam vet neighbor a few houses around in the circle taught my older brother and I how to crawl and how to walk stealthily just like that back in ‘83 or ‘84 or so, exactly like he’s showing us. Same neighbor also took shots with a rifle outta his bedroom window at our other neighbor on the other side because he was mowing his lawn too early one morning. Crazy. I hope that guy got the help he needed. He had a fort down the road beyond the creek with bags of sugar in it.
When you're coming in late from the bar.
I’m proud to say my uncle taught me this early, he was a true woodsmen
been itching to find a channel putting out this knowledge. All prepared civilians should know these tactics. Please keep up the great work
Plenty more comin’
Awesome! I get busted by animals constantly due to crunching leaves! I'll have to go give it a go... Any recommended footwear to be stealthier? I take it this is a very slow method of making movement... Thank you for your service!
This is for stalking while hunting. Not trying to sneak up on people. Lol
@@KrisSaysspit on the ground as you’re walking, the moistness will make less crunch. You’re welcome
@@LP3meI tried this but I died from dehydration within 70 yards
My uncle was a Army sniper in Vietnam and yes this is true. He taught me some techniques and here is one , when you are stalking always put one foot in front of the other because it makes it look like a game trail and the vc won't follow it because when a human walks they leave a wide path . I even learned about the 6th sense people get sometimes when you look at them with glass.
Top tip mate 👍 It really works when I’m creeping up my drive-way from being down the pub. 🍺 The wife never hears me now. Thanks 🙂
Perfect!
You showed a standard heel-to-toe step. The method my grandfather taught my (he was quarter Creek Indian) was toe-first. Your foot naturally slides UNDER the leaves. Even in boots, you can go silently and faster than people trying to be silent.
Can you see he’s paying attention not to step on any branches because sound carries a lot through the wood especially when it’s like that
Ninjas
Now how would that work ?
@@mauricematla8379the logic is lost by me man 💀
@@john-sebastianmealer3193Well how does that work ? What mechanisms are there at play then that make sound "carries" somehow further in woods ?
I have an ex military friend who tried to show me this, but he was always complaining about his feet hurting. I have been tracking and hunting since I was a child. The best thing to do is just watch placement of your foot.
The one thing I impressed the Cadre with was doing that at night without NODs and finding the 'Watchers' before they spotted me.
There is also another method used to walk through thick mud without making the huge slurping and sucking sounds. But now their just used to impress and scare my kids on hikes.
My uncle 'Carbide' (MAC V SOG 68-70) taught me when I was 11 so i could get the drop on my friends in our bb wars. " Walk like a blind man in a field of broken glass."
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Back in 1965, while visiting family near Noxon My, an elderly Indian taught me that rolling walk when hunting. Still use it in the woods
Living in a rain forest this is how I walked as a kid in the woods. Keep it sneaky so I don’t alarm any animals who may be bigger than me as a kid. So nice to see that it’s a real thing people do.
That's the worst thing to do if your trying not to get attacked by something bigger than you. Walk up on a bear an it doesn't know you're there = a bad time. Theres a reason if in bear or big cat country your supposed to make noise while walking.
@@gamebred5662 not technically the sense I’m talking but I know about bears. Be loud and big.
You are actually doing a Ninja Walk. I learned this method from a Student in the Iga Ryu ninjutsu school while I was in Kyoto for a Day trip. Heel, then Side, then Down all Slow and Deliberate movement till mastered
Solid Snake taught me this back in MGS...course he got cut off explaining it because PS controllers weren't sophisticated enough to actually do that 😅
The Boss did in MGS3 and it's in the game. Use the direction pad instead of stick to move.
There is another way to mimic the sound of a quadruped. But your way is great for being quiet. Bare feet are even better. It leaves the least spore. Pretty ease to track a person through leaves if they don’t know what they are doing.
I did the same footstyle stepping. When I was hunting, it works.
What's pretty dope is the history of this walk, Native American tribes used this method in combat and hunting
This is the first thing I learned in army cadets, probably 25 years ago. have since taught my son how to walk quietly in the woods for hunting
I was taught the reason Indians used this method was more about staying stable while attempting to sneak quietly. Than just simply noise reduction.
I've used that technique for stalking since I was a little kid. I was taught by an old Nam vet while playing hide and seek with the neighbor kids. As kids, our hide and seek games were all about stealth.
My brother in law needs to watch this video so he stops walking like an ogre while deer hunting.
Then you roll heel to toe right onto a twig under the leaves SNAP 😮
best opportunity for movement is post rain or during rain in my experience. Wet or damp forest floor is a GO
As a kid on the farm I learned this very early . I could sneak up on any one day night. I loved scaring my older brother and his buddy's camping on the back of the farm . Especially at night. They were seniors in highschool all going to the Marines after graduation and me a third grader not scared of the dark . Oh I wish go pros were invented back then. I'm pretty sure a few of them went on in life with nightmares cause of my azz .
Been hunting dang near 40 years.. that's exactly how we do it. Deliberate slow motion with pauses between steps. Those pauses make it harder to pinpoint you and allow you to hear what's going on around yourself as well.
That's called the Indian walk. My dad taught me it. He could literally disappear behind you and circle you without you knowing.
It's not called Indian walk. We native Americans call it a Fox walk
@@MrAjusogI’m also Native Americans and I say fvck them fox’s I like Indian walk better 😂😂
@@MrAjusog We foxes call it the Snoop Shuffle
We Snoops call it the Willie walk.
Works everywhere. I taught this technique to my nephew when he asked how I could move so quietly when we played hide and go seak. My mom was always startled when I walked around the corner because she couldn’t hear me coming. They have a joke now that I need to wear a bell when I’m around because thats how I’ve been moving for years unless running. I been practicing this since I was a kid playing in the woods and trying to be a ninja. Lol
Been doing this 36yrs my father was a LRRP in Vietnam 🎉
He’s a living legend
My dad taught me similar. At 5 or 6 year's old stepping in his tracks. He said go slow but pay attention to the wind moving thing's. The less the wind, the slower you move. With pause every so often and make a quick mental note of where sticks, rocks, logs etc. are in front of you. You can also do this with a quick look while moving. In heavy hardwoods during a dry period, late fall is tough to trek through. Daylight is best for those times while the ground and leaves still have some moisture from the night. Hunting, wind direction is important and not having change or metal objects making noise. Animals will look for where a leaf or stick is moved or broke but metal noise is not common for them to hear and alarming to them and humans if any true distance in the timber.
Been doing this for 59 years, my father was a dentist in Toledo
Then how do you "make any time" getting to your FFP? It just seems like that's a ton of energy and a ton of time being expended... How do you make movement quicker?
I went hunting with a buddy of mine... never again. He was making all kinds of crazy noise and not even avoiding the leaves. It was like he was purposely dragging his feet and hitting every pile. Needless to say, we didn't get anything that day.
I taught myself this over 30 years ago chasing whitetail. Works great ...
Something i figured out in my teens about 50 years ago. The old worn out boots i always had back then were quieter, colder and less waterproof too.
Also break up the walking process with pauses so as to not create a rhythmic pattern.
Take 2 steps pause. Take 1 step pause, take 3 steps pause. Take 1 step pause. Take 1 step pause.
It mimics the scamper of a squirrel.
Avoid the loud snap of a stick. Theres nothing heavy enough to snap a twig other than a large predator (bear) or a human. A snapping twig gets the attention of everything within hearing distance.
I take slow flat steps taking care to pick my feet up a little higher than usual. If the leaves are dry and the ground is dry it will crunch no matter what. No reason to make the noise last longer.
In the woods, heck!!! I practiced & honed these skills early on old wood floors as a teenager sneaking in & out of the house while my parents were asleep.
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Indians stalked toes and ball of foot to heel. Like tip toeing but slowly putting the whole foot down. The opposite of what you showed. It makes a smaller initial footprint like the heel but able to bear all your weight so if you feel / encounter a twig stick drier leaves you just didn’t continue to put your entire foot down snapping the twig. It allows you to step into a smaller area.
I have been using it for years stalking deer in NS Canada. I also wear moccasin boots. 5 steps STOP 5 more the same. Got some great animals.
The scariest thing is ground radar listening arrays with a good operator can tell you almost anything about ground movements, and they reach out to over a mile. A good LPOP with Long Range Recon Teams and manpack listening dishes can give grids to thermal air recon systems...being a sniper can be a terrifying thing with long range surveillance teams that know what their doing and are looking and listening for everything. I would hate to be a foreign entity that is facing good U.S. Recon Teams that are appropriately geared up and have good LPOP support teams.
😮 You did what my PAPA taught us Except he said to hesitate off and on in a random way ... he told us... THE INDIANS DID IT THAT WAY TOO. Cuz of that ? We loved walkin that way. ❤
Heel to outside edge to toe lessen the surface area of your footprint and eases you into your terrain as a kid I figures this out just running around our acreage full of weeds brush and tree leaves hunting quail and pheasant which are not easy foul to sneak up on as I had to get close to them since I was only hunting with a high powered PELLET GUN it was challenging but fun and after a while you just seem to know where and how to place your feet and manage your stride, that’s how I spent my time as a kid NO IPADS OR TECH OF ANY KIND!
Old native American trick my grandpa taught me this at an early age. My grandpa was in the Korean war and Vietnam.👍👍
The walking he shows i learned from a SERE instructor, Its called scout walking and is used in Army and USMC and all of the Military branches. take this information and save it.
Been doing that technique since I was a kid deer hunting. I always used it when I was in the military. Common sense to me but not everyone
A neighbor was from a local native tribe. He had been taught to walk silently. He was extremely good at it. You would not hear anything, and rarely find tracks.
Did he walk heel to toe? Or did he walk toe to heel?
I was a boom operator for many years. When I started out, I noticed the noise of my steps and kinda instinctively did this. Everything down to putting my weight on the outer edge of my sole. Works great.
I still feel that the toe to heel method is more propitious.
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This is how I learned to walk for hunting when I was young. I've noticed a huge difference between footsteps and my wife or daughters.
My father was a Korean War veteran (Canadian), he thought me to walk like that when I was old enough to hunt with him in the early 80's, im still doing it today.
My father taught me this as a young hunter. My platoon sergeant really drove it home as a young infantryman. Another tactic I've learned to employ while moving through dry timber- I walk with a hen turkey diaphragm call. When I take that inevitable, deafening misstep, I stop and after remaining motionless for what seems like too long, I softly churp or make a couple squacks( that could be a squirrel? ) I have no way of knowing how effective this is. As a bow hunter, I'm certain it has aided in getting me through the whitetail woods less noticed.
It’s not the rustle of the leaves, it’s the branches that break under your feet. That pop sound travels waaay farther than a leafy crunch.
That's literally from a book on ninjitsu from the early 90's. It's all about lowering the surface area. And the guy that wrote it was the ninja on deadliest warrior.
This walking technique was adopted from 14th century Ninjutsu or more commonly known as Ninja Stealth tequniques.
If you go down on your toe first then your heal, you have better control. It’s quieter. I was taught that by my Apache grandfather in about 1960.
200 yards is crazy. If your casually walking then yeah. If you take your time and pick where you stel before stepping then i’d say more like 60 or 70.
That’s an ancient Native American foot technique of rolling your foot . The aftermath cannot be a “ trail “ but a diversion of side or lateral movement and then brushing techniques to minimize or disrupt the trail you just made without making its excessive
I was taught that back 43 years ago in the Australian Army cheers mate
These are also great tips for hunting aswell, the stepping technique that he talks about let's me get with in 50 to 80 meters from deer
Read accounts of lrrps/rangers in Vietnam. Would take them hours to move relatively short distances due to the need to move as quietly as possible.
It’s one of the great things about Pennsylvania and a lot of north eastern forest, was always told you learn to stalk quiet here, won’t be much challenge elsewhere
We were taught that as kids in Indian Guides. I still use it while hunting when I enter the woods late.
Thanks, this is really going to come in handy for all of the snipers out there learning how to walk.
If you can find a shoe like a moccasin that’s really key. So you can feel the ground without a big thick sole
Ngl kinda proud of myself for using this technique naturally without even knowing it was a legit army sniper stealth technique lol
This method allows you to feel what's below your feet. You can feel the sticks so you don't break them as you step
Ive been retired now for 9 years and still walk like this. Im not sure i can ever fully unlearn this trait
Always use natural cover to your advantage take two maybe three maybe four stop use of peripheral vision to look around use your ears to hear
Learned as a kid to walk like an Indian in the woods. Minimize sound. Minimize the trail. How to hunt from the best teachers of them all.
I prefer the fox walk. Role from the toes to the back of the foot. It takes some practice, but it's rather fast and very quiet.
Hey Dad! Just like you taught us 👍🏾 Worrks on other surfaces as well and never drag your feet unless you’re in shin-deep water.