Hunting strategy

A hunting strategy, or hunting method, is for locating, targeting, and killing a targeted animal. Hunting methods have also been applied to situations such as the pursuit of child abusers by government agencies and the targeting of a small military unit by a larger one, especially during low intensity conflict.Fact|date=February 2007

*Baiting is the use of decoys, lures, scent or food to attract targeted animals.
*Blind or Stand hunting is waiting for animals in a concealed or elevated position.
*Calling is the use of noises to attract or drive animals.
*Camouflage is concealing oneself visually, or with scent, to blend in with the environment; used first by the British in the 18th century in India, from which the word khaki first entered the modern vernacular.
*Dogs may be used to help flush, herd, drive, track, point at, pursue, or retrieve animals.
*Driving is the herding of animals in a particular direction, as over a cliff or to other hunters.
*Flushing is the practice of scaring targets from concealed areas.
*Glassing is the use of optical instruments (such as binoculars) to locate animals more easily.
*Spotlighting is the use of artificial light to find or blind targets before capture. Modern lighting also includes IR and other devices.
*Scouting consists of a variety of tasks and techniques for finding animals to hunt.
*Stalking is the practice of walking stealthily, often in pursuit of an identified animal.
*Tracking is the practice of interpreting physical evidence to pursue animals.
*Trapping is the use of devices (e.g., snares, pits, deadfalls) to capture or kill an animal.