My dad stayed in his stand from daylight till dark when i was starting to hunt, now my dad never archery hunted he just rifle hunted so i knew that if i wanted to hunt that i would have to stay on stand all day , yea it sucked when i was 12,,13, 14, 15, 16, but when i was 17 you couldnt drag me out of my stand until dark and from age 17 on there wasnt to many years i didnt get a buck in rifle season, then i started archery hunting when i was 19 and for some reason i just hunt in the morning on stand and make a few drives with my friends from about 10:30 till 2:00 then head for the afternoon stand.

The bad thing usually in rifle season it was freezing out, but i stuck it out and i found out that if you take your eyes off the woods for a while thats when you usually get burnt by the bucks or does. so i just watch the woods....

Hunting with a bow brings about a different challenge on every hunt!!!