I'm no expert by any means as this will be my second year hunting. But I have asked this question here before and have concluded that it truly doesn't matter. Sure, it's probably better to do so the sooner you can. But I've moved my stand around and hunted out of it the next morning seeing plenty of deer and its a ladder stand. And I've read plenty of hunting magazine articles that basically say don'tbe afraid to just hang it and hunt hard for a few days before moving on to the next spot.

My neighbor didn't get his huge bulky tripod stand with a plastic tarp that flaps in the wind for cover and a propane tank that swings below itto power his heaterput up until 10 p.m. the night before. That's right. He was in the pitch black woods by the light of his headlights assembling the tripod stand the night before. He filled both his tags the next morning.