I've taken several deer after urinating right out of my treestand.

I use to hold it until I was done hunting. One day I couldn't hold it and was too lazy to climb down, in my climber,and go. So I went right out of the stand. About a half hour later, here came a doe. She walked right under me. She did not act nervous at all.

Ever since then, I'll got right out of the stand and I haven't noticed it alarming deer. Like I said, I've taken several after going out of the stand.

I'm not what you would call a trophy hunter. Most of my bucks were quite small.

If I were hunting a big bruiser buck, I might not want to give it any hint of anything out of the ordinary. So I probably would not go near the stand. But if you are after does or just any legal buck, go out of the stand.