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Old 09-14-2006 | 09:33 PM
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Default RE: Got busted - now what!?

I agree, I'd leave that stand idle for a week or so.
3 deer have spooked there, they say they leave tell tale scent I think, from thier hooves when scared?
This will cause other deer to either avoid the area or be "on guard" coming thru, making it much harder for you to get on them and draw without being picked off.
I don't know how big of an area you have to hunt there but there must be another spot you can hunt for a week or so?
I also do not know how many days you hunt per year but it would seem if you are only seeing a few deer per year you may be in the wrong spots?

Do you have another tree stand?
If not, you could either pick up another one, doesn't need to be anything fancy, a 30-40.00 hang on and some steps will kill just as many deer as a 200.00 stand. It won't be as comfy maybe but you'll still be hunting.
Or, you could go in and pull that stand at a time of day the deer will not be there. Might be the middle of the night. Then re hang it in a different spot.

I rarely hunt the same stand morning and night and never hunt the same stand more than twice in a row.
You have to keep them from patterning you. They are very good at it, their life depends on it.

I am lucky, I have been bow hunting for more than 20 years and have accumulated lots of stands by buying one or 2 every few years.

Good luck whatever you decide to do.

And check your arrows before ech hunt so it doesn't bite you again!


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