I like to be all setup and quiet a good half hour BEFORE shooting opens 30 mins before sun-up. That way, the creatures have forgotten I'm there and everything is back to normal by the time it's deer-thirty. Works great. Most of the deer I've seen have been within the first hour of shooting light.

With the hike I take and the time it takes to make sure my hang-on is well-hung, I have to park 1.5 hours before sunrise.

Public hunting grounds thathold dailylotteries to determine hunting area preference really piss me off because there is no way to be in a good spot early enough when they start the drawings so late. [:@]