RE: Disadvantages to getting to stand REALLY early?
Not being able to stay thru the 1:00 PM hour because you have been on stand since 4:00 AM. I really have a problem with leaving my stand, rather than getting to it. I just don't want to leave until afternoon. Then, if I am doing an evening hunt as well, I may as well just stay on stand or move to another for the evening.
Lots of big bucks killed mid-day. I like my odds better if I go in about 1hr before light and stay put longer.
LT