I also like to get to my stand 45 min before shooting light. It gives me plenty of time to get set up and cooled down from the walk in, and gives the woods time to settle down from me walking in. The biggest deer I have ever killed, a 7 pt with 221/2" inside spread, came by my stand @ 6:30 a.m. So I want to be good and ready when its light enough to see.