ORIGINAL: mossbergman11/OH
ORIGINAL: Crow31
You need good cover. You need the wind in your favor. Nobody has touched on noise pollution. Mature bucks spend 90% of their life in a core area of about 20-30 acres. In that small of an area any non-native sound is going to keep a buck away. Old stands, stands that aren't fastened tight enough, stackin' stix that aren't tight enough, they creak and pop. I've spooked deer when climbing up and my wedding band hit stackin' stick. Just a little "ting" can ruin your morning.
my parents have 35 acres and i hunt it. i have a ground blind, a stand, and soon 2 other stands that i will hunt out of.
here are pics of my stand location. i have to adjust something becasue the seat is crooked against the tree and it kills my back. tell me what i should do.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=3249936&mpage=2&key=
first ,pick a bigger tree, if you can..
in archery small tree is fine but when wind blows in winter,THAT BIG OLE TREE IS LIFESAVER.
next, see how your tree comes bent out where you sit..
find a tree that bends BACKWARD, the more the better,then you can lean back.
i cant stress how much you need to find a BIG TREE in winter.
i dont even use my climbing stands in winter anymore as they can only fit tree so big and wind moves you around here in pa.
you should have seen guy 75 yds from me the first week of deer SWAYING in tree with climbing stand.
i almost got sea sick watching him but it did let me pass the day watching him.
ladder treestand does work fine on UNSPOOKED deer but with way the deer are SPOOKED here in wmu2g of pa.
climbing stand is one to use now if you want to increase your odds of getting buck.
i may have to go to CLIMBING STAND again after first day of buck season as those hunters are now ruining my hunt and got my area all stunk up and shot out.
so, sproul may go nocturnal next year and use his climbing stand