I feel it depends on a multitude of factors. 1) what type of stand is it, i.e. treestand or ground blind. 2) Where is the stand located, i.e. funnel, corridor, bed, food source. 3) The deer population. 4) The prevailing wind direction. 5) What breeding/feeding stage the deer are in currently. 6) Hunter density. 7) Size of the land. 8) YOUR scouting and patterning abilities. 9) How much YOU hunt. 10) What YOU hunt. 11) Weather.

Different answers to all those questions will deduce starkly contrasting results.

Hence, if I hunt mainly funnels on doe trails leading to food sources, I know I have a good stand. In areas with high deer populations I can get away with " burning" that stand more often, because it is a high-use area and a natural security ' blanket' for the deer. I hunt funnels and corridors as often as I want, without worrying about spooking the deer (I hunt small acreage with very high populations of deer). If it rains, you need not worry about scent, and noise will be greatly reduced. Scent elimination, concealment, reduced movement, and having multiple trails TO your stand will allow ' over-hunting' of this stand site. During the rut, if you continually see does from this stand, sit there all day and every day because eventually you will catch a perusing stud looking for the ladies.

However if I' m going to hunt a buck, particulary a dominant buck which I have identified, the game changes. I' m now hunting a rub lined buck trail, or a buck bed, and he' s not going to get spooked more than twice before abandoning his routine. I' ll go with Rack on hunting this stand, probably no more than once a week or every other, with rain between visits to dissipate any scent.

This question comes up often, and I feel you need to diagnose multiple factors for an accurate result.

Good luck,

S&R