HHaisten

thanks--this are I have been hunting--obvious deer travel route as well as adjoing a bedding area. that is the problem--they are bedding almost right where they eat. I spook deer each morning coming in. I am wanting to sit and stay a while (more than usual 2-3 hrs) and see what happens.

I've sat in stands all day that I had the utmost confidance in but didn't see a deer all day. I have to add that i just picked a stand and went out there in the morning without doing any scouting first. Had I done my scouting I would have found that the deer were moving from across the river 1/4 mile away to a rye food plot to eat all day. I found this out from my dad who had set up in one of our 3 stands around the rye and passed up several bucks during the day before taking a nice 8 pointer in the early afternoon. The confidance you have in a certain stand makes it much easier to sit still and not fidget too I believe. Do your scouting and see what the deer are up to.
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