On 3 different occasions, I have gone back to camp for a quick lunch, and snuck quietly back to my hunting spot and seen deer. The third time I killed a 10 pointer.. the other 2 times they saw me first and took off.
It seems to me that if I leave the woods and make a lot of noise, then sneak back to my spot quietly, that it is possible to fool the deer into thinking that no one is there. The spot I hunt is public land near thick pines where they bed.. usually a ground blind on a hillside.

It may have all been coincidence, but does anybody think this is a useful tactic? If so, I will make a lot of noise when going to my blind, set up my chair, then make a lot of noise leaving the area.. then sneak back quietly.

Let me know if anyone else has done this successfully.