I hunted one of my most consistent morning spots today for only the second time this year. For the second time, the deer were moving along the corner of a clearing. Unfortunately, there are no decent trees for my climber and I don' t want to put up a hanging stand because we' ve had 2 stands stolen from about 50 yds away. There is one tree I was looking at this morning that could possibly work but it will take some major pruning in order to make it suitable for my climber. I would need to cut many branches off and cut a couple shooting lanes. There is a real nice 140-150 class buck using this area so I would like to try it a couple more times this year.

Do I dare start pruning on a new tree now, or wait until after the season is done to get the tree ready and shooting lanes cleared?