I have been told by a number of different experienced hunters... if you are putting up a fixed stand... best to get it up weeks before you plan on hunting that spot. And I believe this is good advice. But a lot of times this is not an option. On 11/1 at 2:30pm I hung a permanent stand for bowhunting... I hunted this stand that day and saw deer but nothing close enough to shoot. On 11/2 at 6am, I headed back up to my stand (saw two deer before I even got into the stand), at 7am... I shot a buck at 20 yards. This buck looked right at me and I could tell he knew something wasn' t right but when he tried to smell me and couldn' t get anything - he went about his business and the rest of the story is now in the freezer. I also hunt with a climber and I think the climber is a definate advantage due to the ability to move around. If you hunt a spot with a climber and see a deer and it doesn' t see you... move closer to where you saw the deer. My experience has been if they aren' t spooked then they will continue to use that same trail.