I am wondering when everyone thinks is the best time to get in a treestand in the morning -- way before the sun comes up when you need a flashlight (which I think alerts deer) or wait 'till you can see without a light and sneek in quietly? The reason I ask is that this year I hunted large state forest ground, walked in really deep to get away from others. My observations after hunting this ground maybe 6 times is that on the days I got in before the sun came up (I had to use a flashlight), I didn't see anything. But on the days when I waited and snuck in when it was light enough to navigate without a light I saw deer. Of the deer I saw, one was one of the nicest bucks I have ever seen. Another was the nicest I have been lucky enough to take with a bow. To sum it up, four mornings I used a light to get to my stand and didn't see any deer. Two times I got to within a few hundred yards of my stand and waited untill I could see to navigate without a flashlight, then slowly snuck into my stand. On those two days I saw deer. What do you'll think?