Where I live (Central Wisconsin) the deer are noctournal. It seems the only real chance I have at bagging deer is to bait them and hope they come right before dusk. Does anybody have any other ideas? I'm surrounded by creek bottoms and pine tree plantations with some middle oak staging areas but the deer are noctournal for the most part. Big bucks right in our backyard with bait though.

Another question is, when night comes, and I have to get out of my stand, there are usually deer there (too dark to shoot). I tried waiting them out but after an hour or so they still don't leave the area. I end up spooking them every time this happens. Any suggestions on that one?

Thanks