all day hunts
09-12-2005, 02:20 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 36
all day hunts
I've decided this year I'm gonna try spending the entire day in my stand. The problem is I get very restless and bored and have such a hard time standing past four hours. During the rut though esp. with the full moon I need to stick it out all day and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions to make time go by a little better. Or any other advise for an all day hunt in a tree stand. thanks.
09-12-2005, 02:25 PM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SE Pennsylvania
Posts: 539
RE: all day hunts
day dreaming and sleeping.. but you might miss the buck of a lifetime!! I usually just stick it out and stay deep in thought. Mostly about what kind of deer is going to show up and from where. Then I day dream a little more about taking the deer and differentsenarios. Might want to bring a book (not as noisey as a magazine) and read that while in the woods. Just keep your ears out for deer.
MAYBE THAT WILL HELP
09-12-2005, 03:37 PM
#5
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Miami, Florida
Posts: 160
RE: all day hunts
I only hunt all day because it is so hard to get to and from my stand in the swamp (a half mile walk through knee high water, most of the time, with 50 pounds of gear on my back). Once I get there, I tend to stay there until it's time to come back. I also mostly see deer in the morning and evening because that's when it is the coolest out. I usually stand up the first couple of hours and the last couple (ie prime time), then in between I alternate sitting and standing. I usuallybring a book and read in the middle of the day. That does two things for me: 1) it keeps me from nodding off as much, and 2) it does help pass the time. I can still listen, and I stop every couple of pages or so to look around. Works for me anyway.
09-12-2005, 04:53 PM
#7
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lehigh County PA USA
Posts: 12,157
RE: all day hunts
First suggestion would be to get the most comfortable stand you can afford. I have found that since I bought my Summit Revolution (lounge style climber) that I can stay on stand much longer than before.
Second, and don't laugh, I have taken up birdwatching as a way to pass the time in between deer sightings. You have to basically drag me from the stand some days.
Second, and don't laugh, I have taken up birdwatching as a way to pass the time in between deer sightings. You have to basically drag me from the stand some days.
09-12-2005, 05:12 PM
#9
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location:
Posts: 1,758
RE: all day hunts
Ok, you guys are going to think that i am crazy, but my mom bought me one of those little hand held yahtzee games and put camo tape on it. Yeah so that is what i do when the deer arnt moving and im bored in the stand. That and think about a 200" typical whitetail under me.
09-12-2005, 05:18 PM
#10
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location:
Posts: 618
RE: all day hunts
If I know I am hidden in my stand well enough I take a magazine to read.Or make some kind of cover for it and read.Either magazine or book.Helps pass the time.Everything is quiet when you read so you can hear if something apporaches.
