How long would you wait ?
10-16-2005 | 05:37 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: NW Ohio , 5 min from Ottawa National / Magee Marsh
How long would you wait ?
Fri I got signed permission to hunt the next farm over from one I already hunt. ( land changed hands Fri AM)
Sat and Sun I scouted , hung a7 stands , cut some mininal shooting lanes , installed 3 electric line poles for stands over looking some over grown CPR feilds .
No stand sights offered any clear shots without some trimming
The CPR feilds are grown up with 8 -15' brush with lanes cut thru for loging ( deer trails every where )
I know I pushed the deer around .
How long would wait till you started hunting the new stands I put up ?
Johnch
Sat and Sun I scouted , hung a7 stands , cut some mininal shooting lanes , installed 3 electric line poles for stands over looking some over grown CPR feilds .
No stand sights offered any clear shots without some trimming
The CPR feilds are grown up with 8 -15' brush with lanes cut thru for loging ( deer trails every where )
I know I pushed the deer around .
How long would wait till you started hunting the new stands I put up ?
Johnch
10-16-2005 | 06:29 PM
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Typical Buck
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From: Wisconsin
RE: How long would you wait ?
If I put a new stand up during the season, even with minimal trimming, I like to wait at least a week before going back into the area again. I know a lot of guys would go back the next day, but I like to make sure things are settled down before being in there again.
10-16-2005 | 06:45 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: creemore Ontario Canada
RE: How long would you wait ?
I think I'd give it a few day's to a week as well ,deer seem to notice change's very easily ,and with all the scent left around after being there a few day's should be good.
nubo
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10-16-2005 | 08:40 PM
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From: central IL
RE: How long would you wait ?
Wow! You put ALOT of work into your hunting land and you deserve to harvest a great deer. If the land you currently hunt joins this land, you have probably moved alot of them to your original spot, so sit back in your stand and enjoy the show! Then, in a week or so, they will have moved back to their comfort zone.
10-17-2005 | 07:07 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Damascus MD
RE: How long would you wait ?
Why do some of you guys say to "wait a few days"or"let things settle down"before hunting these stands? Because you think the deer are spooked becausethey have never heard unusual noises or smelled human scent and he's wasting his time hunting there because NO deer will move through any of these now scented up areas for a week/2 weeks(heck, I didnt even know deer could keep track of time, very intersting stuff), and if he waits a few days he will have a better chance at seeing deer? Or, will they just forgot they smelled him after a week or 2 and then its okay to hunt?
Maybe, if he goes back and sits in one of his 7 stands he will ruin the hunting in the entire areafor the rest of the season because the deer will not return if they smell his scent one more time?
Or is there another good reason I havent thought of? If the deer that live there smelled his scent already, do they leave the area for a few days and come back when the "coast is clear" sign is given? Or do they bed down and move only at nights for 1 week or 2 weeks or something that I havent read studies on when they get a whiff of human scent??
I wouldconsider most good huntersuse scent control the best he/she can whenever entering hunting areas and if this gentelman put up 7 stands he obviously is somewhat dedicated, right? So, if he hunts there the next day using scent control, rubber boots etc, he wont see any deer correct, or he will further ruin his hunting location??
Fill me in, I'm curious to hear your answers.
Maybe, if he goes back and sits in one of his 7 stands he will ruin the hunting in the entire areafor the rest of the season because the deer will not return if they smell his scent one more time?
Or is there another good reason I havent thought of? If the deer that live there smelled his scent already, do they leave the area for a few days and come back when the "coast is clear" sign is given? Or do they bed down and move only at nights for 1 week or 2 weeks or something that I havent read studies on when they get a whiff of human scent??
I wouldconsider most good huntersuse scent control the best he/she can whenever entering hunting areas and if this gentelman put up 7 stands he obviously is somewhat dedicated, right? So, if he hunts there the next day using scent control, rubber boots etc, he wont see any deer correct, or he will further ruin his hunting location??
Fill me in, I'm curious to hear your answers.
10-17-2005 | 07:38 AM
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From: Russellville, Arkansas
RE: How long would you wait ?
ORIGINAL: Diesel77
Why do some of you guys say to "wait a few days"or"let things settle down"before hunting these stands? Because you think the deer are spooked becausethey have never heard unusual noises or smelled human scent and he's wasting his time hunting there because NO deer will move through any of these now scented up areas for a week/2 weeks(heck, I didnt even know deer could keep track of time, very intersting stuff), and if he waits a few days he will have a better chance at seeing deer? Or, will they just forgot they smelled him after a week or 2 and then its okay to hunt?
Maybe, if he goes back and sits in one of his 7 stands he will ruin the hunting in the entire areafor the rest of the season because the deer will not return if they smell his scent one more time?
Or is there another good reason I havent thought of? If the deer that live there smelled his scent already, do they leave the area for a few days and come back when the "coast is clear" sign is given? Or do they bed down and move only at nights for 1 week or 2 weeks or something that I havent read studies on when they get a whiff of human scent??
I wouldconsider most good huntersuse scent control the best he/she can whenever entering hunting areas and if this gentelman put up 7 stands he obviously is somewhat dedicated, right? So, if he hunts there the next day using scent control, rubber boots etc, he wont see any deer correct, or he will further ruin his hunting location??
Fill me in, I'm curious to hear your answers.
Why do some of you guys say to "wait a few days"or"let things settle down"before hunting these stands? Because you think the deer are spooked becausethey have never heard unusual noises or smelled human scent and he's wasting his time hunting there because NO deer will move through any of these now scented up areas for a week/2 weeks(heck, I didnt even know deer could keep track of time, very intersting stuff), and if he waits a few days he will have a better chance at seeing deer? Or, will they just forgot they smelled him after a week or 2 and then its okay to hunt?
Maybe, if he goes back and sits in one of his 7 stands he will ruin the hunting in the entire areafor the rest of the season because the deer will not return if they smell his scent one more time?
Or is there another good reason I havent thought of? If the deer that live there smelled his scent already, do they leave the area for a few days and come back when the "coast is clear" sign is given? Or do they bed down and move only at nights for 1 week or 2 weeks or something that I havent read studies on when they get a whiff of human scent??
I wouldconsider most good huntersuse scent control the best he/she can whenever entering hunting areas and if this gentelman put up 7 stands he obviously is somewhat dedicated, right? So, if he hunts there the next day using scent control, rubber boots etc, he wont see any deer correct, or he will further ruin his hunting location??
Fill me in, I'm curious to hear your answers.