How long to wait when hanging new stand?
 

I want to hunt a place that I've been hunting on Saturday. I also want to hang a lock-on stand in a different tree....to make it easy for my son and I to get in there more quietly. Do I need to worry about the "New" scent....if I use good cover scent spray on it.....and...is tomorrow too late to hang this stand....if I wish to hunt there on saturday?

Thanks

Jeff

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I have hung stand and shot a deer out of it that evening. I use my climber in differnt spots and see deer all the time.

Be very scent conscious,keep your trimming to a minumum andwear rubber gloves while hanging your stand.

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I wouldn't worry about it at all. Whenever I take a trip up north I hang stands and see deer the same day. One time I had deer come in when I was hanging a stand - they looked up with that typical, "now get a load of this moron" look on their faces and went on their business. The following day they came back and I took one. They are strange critters.

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I hunt it the same day quite often and I have had good luck doing so.

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My second year hunting, first year bowhunting, I decided to buy a ladder stand. I wasn't having very good luck sitting on the ground. I'd have deer come within 15 yards everyday, nice bucks too, but every time I'd get ready for a shot something would go wrong. I hit a branch with my bow or one of my joints would pick that time to make the loudest pop in the world. Anyway, I decided it was time to buy a stand. Bought one, put it up in the afternoon and hunted the next morning. I didn't wear rubber gloves or spray any scent elimination on it, just put it up and cut a few branches out of the way to make some shooting lanes. I saw bucks the next morning and about every morning after that. I shot at one, but hit him too far forward. Hit the shoulder and didn't penetrate but about an inch. Learned a lot that year about hunting. I'd say hang it and hunt it and don't worry too much about anything else.

Good luck.

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I try and wait at least 12 hours-72 hours

I have hung a stand and then seen deer withing a couple of hours, but it was not deer season.

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I shot my largest deer to date by hanging the stand the same day. I hung it at 11:30, went back at 3:00 shot it at 6:30.. BIG 8

So hang it, and as long as the wind is right you should be ok.. I wouldnt hang it though, unless your hanging it in the same wind as you would hunt the stand. Always use the wind...!!!

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It's the rut man, just hunt! :D Don't worry about anything. I've been halfway up a tree screwing in steps, sweating, cussing and talking to myself only to have a buck walk right by mepaying no mind. The bucks let their guard a little now, so take advantage of it. Hang it and hunt it. Nobody goes up a tree with a climber and waits 24 hours to shoot a deer out of it do they? ;)

Hope your boy gets one!

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as most have said it doesn't matter if you take the normal precautions. rubber boots sprat scent neutralizer on self and equipment, minimal trimming. go get em! i have a lone wolf hang on and climbing sticks and hunt multiple spots. i never leave a stand in the tree. i have taken many animals the 1st time on stand. i even walk in in the pre-dawn hours and just have a general idea where i want to hunt and take my headlamp look around for a good sitting tree and climb up and hunt. took 2 doe this way this year and passed on many small bucks. i don't have the money to buy tons of stands as well as i like being as mobile as possible. i believe in moving around and not letting the deer pattern you either.

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I agree with everyone else! You should be just fine hunting the same day!

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I would not worry about it too much. I have taken many deer after hanging the stand the night before, or even that morning.
Most recently, I was redecking my permanent stand, running the chainsaw and hammering away for close to an hour. Mid swing of the hammer, I hear a twig break behind me. I turn around and there stands a rather confused and concerned 6 point. I blinked, finished the nail and stood up. It took him close to another thirty seconds to book it on out of there. Now, I may have screwed myself for the coming weeks, but it proves a point that deer, if accustomed to human activity in the woods, can really become, ummmm, careless when dealing with new things in the woods.
If there is human activity around (ie farms, constuction, or logging) I would not worry about it all that much. If you are hunting a pristine location with little human activity, plan properly, eliminate scent and keep that noise to a minimum. If you are hunting a bedding area, hang the stand at night, since the deer are (most likely) feeding. Vice versa for a feeding area. These are not steadfast rules, but have led to me killing many a buck.

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Same day is fine. I killed a buck within hours of putting one up
a few years ago.

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I've hung them in the morning and hunted them the same afternoon and taken deer.

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I hung the stand and ladder, yesterday. I've been hunting that location from my climber....but it's a LONG hike to get in there, and I don't like being sweaty first thing....then freezing my nads off......so I hung a lock-on (BTW...bought a Summit Copperhead for $89, yesterday). I left 50 lbs of peanut/corn mix and a 5 gal bucket of apples on my way out as a peace offering to any deer I may have disturbed....lol.

Happy hunting....and thanks for the replies. We'll hunt this location, Saturday.

Jeff

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I would wait for the wind to be right before hanging it. Do it during the middle of the day and be as scent free as possible. Don't overdress and wear gloves. If I'm moving a stand I like to wait untill just before a good rain or the wind will be in the right direction for a day or so. If everything is in your favor you could hunt it the same day.

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Like I said....I hung it yesterday.....knowing that the wind was gonna kick up and it was going to rain, today (edge of a front).

I think I timed it, perfectly. It should ne good-to-go, Saturday.

jeff

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When i hang a new stand i sit in it that day, i have never had a problem with seeing deer from it either.

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I have hunted out of them that same evening but i like to wait atleast a few days so the deer are used to it by then.

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Where did you get a Copperhead for $89 ?? I want one!!

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Hang'm in the morning and hunt'm in the afternoon.

I will spray my stands with a scent eliminator spray after I hang them up...can't hurt.

I have shot good buck from newly erected stands...I fell its becasue you tend to be more careful in a new area so the deer don't see /smell you.

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The copperhead is new and in the box. I couldn't believe the deal, either.

The place is in Denver, NC....called:

Rob & Don's Denver Sportsman

I don't know their number....but I'll be back down there in a few days. I am building a construction project in that area. Let me know if I can help.

Jeff

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As long as you didn't do much lane trimming, I wouldn't be afraid to hunt in it the same day.

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The 1st day is the best.As long as you did not hang the dang thing at peek tims for deer.

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I have a climber, but haven't used it in years. I use screw-in steps and a hang on stand -- and I hunt them as soon as I'm finished setting it up, both morning and evening. If you're quiet setting it up, this is your best chance since they haven't smelled your lingering scent, etc.