Do you name your stands?
01-19-2006, 04:53 PM
#21
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: PA
Posts: 9,085
RE: Do you name your stands?
me and dad named our favorite spot "the last stand" after custards last stand.....we dropped ALOT of deer from that spot.....and mannnnnnny more got a free pass......
the group i do drives with has a few names for drives...."the killin ditch" used to be very good to them until a bunch of other guys figured out that the posted signs werent supposed tobe there....the big oak...a BIG oak tree out in the middle of a field...man its HUGE....i got 2 named after me..."MY big tree" and "MY corner"...
the group i do drives with has a few names for drives...."the killin ditch" used to be very good to them until a bunch of other guys figured out that the posted signs werent supposed tobe there....the big oak...a BIG oak tree out in the middle of a field...man its HUGE....i got 2 named after me..."MY big tree" and "MY corner"...
01-19-2006, 07:21 PM
#22
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Heaven, WI
Posts: 600
RE: Do you name your stands?
I named my gun stand The Cedar Stand the first year i hunted out of it a big cedar fell about 50 yards from it and i shot2 does out of a group of five when they came to eat on the branches
01-19-2006, 07:43 PM
#23
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Darien, IL
Posts: 6,744
RE: Do you name your stands?
Absolutely have to name them or we'd never get our stories straight.
We got some like......
"the Oaks"
"the Saucer"
"the Opening"
"the Tractor Opening"
"the Edge"
"the Fiberglass Ladder"
"the Creek"
"the Crossing"
"the Corner"
"the Barn"
"the Spider Hole"
"the Dump"
"the Pond"
I know I forgot some.
We got some like......
"the Oaks"
"the Saucer"
"the Opening"
"the Tractor Opening"
"the Edge"
"the Fiberglass Ladder"
"the Creek"
"the Crossing"
"the Corner"
"the Barn"
"the Spider Hole"
"the Dump"
"the Pond"
I know I forgot some.
01-19-2006, 07:44 PM
#24
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 107
RE: Do you name your stands?
We have Hemp Hill stand. When my buddy bought the land, we found a certain little odd plant growing wild out there. :shrug:
Other than that....we aren't very original.
[blockquote]The Ridge Stand (Its on a ridge)
The Bottom Stand (Bottom of a draw)
The South Stand (furthest to the south)
The Above the Lake Stand (Its above the...well..you get the point)
[/blockquote]
Other than that....we aren't very original.
[blockquote]The Ridge Stand (Its on a ridge)
The Bottom Stand (Bottom of a draw)
The South Stand (furthest to the south)
The Above the Lake Stand (Its above the...well..you get the point)
[/blockquote]
01-19-2006, 08:04 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,200
RE: Do you name your stands?
I've got a few...
The Ash Tree
The Foundation
Corner Driveway or the Buck Stand
The Shelf
8 Acres
Alfalfa Ridge
Indian Mint
Not all of these are mine, just some examples of what we use at our farm.
The Ash Tree
The Foundation
Corner Driveway or the Buck Stand
The Shelf
8 Acres
Alfalfa Ridge
Indian Mint
Not all of these are mine, just some examples of what we use at our farm.
01-19-2006, 08:36 PM
#27
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location:
Posts: 654
RE: Do you name your stands?
we have a few
crows nest
blood shed
platform
sniper
pie wedge
oak ridge
pine hollow
MY STAND
dads stand
turkey rock
mike's rock
mimi's rock
stream hollow
back ridge
killer
dump
the point
first feild
and a few morei am just to lazy to type up but i think it is a great thing to have names for the stands so everyone knows where everyone else is
crows nest
blood shed
platform
sniper
pie wedge
oak ridge
pine hollow
MY STAND
dads stand
turkey rock
mike's rock
mimi's rock
stream hollow
back ridge
killer
dump
the point
first feild
and a few morei am just to lazy to type up but i think it is a great thing to have names for the stands so everyone knows where everyone else is
01-20-2006, 05:30 AM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Delhi, NY (by way of Chenango Forks)
Posts: 1,706
RE: Do you name your stands?
yep got names for all of them and other spots on the ground, even have stands labeled - they are semi-portable, wooded ladder stands.
stands:
"creek"
"line"
"fence"
"woods"
"dump"
"condo"
"state"
"#8"
blinds: (home made):
"condo blind"
"tree blind"
"state blind"
"creek blind"
and more to come
other locations:
"the T"
"turkey hotspot"
"penninsula"
"clear cut"
"the gate"
"trail x-ing"
stands:
"creek"
"line"
"fence"
"woods"
"dump"
"condo"
"state"
"#8"
blinds: (home made):
"condo blind"
"tree blind"
"state blind"
"creek blind"
and more to come
other locations:
"the T"
"turkey hotspot"
"penninsula"
"clear cut"
"the gate"
"trail x-ing"