I sit in my stand for 12 hours a day during the rut. Deer move at all times during this part of the season and you never know when that big buck might come your way in the middle of the day.

i do it almost everyday that i hunt, no bs, lol.......makes for a long day...i'll get down once, maybe twice to pee, other than that i'm sitting there....i do get down occassionally to stalk around, it breaks up the day, so when i get back from my stalking, i have the afternoon hunt....but not always, i dont like leaving scent all around my stand...the way i look at it is,i dont walk the distances that i do just to walk back out a couple of hours later...

I sit as long as I can when the deer are on the move. I must say however that the older I get the colder I get. I remember hunting in the snow in wet sneakers and a pr of levi's when I was young. Now when it is really cold, (like my wifes heart) it gets tougher.Thank god for a good pair of 1000gram insulated boots and coveralls.

I couldn't agree with you more huntnma, I don't travel to Alberta during the peak of the rut, mid Nov, to walk a mile to my stand just to hunt 4 or 5 hrs. Not to mention the $5000 I spend on this hunt. Up there you can see the buck of a life time come past your stand at ANY moment and that's what helps me sit for 12 hours a day, 6 days straight.
I will admit, this is not easy and requires alot ofdetermination but that's what hunting is about.

I try to hunt all day but I cant harldy do it, unless its gun season and I have a comphy box stand with a piss jug and a packed lunch, in the box stand you can move around a bit or stand up and stretch. Also its hard to do at my camp b/c there I am the dedicated hunter because I stay till about 1ish, where everybody else is outta there stand about 10am, lol. Its nice to get back to the camp and share the AM stories, grab a bite to eat and head back. Next year I am going to hunt all day long no matter how much of a hard time they give me about hunting so hard. I eased up to my stand about 3pm last year (i though i was getting there early) but I was wrong, there was a big 8-pt standing browsing in one of my shooting lanes. I allmost shot but just couldnt get a steady rest. I ended up watching him for about 15 minutes before I tried to move into a better spot and got busted. Didnt see anything the rest of the day, [:@]so now I am a beleaver they move in the middle of the day. I hope hes still around!!!

Ive done it a time or two, just makes along day, but the big bucks will move all day long during the rut, when most of your hunters have came out and went home

First couple weeks of bowseason (last 2 weeks of October) I'll just go out for morning and afternoon hunts 3 hours each. I kind of try not to hunt my "honey holes" too much during the October lull. Plus I like to keep my stinky butt out of there as much as possible leading up to the action.
Most of November I'll sit dark to dark. That gives me the last 2 1/2 weeks of bowseason (including the rut and pre rut) and the first week of gun season. After the first week or so of gun season I am about whooped. The deer have gone to underground tunnels. I go back to morning and afternoon sits/stalks.

I love the all day hunts and enjoy being the first in and last out on the public land I hunt. Even though I feel as if I have enough energy food and water, Iam alwaysdrained on the way home and fell dehydrated. To help pass the time during the weekends I check the football scores and play those stupid games on my cell phone!

Another point to ponder is that it's the hunters who get up to leave the woods at 10 or 11 to go to camp or what ever, who could well be pushing a buck past your stand. Food for thought.

Yeah i always stay out in my stand all day long mostly during gun season.