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Hey anybody ever try running to your tree stand?

I just read in Peterson's Bowhunting mag. that a guy did it in a hard to get without spooking spot(right next to bedding area). he ran cause he figured that it wouldn't help being quiet(cause it would arouse attention and maybe sound like a predator) so he ran trying to get deer to think it was a doe or doe and buck chasing through the woods. The article said it worked for him, any of you have any luck at it? I got a spot that I want to hunt at night real bad but it would be hard getting in without being heard, i want to try it but wanted you alls opinion first.

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Considering I go to my stands in the dark more often than not, I think running through the woods would be mighty dangerous.

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I prefer to crab walk. :)

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I've never try it, but sounds like a good idea!
May be dangerous cause of snakes, I think.

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Dude, I'm 50. Running is out of the question. But if I eat enough Raisen Bran, I can make some hellacious grunting sounds all the way to my stand![:-]

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LMAO!!! How do you carry your bow then??? [:-]

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you guys are all hilarious! :DThe crab walk wouldsound like a four-legged animal;).... LOL! But seriously what do you all think, should i try it?

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Yes you should. Let us know how that works out.;)

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Yes you should try it. Are you kidding, thats the best ideaI have heard of yet. You will know you got it right when you hear a buck yell out Run Forest Run.

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give it a go, just make sure you got a path clear of any sticks that could jab you if you fall or run into them, and make sure your arrows are secure in your quiver. not worth gettin stabbed just to avoid spooking deer. let us know how it works. ive also heard of guys using a walking stick or somethin like that so it sounds like a 3 legged animal and not a 4 legged creature. i wonder if u used 2 walking sticks if it would sound like a 4 legged animal and work just the same

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You know.... why not train a big old doe and ride it out to your stand like a horse. Then just hitch it out in front of you for a decoy??!!!! How much more like a deer could you sound?

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A three legged animal? I do leave three tracks when I walk in the snow come to think of it.

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I was gonna say the same thing earlier but resisted. :D

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Do you need 4 feet of snow for that, or dosen't it matter???

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Sooner havem pullin for it than pushin it away.

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Yes Greg, it does have to be a rather deep snow. :(:(:(But than again I always sneek into the woods on 8 foot stilts.

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I really like to do the watermelon crawl!

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You just lean up against a tree and hunt then?

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Can you see well enough to shoot in that condition?

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club foot??????

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Deer run when they are spooked or playing.Running to your stand is likely not the wisest thing to do for a variety of reasons.Trying to sound like a deer that is walking(two or three steps and stopping)or turkeys with some scratching is a better idea.To add some realism you could do one of the otherof these and add a soft grunt or bleat while you are doing it or soft clucking on a turkey call.

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I'm curious as to how he determined it worked for him. He didnt' spook any deer (that he knew of) or he successfully got to his stand faster than Carl Lewis could have.

Will this method work just as well going through a winter wheat field?

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This doesn't sound like a safe way to hunt. But i have walked really fast for 15 to 20 yards and stop for a few minutes to look and listen I walker up on 5 deeryesterday like this and they never paid anymind to me. The leaves were really loud and crunchy this whole week but i have noticed if you try and sneak deer can pickthat noise up very easy but don'tseem to mind if you walk fast..

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Run through the woods so as not to spook the deer? Hmmm, thats the worst idea i`ve ever heard,for another thing it`s not safe for you or your bow,I carry antlers.Not if but when he falls he`ll probobly break open his doe pee in his pocket,and if he gets knocked out he could wake up pregnant

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Well.....confession time:

I've done it....once. I also have a book that Germ suggested I read (Jo Brooks - Year Round Monster Whitetails) where Joe suggests it, too. I bumped probably 10-12 deer going in one morning......and then just took off running. I stopped at about 75 yds to see if I heard anything else running. Nothing. I stopped when I got to my lock on. Nothing.

Now....maybe I had already bumped everything that was there.....but knowing where I hunt....I doubt it. Why wouldn't it work? Deer hear dogs all the time.....they don't spook (in my area). What they DON'T hear a lot....is someone taking a few steps and pausing (that sounds JUST LIKE A PREDATOR). I think that methodology is ludicrous. the leaves were REALLY crunchy and loud on the way in the other day......so I took a stick and scratched around as I walked.....to cover the sound of my steps.....and to mimick a squirrel. Can't say as it worked, or not....but I shot a nice doe, that day.

This can NEVER be proven.....but ANYTHING that masks sounding like a human WALKING or CREEPING through the woods.....I'll do. My deer know what they'll tolerate.....and what they won't.

Jeff

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You have used my post as an example,so please tell me what is unsafe about the suggestions I made?

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I have run FROM the stand when the coffee and biscuits and gravy finally hit bottom.

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I hunt a couple of spots that are close to bedding areas and are really easy to spook the deer. After a few times of trying to be Mr. Stealth and blowing the deer out anyway, I started doing something different.

As long as the wind is in my favor, I like to try to "sound like a deer" on my approach. I will take 2-4 fast steps at a time and then stop for 30 seconds, and look around really hard, and then repeat. I have snuck up on deer doing this. When you're in your stand some day, listen to how the does move around in the woods and emulate it as best you can.

I think it's better than trying to be quiet.

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Thats exactly what I was referring to! I walk up on deer all the time doing this.

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You must hunt awful close to the truck. If not it would take you half a day to get to your stand.

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You can tell it's getting into the late season around here.:eek::D

There's a couple inherent problems with running to your stand. You'll never sound like a deer (impossible with just two legs), it'll get you boiling hot, especially after climbing into the stand which is going to dump tons of unnecessary odor into the woods, and three, running in a woods can lead to tripping (big hunting boots, not streamlined tennies), which could lead to breaking something - bow, leg, arm, etc.

Best approach: Walk like a deer, as pointed out already. A few steps, stop, few more, stop.... You'll know you've succeeded in sounding like a deer when either A.) the doves fly when you are nearly at the base of your tree, or B.) the deer that are already on their feet don't flee until you are almost on top of them. Works every time. ;)

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lol ....nice

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Ever seen a coyote in the woods? Walks JUST LIKE that.

Jeff

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"You must hunt awful close to the truck. If not it would take you half a day to get to your stand."

It's only about a 20 acre plot, 10 of it huntable. It's about a 300 yard walk total. But it's a good spot, it's worth taking 45 minutes to get in there.

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Nearly every yote' I've seen walks much quieter than a deer and doesn't stop like one either. Must be these MI yotes. ;)

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I think its a bad idea....You want to run to the stand to sound like a deer??? Sure hope no poachers are around...might get shot at...I have several areas that I hunt near cutovers...On evening hunts, I get in early...2-3 hours before dark...This gives you enough time to go in slowly and quietly and it helps the deer forget about you...Like has been mentioned, take your time and stop every few steps...If you spook them, back off 50 yards or so...

Another idea that I have tried in the past...Go to your stand with a leaf blower...Blow a path that goes 200 yards away, walk the path...

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This year I tried smething new,I raked the path I would take the day before opener.I figured it would not only quiet things down but help stay on the right path to the stand in the dark.Half way through the first day the wind had blown all the leaves back but it worked for that morning.I dont think I would put the effort into that again

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I am way to fat to try running to my stand. I am lucky if I don't have to sit and take a break half way there. I have however crawled out of my stand when my appendix(SP) burst. I didn't see any deer on the way out so I don't think it was a good tactic

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Guys......It's just hard for me to tell you all how my deer are. I CAN'T take a leaf blower into this spot.....without blowing out every deer in my herd. At this time of year.....I'm hunting that close to their bed.

What I WOULD like to do......is get a rake attachment for my 4 wheeler to rake a path.......BUT......I couldn't even get the 4 wheeler close enough for this to be effective.

I have a LOT of deer in my herd. I saw 69 over Thanksgiving.......and Rob/PA and I saw that many in ONE DAY when he was here.

Joe Borooks Resume'(at least visually) is nothing to sneeze at. He makes the contention that a person running sounds like a FEW deer running through the woods. I've seen deer running through the woods and have watched other deer never move (like.....say....Friday afternoon). I think THAT's where he was headed. And...who am I to argue with his success? He didn't say it was THE tactic to get to your stand......he said it was "A" tactic.

I've actually done it.....and I saw deer, that day. I've not done it.....and seen deer, too. I've utilized all the other methods mentioned and seen and NOT seen deer.....so how do you know it DOESN'T work unless you've ACTUALLY tried it??

I brushed leaves around with a stick entering my stand site and illed a deer, this year. I walked in rather quietly.....all the way to stand, Saturday......then realized I left my release at camp. I trudged back to the 4 wheeler (at a friend's camp).....rode it back to camp.......trudged back to my stand where I was BOWhunting....and everyone else was gunhunting.....and killed a nice 2-1/2 yr old buck.

We can do many things to help aid us in our quests......but this is NOT rocket science. I've learned that, too.

Jeff