Tree Stand Challenge... Lets See How Good Of A Bowhunter You Are...
 

Tree Stand Challenge:

http://www.bowsite.com/BOWSITE/features/articles/deer/huntingscenarios/2/

The answers are already announced and I will post them if nobbody finds out where they are.

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I kinda like stand 2...although I don't know about the x-pod. Just seems to me that everything sorta runs together right there. I don't know much about thermals...seein' as how I have spent my life at sea level...can't figure out that wind gauge either...its it coming FROM the SW or blowing TO the SW?

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I'm liking 2 or 10, more 2 because of wind.

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I'll say stand 2

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I liked 10 best, too.

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I don't know squat but my gut tells me stand #6

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I like Stand #10, but don't like X-Pod (too short and noticeable). I'm gonna pick #6, that looks like a nice stand to hunt (probably better chance of seeing a buck even though that is not the contest).

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I like 6 also. The wind is right , between feeding areas, 2 trails come together, and good cover. I think its the best bet for a good buck.

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I LOVE stand 6 here

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I went with 6.

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LOL, anything texasoaks posts from bowsite.com, I can't look at. Not on firefox or IE. What could the deal be? I can look at ANY other website. I want to look at these posts because they sound like fun.:D

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I found the answer on the site.
I was wrong. Want to know the answer without digging for it?

I use Firefox with no problem (maybe it is a network / blocking issue).

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#10 and # 2 right behind that one. That is where I would probably be hunting.

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Drum roll please................

The top stand is:

Stand 2, Photos 2 and 4 as well, they are the same
location just different levels of zoom.

90% of the deer come up that close trail from the
grass which hugs the East side of that group of trees.
They are bedding in those thickets below and the steep
elevation carries our scent above them until they hit
the top. By the time they reach us they usually can
not wind us.

Now, here are the other good stands, but nothing like
#2.

#3 is a close second. However the wind can effect this
stand so we put the stand very high around 25 feet.
The deer come in close and it's a tight shot. But we
usually kill one from there every opening week.

#4 is excellent when there are no acorns and only for
the first day or so. The deer that come to stand #4
are always resident deer that bed directly below that
stand. If you don't kill them on opening day, they
figure you out and never come back. The same is
largely true for the Eastern stands in the big food
plot but for whatever reason they don't seem to come
back to stand #4 until you give it a rest for at least
2 weeks. We will see deer from the big plot stands for
a few more days.

#5 Sucks. It's a 1 in 20 chance of shooting a deer on
that trail.

#6 is same as #5. It's very thick down there and this
is an area we hunt only when they are pressured, like
opening day of rifle.

#7 Actually, we've not had any luck at 7, even with
apples. Besides, you can poke out to 7 from stand 2
anyway. The shot is about 25 yards from that stand to
the West side of the apple tree. But the deer usually
head toward 2 anyway to eat in the plot.

#8 Good, but very dependent on the wind and is
difficult for the same reasons as #4.

#9 Never saw a deer go by there. We'd never hunt
there.

#10 OK, but actually you lose the plot traffic that
comes from the West to the East on that trail going
through the plot. You can't shoot the main plot trails
from that stand without taking a long shot. There's no
reason to hunt it when you have #2.

Thanks for participating

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That guy doesn't know what he is talking about. :D

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I still think 6 is good, even more now that they say its really thick. You'll get a buck cruising down wind scent checking that field.

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i went with 8 even though the wind wasn't quite right.

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rybo,

It doesn't ask about seeing the best deer, only getting a kill.
I still like 6 as well.

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Well...I reckon I just got lucky. Just seemed good to me because everything sort of runs together in front of two. So did I kill the buck?

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Well, all 2 years of my experience told me #6. With that many stands and a long season who cares if I don't score on 6?

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i was going to go with seven even though i didnt liek the thought of the x-pod heck i was close

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I like both 4 and 10. although i didnt think 10 would be the answer since it took them along time to find figure the spot.

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LOL