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RE: How late do you stay in the stand?
Early season I'll hunt until around 11am. During the pre-rut and rut, I walk in when it's dark, and I leave when it's dark.
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RE: How late do you stay in the stand?
In the mornings I'm there until 9:30 - 10:00 am.
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RE: How late do you stay in the stand?
I would have to say Mid Morning depends on the action. I chose mornings more then evening hunts except during the rut. Reasoning is bucks are just like anyone else and sometimes run late getting back to bed. As for afternoons they will hang up until dark. Mature bucks I am speaking of mostly.
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RE: How late do you stay in the stand?
Mornings, at least a full half hour before light and I stay as long as I can. Sometimes it 10:00 am, sometimes it's noon. Many times I see deer first light through 8:00 am and then again around 10:30.
Evenings, if it's a work day, I get off work at 4:30 and I'm as descented as possible and in a tree calming down by 5:00 til well after dark depending on deer traffic. If it's a day off work, I'm in a tree by 2:30-3:00. There have been many, many days I stayed in a tree from dark to dark never seeing deer around the midday. My deer are not pressured during archery and even during the prerut search period, never saw deer noon to 2:00. |
RE: How late do you stay in the stand?
Rob, I think you touched on a topic thats very important when it comes to how long to stay in a stand.
Those times sound about right for unpressured deer...but on public land or with heavily hunted deer here's the times I've seen the most activity from deer: Before 8am Between the hours of 10:30am and 1:30pm Also from 3:00pm until dark Alot of the deer movement will happen not from normal travel of the deer but from movement of humans through the woods going into and out of thier hunting areas. When hunting in Florida on public land these times, especially the mid-day when it's the hottest out, saw the most deermovement. People leave to go cool off(or get lunch)and they push deer in the process! Thats why I make every effort to use what other people do when hunting and it's been working so far;) |
RE: How late do you stay in the stand?
early in the year it is hard for me if it is hot to stay past 9am, but i will stay longer if it is cool! During the rut i am in an hour before dark and im out at dark, alll day is the only way when its rockin'!!
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RE: How late do you stay in the stand?
I used to only hunt till about 10:00 and get back on at 3:00, but I've been trying to push myself
to log more hours on the stand. When the deer are moving a lot or it is around the rut I will either hunt all day or make a 2 hour midday hunt. It is amazing how many deer (maybe feeling safe due to patterning hunters) will just walk around at high noon. I stay on the stand till it is dark. Dark in the open or near water is not the same as in deep woods. |
RE: How late do you stay in the stand?
ORIGINAL: OGW Rob, I think you touched on a topic thats very important when it comes to how long to stay in a stand. Those times sound about right for unpressured deer...but on public land or with heavily hunted deer here's the times I've seen the most activity from deer: Before 8am Between the hours of 10:30am and 1:30pm Also from 3:00pm until dark Alot of the deer movement will happen not from normal travel of the deer but from movement of humans through the woods going into and out of thier hunting areas. When hunting in Florida on public land these times, especially the mid-day when it's the hottest out, saw the most deermovement. People leave to go cool off(or get lunch)and they push deer in the process! Thats why I make every effort to use what other people do when hunting and it's been working so far;) |
RE: How late do you stay in the stand?
It's simple, more time on stand = moreopportunity.;)
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RE: How late do you stay in the stand?
ORIGINAL: early in It's simple, more time on stand = moreopportunity.;) |
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