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08-26-2009, 02:53 PM
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: west central,wi
Posts: 903
Never leave your stand before legal quiting time in the evening.
I know a few who leave there stand 15 or so minutes early because they have a long walk out, don't do it, alot can happen in the bling of an eye but it won't matter if your not there.
I know a few who leave there stand 15 or so minutes early because they have a long walk out, don't do it, alot can happen in the bling of an eye but it won't matter if your not there.
08-26-2009, 04:40 PM
#13
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 549
08-26-2009, 05:06 PM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 564
When laying down a drag line of hot doe pee I like to use qtips spread out every 20 yards or so instead of a drag line. The intermitent scent trail cause the buck to concentrate on tracking the "doe" IMO. Plus, I just find it hard to believe a doe can pee non stop for a mile or more.
08-26-2009, 05:24 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Normal, IL
Posts: 1,552
Do your best to pattern the deer and not let them pattern you. I try my best to rotate stands and not hunt the same one two days in a row. I spray my tree stand down when Im done hunting to help cut human odor from staying in the area after Im gone. I also spray down really well before I get to my stand and before I leave my stand including the bottoms of my boots to try and leave as little odor as possible on the trip in and out. Always remember its almost impossible to kill a deer if he knows your hunting him.
08-26-2009, 05:25 PM
#17
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Mullens, WV
Posts: 72
If you set up on a deer trail, always set up in a bend or 90 degree turn in the trail. The deer will be more focused on which direction he needs to get going to rather than whats around him as he will on a straight stretch. Also, never set up over a food source directly. That's when a deer is most alertive of his surroundings, always set up between the food source and the bedding area.
08-26-2009, 06:06 PM
#18
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 549
Do your best to pattern the deer and not let them pattern you. I try my best to rotate stands and not hunt the same one two days in a row. I spray my tree stand down when Im done hunting to help cut human odor from staying in the area after Im gone. I also spray down really well before I get to my stand and before I leave my stand including the bottoms of my boots to try and leave as little odor as possible on the trip in and out. Always remember its almost impossible to kill a deer if he knows your hunting him.
If you set up on a deer trail, always set up in a bend or 90 degree turn in the trail. The deer will be more focused on which direction he needs to get going to rather than whats around him as he will on a straight stretch. Also, never set up over a food source directly. That's when a deer is most alertive of his surroundings, always set up between the food source and the bedding area.
08-26-2009, 06:19 PM
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: central illinois
Posts: 773
when hunting the rut be MOBILE. If you see a good buck dogging a doe and watch them go around a point in a field, wait till they are out of sight then beat your bottom over to that point. Odds are they will come back through or a trailer will come along within an hour or so.