Here I Sit
09-25-2009, 10:39 AM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Winston Salem NC
Posts: 356
Here I Sit
Here I am sitting in a ladder stand reading the latest forum posts and waiting for a deer to pop out. Does it get any better than this? Besides seeing and shooting one of course. This is my first time to use a ladder stand and I like it. I usually use a climber. The owner of this land lease is letting me use it this weekend. I hunted the other side of this soy bean the past two Saturdays and all the deer were on this side. So here I am and nothing has come out so far.
Does anybody else surf the net while on stand?
Here i am and the field...that is if the pics attach correctly from my phone.
Reid
Does anybody else surf the net while on stand?
Here i am and the field...that is if the pics attach correctly from my phone.
Reid
09-25-2009, 12:51 PM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: East TN
Posts: 763
Good luck,i also like ladderstands! I use a climber,but I do like my ladderstands,its nice to be able to just walk in and climb right up..Lockons are not for me,they feel unsafe..Good luck,our season opens in the morning in TN!
09-26-2009, 03:56 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Winston Salem NC
Posts: 356
Mike, I told my wife about our posts last night and she laughed...she said I cant make friends on the net either.
That was sad.
Reid
09-26-2009, 04:43 AM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Northeastern, Pa
Posts: 268
Reid,
Good luck hunting. Sometimes the hardest thing for me is putting time in a stand for hours and hours and not seeing anything. Patience is the key. I do get bored just sitting their sometimes. Last year I texted out of my stand for the first time and it help me stay in the stand longer. An all day hunt in the stand is hard for me. I usually max out around 5 to 6 hours. This year I'm going to try and sit in my stand all day for the rut. I admire people who can do that. Thats where trail cameras help, if you know there is a big buck in the area your more apt to sit longer.
Dave
Good luck hunting. Sometimes the hardest thing for me is putting time in a stand for hours and hours and not seeing anything. Patience is the key. I do get bored just sitting their sometimes. Last year I texted out of my stand for the first time and it help me stay in the stand longer. An all day hunt in the stand is hard for me. I usually max out around 5 to 6 hours. This year I'm going to try and sit in my stand all day for the rut. I admire people who can do that. Thats where trail cameras help, if you know there is a big buck in the area your more apt to sit longer.
Dave
09-26-2009, 06:29 PM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location:
Posts: 562
One word.....Blackberry! I tend to doze off in the stand frequently, so my Blackberry keeps me occupied. I'll wake up at the slightest noise or every few minutes, but it gets so boring I'll doze off and not even realize it. I have a two man ladder stand but don't use it often, once in the past two years. But, I have to admit that it's great to just lounge out across that big seat when you need to stretch.