What do you guys do?
#11
This happens to me all the time to.....what I try to do and seems to work for me is to wait till after dark and bleat or grunt several times. Just doing it over and over will usually make them not alarmed and walk off into the woods rather than blowing and running off. Dont know if it is right but would rather make deer sounds than banging around human sounds! lol
#12
If I know I'm going to be hunting a food source where I might get "pinned" down I will try to have someone pick me up. Yep, drive rt. to the stand. I do it all the time when I'm working. Both, drop off and P/U hunters. If that's not an option you can lower your backpack to the ground and bounce it up and down. I've even resorted to turning my head and howling. Whatever you do, try not to get busted and like "kickin buck" mentioned above do your best to exit by slipping through the timber. You may not blow a stand if you get busted once or twice but make a steady habit of it and you might as well take that stand down and move it.
Dan
Dan