How early do you get in your stand
10-01-2012, 07:22 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posts: 149
One hour plus if im dragging in a climber. Sweating like a pig with gear in a reversed hip pack and a heavy generic climber. Get to marked trees 200 yards deep on a public sliver of land splitting two developments.
10-02-2012, 03:25 PM
#15
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mont County, Pa
Posts: 7,368
I like to be in my stand at least 45 mins before first light. It allows you to become part of the woods by daybreak. I love the dark walk in with no flashlight. You can actually see better without one.
10-03-2012, 08:06 AM
#16
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NEW ATHENS, IL, USA
Posts: 426
You can't shoot in the dark. Get the extra ZZZ's. Get to the stand when you get there. It's how long you sit that matters. If I don't get to my stand until 8 oh well... most of the folks who go out before dawn are wore out and done by 9 or 10... Just be there when you can be there... Of course who doesn't like watching the woods wake up??? It is nice to be early some days...
10-03-2012, 08:27 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MN
Posts: 1,260
It all depends on what stand it is. If its next to where their feeding. I try and get in about an hr so I reduce my chances of bumping out deer. If it's back by their bedding area. I get in around 30 minutes before light. Theres a lot that should steer you to the right time to get in. Whether and location. Bumping animlas will happen during morning hunts. I used to think my morning hunt was over cause I bumped some deer in the dark, but soon learned that's not the case. Just my two senses.
10-03-2012, 02:53 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: elmira ny
Posts: 1,676
For years I'd get into my stands well before daylight. About 6-7 years ago, I started hunting my way to my stands, getting there when I get there. Since then, I've taken 3 shooters { 120 class and up} on my way into my stands.
