I was thinking of heading down this weekend to hang a couple of stands. Bow season starts Oct 1 here in Illinois. Do you think I am getting ahead of myself??

It's funny you should as the question like that. Most everyone is worried about not getting them out soon enough. I like mine to be a couple of weeks early (2-3 weeks) much more than that I get worried some will take them home with them[:'(]

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don't really think it's ever too early to hang stands. Some people never even take them down. My season starts in about a month, and I just hung a stand last week. I don't havg many, since I use my climber 95% of the time. But I like to hang them anywhere from 5 minutes to one year early. Anywhere in there you should be okay, as long as you're quiet while putting them in.

peashooter

Nope. THe sooner the better. Just check it a week in advance to make sure no wasps or anything unwanted has moved in.

I agree the sooner the better, also less to carry out to your hunting spot as well

I have all my shooting lanes cut out but will wait till 2 weeks before season to hang stands. I don't won't my stands stolen.

i'll be havin' at least 5 stands out....one is already up, al i have to do is check the water level and make sure i dont have to swim to it, lol.....the others i will putting up after this hurricane and the water level has dropped.......if it doesnt then i'll do it anyway i'm hunting 2 different WMA's, 3 at the one and 2 at the other....i can't wait, getting butterflies just thinking about being in my stand

I prefer to have all my scouting, all my stands hung and shooting lanes cut by late July. I've hunted the same land for about 5 years now, so there's really no new scouting I can do other than a trail moving 10-20 feet either way. All I do is do some long distance scouting from July till opener in Sept.

the sooner you get them hung out the better. the deer need time to get used to them
raim

Get 'em out now. I just got back from hanging several more myself.