Getting to your stand before dawn
09-14-2005, 06:07 AM
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Park Ridge New Jersey USA
Posts: 177
RE: Getting to your stand before dawn
I always get in abour 30 minutes to an hour early unless there is a steady rain. Then I'm usually not sitting anyway. i will leave the cabin when I can just see in the woods without a flashlight, and then stillhunt until I am too soaked and miserable.
09-14-2005, 07:16 AM
#14
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: Getting to your stand before dawn
I try to get in before dawn , but I don't sweat it if I don't . Once on stand I have all day to watch for deer . I use a headlamp going in if it's dark , and I keep noise minimal even though I know every deer for hundreds of yards can hear me anyway . They settle down and forget me eventually .
09-14-2005, 07:25 AM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Boardman, Ohio
Posts: 1,184
RE: Getting to your stand before dawn
I love the mornings! I get in there a half hour before sun up and as stated by many before. . . "Watch the woods come alive!" That is the best thing about hunting. Everyone says "How could you kill something?" I tell them. . . 90% of it for me is seeing things that most people dont take time out to see. I love watching every thing around me move as if nothing is there unless they have a nose that can pick me off.
09-14-2005, 07:43 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Darien, IL
Posts: 6,744
RE: Getting to your stand before dawn
I want to be on stand WELL BEFORE first light. I always use a light, no matter what. It is a rule on our property that everyone has to use a light when it's even slightly dark. No accidents, thanks. I bought a bunch of these very bright LED lights for everyone and extras - they're all kept out in the barn where we all gear up. With these, there's no mistaking any one of us for a deer. They are VERY bright and can be seen VERY far away.
We also use them while blood trailing at night. We leave them along the blood trail to illustate the blood path and indicate last blood found (last blood found is set to flashing light).
We also use them while blood trailing at night. We leave them along the blood trail to illustate the blood path and indicate last blood found (last blood found is set to flashing light).
09-14-2005, 09:22 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Cenral Illinois
Posts: 3,180
RE: Getting to your stand before dawn
I have a major spaz problem with getting into the stand. I always like to get out at least a 1/2 hour before first light. I also love to watch the woods come alive and listen to the noises. As far as a light, I'm on private and its 200 acres with just my brother and I and we are opposite ends, so danger isn't a factor and I always clear my trail meticulously for noise and any walking hazards so I use the light minimally.
09-14-2005, 01:19 PM
#19
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Georgetown, Texas
Posts: 528
RE: Getting to your stand before dawn
You gotta get in long before first light. I get in my spot at least 40 minutes prior to the very first light. I use the moon when I have one and a small red LED light when I have no moon.