RE: how early
 

30 mins before shooting our is good. get in late and you'll be sure to jump some deer.

RE: how early
 

thats my favorite part of hunting...all the noise makes my heart pound for about an hour.

owls hooting...and those dang squirrels never shut up!

RE: how early
 

Lets just say early enuf to use a flashlight...and even earlier

RE: how early
 

Well 2 years ago on the first day of bow season (also first time ever bow hunting) I read the time charts wrong (forgot to account for daylights saving time) and got out to my stand an hour and a half before shooting time. After the first 30 minutes I was kicking myself because it was still dark. Well I got my first deer with a bow that morning, and Im pretty sure getting out that early helped. Ive had deer spook when I got out around shooting time. I think its all about knowing when the deer are going to get where you are going to hunt. Ive run out to a stand 45minutes before the end of shooting time in the evening, and seen plenty of deer and didnt spook them. If you can learn their patterns, that will be the best tell of what time to get out there.

RE: how early
 

For rifle season I like to get in the stand 30 minutes before legal light which is 1 hour before sunrise. I have noticed that when the quail start whistling it's usuall within a minute or two of legal light.

RE: how early
 

Ever since I was shot at by some moron hunter I never get out of the truck until I can see and be seen.