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i was wondering about the place ment of stands. can i just have one in the opn like a blind? i have never hunted with stands before.
thanks

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i guess what i actually mean is how do i find a good location to set a stand?
do i need lots of cover?

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as long as you have background cover, you should be okay, you just dont want to stick out too much.

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ill take a pic of one i set up to see if its good;)

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like rory said just have good back ground and you should be alright.

now where to place it... I my self like being in thicker type areas.

Some things to look for would be food sources such as open fields. Being close to water is a good idea to, along with some shelter for the deer.

I love where my stand is beause there is this 20 acre timber land that I hunt in and im about 100-200 yards from a corn fieldthat deer are always in and then if you pass my stand and go about 400-500 yards you will find a creek. Around me is good shelter too because its thick.

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yeah i got a creek right near it 10 yards and there are 3 trails conjooinf there with tracks all over
yesterday i cleared some honeysuckle for shooting lanes but ill get a pic of it in a couple hours for ya guys

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trails are a good thing to look for... If you can find a main path that has all sorts of animal tracks in it then more then likely deer with go there aswell.

Another good thing about my stand is that there is over 20 differant trails leading right down to where im at. (there is a small water runway that goes right under my stand that leads down to the creek)

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goin to get pic now

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will tomorrow lol

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You don't want to put up a ladder stand right out in the open on a field edge,but if you step it back a little behind a few tree's with plenty of cover you'll be just fine.I was going to put my ladder stand on the very front tree over-looking a big open CRP field and my friend told me to put it back about 2 tree's deeper and it is in great cover and the deer are always walking past it,since then I have shot several deers from that very same stand.A climbing stand would work closer to a field edge if you can get it high enough to be covered and your scent will be less detected by a deer.Another thing to consider is being able to get into your stand and leave it without being seen by any deer in that area.

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yeah the spot where i was going to put my stand i am now makeing a blind to put there
i moved the stand yesterday and ill get pics

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If you are in the wide open, then make sure you are high in the tree and wear white.

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ANother thing I learned is make sure you know where the sun rises and sets...... if you are facing either then you are in for an uncomfortable blinding sit.

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that is a good idea i never thought of that

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You can put your stand on the edge or in a spot with little background cover if you want but the deal is you better be motionless.... The reason deer see us is we end up moving thinking they are not around. If you have trees behind you you are better off because instead of seeing your whole body move or your arm or leg they get a broken veiw of the movement and may think it was a squirell of bird.

This is a mistake many people make. I have for sure in the past. I've used climbers on straight trees with little up top. Made for a great climb but I had nothing around me for cover. You could get lucky but like others have siad the best thing is to get back into the trees a bit and make sure you have cover from the deers view.

Good luck and I can't wait to see the pics.

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ill get them tomrorow if its still up:D

we have had tornadoes hittin us hard and i hope its still up

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I agree wholeheartedly with the statement above! We have one stand location which is hung on astraight tree trunk withan angled trunk making a perfect setup with our outline broken up from all directions. We have been using this stand location for three years now and the deer never pick us up because you are concealed when in the stand.

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I agree with this partially, if you are not used to sitting in a stand and you dont have a good dicipline about yourself ( sittin still) then put it in cover. The thing is you dont want to sacafice any visiblity. Basically if you are hunting over a feild you want to be able to see as much as possible. Furthermore if you have a ladder stand with a blind even better, put it where you have the most realistate to overlook.
I do use a climber alot myself, but the problem in to movement and noise that comes from a climber. You will be much more effective sneaking in as quiet as possible a a ladder stand is by far quiet and quickly asseciable.

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Another consideration, and it is a biggie in my way of thinking, is to find a good route in and out. You want to take the route that least disturbs the area, and the one that mitigates as much as practical spreading your scent.In my 40+ years of deer huting, it is always necessary tomanage not being "scented'... always. Huntingfrom an elevated stand can certainly hep that cause. But if you leave a 1/2 mile long wall of scent line getting in, and this seems especially true for the daybreak hunt as well stay at home.

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yeah i just spray down with scent blocker and do a scent drag

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How does everyone pick their spots? Here's my situation. I hunt on about 2 miles X 1/2 mile timber surrounded by crop fields witha winding stream the whole way through. Too many trails,full of tracks, to count and even after 3 years the land still suprises me. I could spend a fortune in cameras trying to find the main trails. Tried sitting on scrape and rub areas with little success so now what?

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look for areas where the deer are sort of funneled and scout hard, i have seen this b4 where deer cross for no particular reason and these are spots you need to pinpoint, but you couldnt see this on a map, you would have to walk and look

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Pictures??

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yeah pics;)

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I have plenty pics of some good bucks but they are all in the fields. Heck, my avatar pic is 1 of my better cam pics. So I've set stands and they don't show up. Gotta find the main travel routes.

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i hate when that happens:D