Burned out spot ?
#11
You can also buy reflective trail markers that push right into a tree like a thumb tack, or they make them in a twist-tie form too. hit them with a dim flashlight and it is like a runway going into your stand. Works for me!
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 1,071
Id move your stand closer to the creek if possible or closer to the clover field edge...rubber boots can leave a smell too...you can get some buck bomb spray and spray the bottom of your boots that helps too...use doe pee
Last edited by Wilcam47; 09-24-2013 at 09:25 PM.
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South East Pa.
Posts: 526
I agree with MZS. I have places that are "Morning" places and "Afternoon" places. Some of them you could sit every morning for two weeks and see nothing. In the afternoon you would see deer every day. Walk in in the daylight. I have been doing that during rifle season for years and it usually works out O.K.
#15
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 8
Today i went to my stand at 2 to refresh my bait and clear the path to the stand to find it easily in the dark and be more silent. To my surprise i jumped 5 deer feeding @ the bait.
including my buck, nice.... its hard to hoot with a 50 lbs of oat in your hand, i didnt have a real shot anyways.
Hopefully they will be back
including my buck, nice.... its hard to hoot with a 50 lbs of oat in your hand, i didnt have a real shot anyways.
Hopefully they will be back
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location:
Posts: 2,186
Have you tried using "bright eyes" to assist you in locating the stand? Some folks do not care to go in with a light, but these show up with with very low intensity lighting. Clearng a path is an excellent piece of advice.
Or you could GPS the location. There are gobs of inexpensive GPS apps for smart phones, and decent hand held units are not that expensive these days.
Or you could GPS the location. There are gobs of inexpensive GPS apps for smart phones, and decent hand held units are not that expensive these days.