how high up do you like to hunt?
#7
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: SA Texas
Posts: 81
RE: how high up do you like to hunt?
Rifle : Ground blind is what I have. Alot of live oak and you can see up under them. In the air and you are looking down at a green all around. It's awesome to hear them coming and be able to see them through the trees. Couldn't do that at my stand if it was elevated. You could see into a few clearings, I suppose, but you would need to be 15-20 ft +
Bow: I have an old 12' towerstand I made a new blind for last year. Its really a roof with four posts and a floor. Having to look through the trees does me no good with a bow. I can hear them coming up there and I have plenty of cleared space all around. I have my back to a huge oak tree, so I blend in good. At that range, they would have to look way up to see me, so if I can draw silently, I have a decent chance. I pulled on a little 3 point last season but that was just practice to see if he could hear me. I had a doe lined up last year late in the season and when I pulled, that 3 point was standing under me and heard my draw. One doe stopped about 40 yards off, but she was looking right at me when I released. Oh well. She got off with a warning.
Bow: I have an old 12' towerstand I made a new blind for last year. Its really a roof with four posts and a floor. Having to look through the trees does me no good with a bow. I can hear them coming up there and I have plenty of cleared space all around. I have my back to a huge oak tree, so I blend in good. At that range, they would have to look way up to see me, so if I can draw silently, I have a decent chance. I pulled on a little 3 point last season but that was just practice to see if he could hear me. I had a doe lined up last year late in the season and when I pulled, that 3 point was standing under me and heard my draw. One doe stopped about 40 yards off, but she was looking right at me when I released. Oh well. She got off with a warning.
#8
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Posts: 356
RE: how high up do you like to hunt?
Depends on the cover, the tree I am in and the terrain. I have one tree I hunt often and it's amongst a whole bunch of cedars. I'm up maybe 10 feet max, but I am totally concealed. I really can't go much higher in that tree and it's proven successful year after year. On avg, I get 2-3 deer per season out of that tree.
In other areas, I go up maybe 20 feet max.
In other areas, I go up maybe 20 feet max.
#10
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: SA Texas
Posts: 81
RE: how high up do you like to hunt?
can't go much higher in a cedar. . . but I imagine they make real good cover. Our ranch is crawling with cedar, but the lease where we hunt much less so. I would think cedar would help knock down scent to as they are so fragrant??? I wonder. . . . I have heard of folks around here using cedar berries to make home made cover scent. . .