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How long before daylight do you try to be settled in your stand?
Posted on 11/21/12 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 11/21/12 at 5:12 pm
I try to get there at least 45 min before daylight but I know people who claim to get there 2 hours before daylight.
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Posted on 11/21/12 at 5:26 pm to ForeverLSU02
About same as you.
Posted on 11/21/12 at 5:35 pm to BarDTiger81
I shot a deer last week from the camp at 2PM.
Normally I'm on the stand about thirty minutes before daylight. But for the rest of the season...
Not fricking likely.
Normally I'm on the stand about thirty minutes before daylight. But for the rest of the season...
Not fricking likely.
Posted on 11/21/12 at 5:39 pm to ForeverLSU02
Like 10 minutes. Actually sometimes, I don't have a problem being able to see when I walk to the stand if I'm going to be slipping through a spot where there's some openings. Then sometimes i'll try to be early.
eta: Just depends on the situation/area.
eta: Just depends on the situation/area.
This post was edited on 11/21/12 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 11/21/12 at 6:16 pm to ForeverLSU02
I try for 30 min. I have a stand where I'm getting pics of a decent buck an hour before daylight and he leaves right at first shooting light. Been contemplating getting there an hour early but with the rut coming it doesn't matter.
Posted on 11/21/12 at 7:29 pm to ForeverLSU02
I don't usually get to my stand until right at day break.
Posted on 11/21/12 at 7:33 pm to REB BEER
Anywhere from 30 minutes before until first light. Most of the time 20 minute sit before I can see more than a few yards. I like to see the woods wake up.
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:05 pm to AlmaDawg
Im in the tree 30 min before and I never use a light. Just how I was taught.
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:16 pm to ForeverLSU02
Hour before here
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:19 pm to ForeverLSU02
I want to be sitting in there ready to go with 20-30 minutes before shooting light ideally.
Posted on 11/21/12 at 8:21 pm to Boats n Hose
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I want to be sitting in there ready to go with 20-30 minutes before shooting light ideally.
This. 2 hrs? Damn. Just camp in the tree and set an alarm for shooting light.
Posted on 11/22/12 at 8:11 am to ForeverLSU02
its best to wait til theres light when u go to your stand. if a deer is feeding at your stand early in the morning and u go in the dark, yer gonna spook it and never get a chance to see it. if u wait til theres a little light, yer givin yourself a chance at gettin a shot on the deer. wait til theres just barely enough light to see and quietly slip through the woods with yer head on a swivel... the hunt doesnt start when u get on yer stand, it starts when u get out yer truck
Posted on 11/22/12 at 8:26 am to ForeverLSU02
Depends, on most moon phases getting a ladder stand because it's quiet 15 minutes or a little more.
Most moon phases in a climber probably 45 minutes because it makes a little more noise.
If its a full moon morning te deer are usually moving a lot right before and at daylight but not much after I will be there about 45 minutes.
Last weekend I shot a limit of wood ducks before I got to the stand. The ducks took 10 minutes so I was in stand by 630 and saw 7 deer throughout morning and killed a bobcat.
I plan on hitting te ducks again tomorrow before the deer, we have wood ducks by the thousands right now.
Most moon phases in a climber probably 45 minutes because it makes a little more noise.
If its a full moon morning te deer are usually moving a lot right before and at daylight but not much after I will be there about 45 minutes.
Last weekend I shot a limit of wood ducks before I got to the stand. The ducks took 10 minutes so I was in stand by 630 and saw 7 deer throughout morning and killed a bobcat.
I plan on hitting te ducks again tomorrow before the deer, we have wood ducks by the thousands right now.
Posted on 11/22/12 at 8:27 am to ForeverLSU02
30 minutes or something
Pretty much just whenever I get there. I don't have a set time or anything. Sometimes I wait till after daylight.
Pretty much just whenever I get there. I don't have a set time or anything. Sometimes I wait till after daylight.
Posted on 11/22/12 at 8:48 am to ForeverLSU02
I was in the stand this morning @ 5:05am.
didn't see anything for whoever's keeping score
didn't see anything for whoever's keeping score
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