Stick to your stand!!

• Oct 23, 2014

• #1

HeatSeeker

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I hunted all day last Friday, in my 2-man ladder stand that I hunt out of religiously, and saw 1 doe. I decided to try a different spot on Saturday and my brother killed this out of my stand. The bottom pic is from a trail cam a few weeks ago, when he was still breathing.(date stamp is wrong)

 

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• Oct 23, 2014

• #2

mdunphyjr

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Feb 25, 2010

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Nice deer, and I don't care what others say.... it still comes down to luck or at least right place right time.

 

• Oct 23, 2014

• #3

outrider58

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His right side is a little weak. Just trying to ease your pain. Nice deer. Congratulations to your bro. Way to keep it in the family.

 

• Oct 23, 2014

• #4

mark71211

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Sep 10, 2012

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Lol that's one of the reason I hate to let people hunt my stands. Alway thinking they are going to get the big one when I'm not in it but at least you now know that you got the stand in a good spot. So where about was he taken?

 

• Oct 23, 2014

• #5

Uncle Duke

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Nice Buck!

There's also a lot to be said for sticking IN your stand. Early morning and late evening go without saying. But one of my favorite times of the day has always been around lunchtime. Been my time more than a few times when other hunters are piling out of the woods, and are piling back in a couple of hours later.

 

• Oct 23, 2014

• #6

HeatSeeker

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I will agree it takes a little luck, but if you do your homework and learn their patterns it tells you when to be in the right place at the right time.

Mark, Taken in QA County near Barclay.

Outrider, funny you say that. That was the first thing I said to my brother to try and ease my own pain.

 

• Oct 23, 2014

• #7

PIT BULL

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Mar 5, 2013

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Uncle Duke said:

Nice Buck!

There's also a lot to be said for sticking IN your stand. Early morning and late evening go without saying. But one of my favorite times of the day has always been around lunchtime. Been my time more than a few times when other hunters are piling out of the woods, and are piling back in a couple of hours later.

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I finally figured this out about 10 years ago or so. I will usually get up early for opening day, but after that I normally get in the woods between 9-10 a.m. Let the others move the deer around.

 

• Oct 23, 2014

• #8

outrider58

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mdunphyjr said:

Nice deer, and I don't care what others say.... it still comes down to luck or at least right place right time.

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I believe you create your own luck by applying skills and knollege.

 

• Oct 23, 2014

• #9

Mooseman

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Jan 3, 2012

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Nice buck.

 

• Oct 23, 2014

• #10

mdunphyjr

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I do agree however sometimes all the recon doesn't always work out. The original post is a case and point LoL

 

• Oct 23, 2014

• #11

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crowmd

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PIT BULL said:

I finally figured this out about 10 years ago or so. I will usually get up early for opening day, but after that I normally get in the woods between 9-10 a.m. Let the others move the deer around.

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I got a good buddy that does that he said deer don't want no frosty leaf to munch on he stays in stand from 9 to 5 lets all the hunters coming in and out push deer to him hes been pretty good at getting nice bucks

 

• Oct 23, 2014

• #12

Inigoes

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Never fails!

There is always that 1 time, when you are not in your stand

 

• Oct 24, 2014

• #13

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Major Major

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Feb 19, 2013

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Frederick Co

Nice buck. If he was a nice fella, he would give your at least one backstrap

 

• Oct 24, 2014

• #14

wilcam47

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if you were an a$$ you woulda went over there ripped his tag off and put yours on, then said thanks for doing all the work

 

• Oct 24, 2014

• #15

E.Shell

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I watched a nice 8 point strolling around a recent clearcut today at 2:45 pm. Just lumbering through, walking into the wind toward a brushy gulley the loggers left stand.

I have always stayed on stand through the lunch hour, and all day if I feel confident about the spot. I've seen almost as many deer at 1-2pm as I have at daybreak.

 

• Oct 24, 2014

• #16

wilcam47

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i see more in the evening...but thats been my luck

 

• Oct 24, 2014

• #17

E.Shell

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Sounds like your location puts them near you when they go to feed.

 

• Oct 24, 2014

• #18

DennisCA

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mdunphyjr said:

Nice deer, and I don't care what others say.... it still comes down to luck or at least right place right time.

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True enough!
At the same time I've sat in the same tree stand for entire season and got nothing.
My only words of wisdom I can offer you is:
Trust your gut (some people call it instinct)

 

• Oct 25, 2014

• #19

outrider58

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wilcam47 said:

if you were an a$$ you woulda went over there ripped his tag off and put yours on, then said thanks for doing all the work

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• Oct 27, 2014

• #20

mark71211

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I have not been in the wood for almost three weeks now so my cameras were Full of pics. The balk of my pics where taken between 12-3 and most of the buck I got were at that time frame. So " STICK IN YOUR STANDS!"