#2009321 - 07/28/10 05:49 AM
Getting BUSTED!!!!!
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Loc: Hatchie Bottoms
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We've all been busted by deer before, right?
You think that you've done everything right. You've positioned your stand downwind of "most' of the deer activity. Just as things seem to be heating up, a deer busts you . You didn't see that coming...lol.
Now, what do you do...?
Do you change your setup....move your stand?
let's say that you are hunting a small farm and there are not that many deer using it. Once they bust you, they seem to shy away from your exact location. Getting a bow shot is pretty much impossible now. Maybe you are hunting a big farm or a huge stretch of timber and you know that the deer that busted you are not the only deer around and they may not even come back through again anyway..?
maybe you think that the deer will "forget" about busting you and maybe even come back that same day...maybe not?
Do you stay put and hope for the best or do you get down and move? Do you just go hunt another stand and hope the area that you got busted in "cools down"..and then go back to it ..?
the guys on Chaney often make sport of the way I move stands around during the season......seems to work for me and I don't mind the extra work....I rarely sit in a stand if I get busted in it.....especially if I get "seen". I will move a stand anywhere from 50- 100 yards to completely out of the area, if need be.
Some guys tell me that is too much work....
Again, it seems to work for me.....lol.
Any thoughts....?
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#2009409 - 07/28/10 08:03 AM
Re: Getting BUSTED!!!!!
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Mr.Bro
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Loc: Hendersonville Tn.
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I enjoy moving around.Even if its only a few hundred yards.The first time in a new tree usually is the best time to arrow that big one.
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#2009438 - 07/28/10 08:20 AM
Re: Getting BUSTED!!!!!
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BSK
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I don't worry about it for that hunt.
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#2009445 - 07/28/10 08:27 AM
Re: Getting BUSTED!!!!!
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redcorn
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Registered: 09/07/06
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Loc: Chattanooga, TN.
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It irritates me if they see and smell me, but that doesn't happen too much. I think deer are sometimes just really cautious, and may not really have a mental concept of what they are sensing. I'm sure "blowing" or "snorting" is a fairly common behavior, and not one just reserved for human detection.
I've hunted many times only to have the same the same hyper- sensitive older doe show up and raise hell; but she kept coming back because the food was there, and she couldn't really conceptualize what she was disturbed about.
On the other hand, if i'm hunting a particular buck, and he sees and smells me, then I will more than likely move my stand.
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#2009450 - 07/28/10 08:31 AM
Re: Getting BUSTED!!!!!
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Beekeeper
Good ol' Boys "Team Buckcreek"
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Loc: McMinn Co. Tennessee
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If I am hunting in an area with few deer I will probably move my stand or just not hunt it for several days. If there is a large population of deer in the area or I am on a good funnel I will probably continue business as usual. I don't think that the deer I spooked will spread the word but they may be more cautious the next few times they move through the area.
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#2009493 - 07/28/10 08:59 AM
Re: Getting BUSTED!!!!!
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MUP
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I don't worry about it for that hunt.
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#2009506 - 07/28/10 09:03 AM
Re: Getting BUSTED!!!!!
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Buck Assassin
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Loc: cocke county, TN
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I don't worry about it for that hunt.
ditto
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#2009513 - 07/28/10 09:06 AM
Re: Getting BUSTED!!!!!
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Good time Charlie
TnDeer Old Timer
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Registered: 10/08/99
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Loc: Tazewell
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My BIL moves his stand so much I wonder if he is ever going to hunt.
However he kills some nice ones every year
If the deer are feeding up the ridge on smaller oaks ,
He moves.
I am just the opposite I feel that I have done my homework and the deer will come sooner or later
But I never hunt the same stand more than two days in a row.
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#2009812 - 07/28/10 12:29 PM
Re: Getting BUSTED!!!!!
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Bottom Hunter
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Registered: 12/29/06
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Loc: Hatchie Bottoms
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I don't worry about it for that hunt.
But will you go back to that same stand soon after that, will you leave it alone for a while or will you move it...?
I have watched deer use an area on a daily basis until they catch my wind and then I may not see any for a week or so...
I'm not sitting for a week where my confidence is low....so I move.
thoughts?
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Walk away; the battle they are fighting is not with you, but with themselves.
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#2009830 - 07/28/10 12:38 PM
Re: Getting BUSTED!!!!!
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Snake
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Registered: 05/03/09
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Loc: McMinn Co.Tennessee U.S.
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Not in less I have noticed that buck movement has decreased . Being seen is less of a distractment to me that of being detected by smell .But will move in a heartbeat if need be , I don't beat a dead horse !!!
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