10 times?Id be gone long before that

LOL, me and you both! If I sat a stand 10 times it would be because I was having great success in it!

Under normal conditions, if unsuccessful, I will hunt a stand setup less than ten times before moving it.

LOL, me and you both! If I sat a stand 10 times it would be because I was having great success in it!

If I hunted a stand 10 times it would be because my butt was glued to it. Very seldom hunt a spot more than once.

I try never to hunt the same stand twice in an entire year.

I try never to hunt the same stand twice in an entire year.

This is a good rule of thumb no doubt. On average Bryan, how many " calendar days" do you hunt in a year? I assume you have numerous ladder stands to accomplish this.

I think if I hunted the same three stands on the same property year after year, I would lose interest. The unknown of unhunted trees and new areas or pockets of areas is always exciting and motivating.

I like to Archery hunt deer where they are feeding, this allows for multiple shot opportunities at motionless deer with many angles. The only way to do this is to be very mobile, as their feeding patterns and places is changing constantly right now.
I like the higher % shots at relaxed feeding deer vs. hunting a strict travel corridor where the deer are on the move and your trying to get a good shot with a bow!

Same here. 3 years ago I was in Ohio bowhunting. Does were feeding all morning just out of range and I new it was just a matter of time until a buck showed up. At 9:30, I moved my stand 20 yards from it original spot, closer to where the does were. 10:00 I had an arrow in this buck. I'd like to claim that it was because I was wearing my lucky hat, but reality says it's because I was willing to be mobile.

I try never to hunt the same stand twice in an entire year.

then you either have tons of stands or go far less than i do.....I have been known to go 70 times or more......my record on Chaney one time was well over 70 log ins....that may have been 6-7 years ago....

That's with just three stands. I did move each one a few times each......

then you either have tons of stands or go far less than i do.....I have been known to go 70 times or more......my record on Chaney one time was well over 70 log ins....that may have been 6-7 years ago....

That's with just three stands. I did move each one a few times each......

I think finding main and preferred food sources is essentially important, but we don't see many mature bucks during daylight hours at feeding sites, and don't expect to unless that food source is perfectly located very near thick cover or bedding area.

We try to place stands on well established travel routes, as close to cover as possible, and in places where the probability of intercepting a mature buck is greatest. When one finds such a place, I see no reason to move that stand unless a better tree in the immediate area is noticed. Of course it's a good idea to pick and chose the best times to actually hunt out of any particular stand, but as far as stand placement goes, I think land features and other permanent or semi-permanent factors are just as important as food sources when hunting mature deer.

Deer do the same thing pretty much every year in the mountains so I dont really do alot of moving unless Im hunting a new property and am trying to find the travel routes that will be the same year after year after year.

I hunt public, so I constantly have to adjust. I believe my willingness and ability to do so is a big part of my success. I watch hunter's hunt the same set ups over and over and then usually listen to them tell me how it has been a tough or slow season.

BH,

Without question deer become accustomed to "normal" human activity. But don't underestimate a deer's ability to differentiate between "normal" activity and hunting activity. I've watched individual deer completely ignore a person's scent in areas where it occurs regularly (like in and around food plots and agricultural fields) but then nearly jump out of it's skin when the same deer encountered the same person's scent where it doesn't normally occur except during hunting season.

I agree somewhat, but I don't think that a deer can distinguish between a hunter's scent left while going to a stand and hunting and someone else simply walking through the area...like a farmer or landowner checking on his land or maybe doing some fencing or other activity....

Maybe deer relate the STALKING action (slow gait and stopping) as threatening, while a farmer walking along at a steady pace may not seem as threatening......

Just like when you drive up in a truck .....unless you open the door, many deer will simply watch the truck.

many times a moving wheeler will not spook a deer, but if one stops, then they bolt......

also, a walking hunter that does not come in eye contact with a deer will get little reaction. But, if the deer sees you stop and especially if you are looking at them, they bolt.....

many variables......

I think finding main and preferred food sources is essentially important, but we don't see many mature bucks during daylight hours at feeding sites, and don't expect to unless that food source is perfectly located very near thick cover or bedding area.