#2080511 - 09/21/10 05:09 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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Many of my set ups will only get hunted once a season. If I do hunt a stand more than once, I never hunt it twice in the same week.
I save my best set ups for the rut. When the rut rolls around, I will hunt the same tree for 2 or 3 days in a row, usually (hopefully) as all day sits.
Scout thoroughly in the post season and keep scouting as needed throughout the year. I almost always end up making some adaptations on new areas. 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.
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#2080523 - 09/21/10 05:22 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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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.
One of the benefits of always hunting a different stand is "new views" every hunt. I think that helps.
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#2080605 - 09/21/10 06:23 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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I MOVE ALOT BECAUSE OF THE WIND LIKES TO SWIRL IN THE HOLLARS I HUNT FROM DIFF DIRECTIONS FROM DAY TO DAY THATS WHY HUNT A CLIMBER MOST OF THE TIME BUT I DO HAVE A FEW STAND SETUPS THATS BEEN THERE FOR YEARS I MIGHT TWEEK THEM FROM TIME TO TIME BUT ITS USUALLY ALWAYS WITHIN 50 TO 75 YARDS FROM THE ORIGINAL POSITION
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#2080651 - 09/21/10 06:58 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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I hunt a very big tract of public land that allows me to be extremely mobile. I would say that if I had to pick a single reason for the success that I have had its been constantly moving stand locations and not pressuring mature deer or allowing them to pattern me. In contrast if I had to pick one reason that has contributed to getting skunked for the year it would be over hunting a spot.
As for being a bow hunter and trampling through the woods. A trip in to a stand is a trip in to a stand no matter what weapon I chose to carry or whether its the one you hunted yesterday or one you have never hunted, I cant see the difference or the point.
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#2080671 - 09/21/10 07:14 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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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.
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#2080716 - 09/21/10 07:35 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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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. 
That's awesome. It's pointless to sit somewhere waiting for the deer to change their preferences and their behavior. If you see them feeding somewhere, get there. They'll be back.
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#2080847 - 09/21/10 08:21 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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Under normal conditions, if unsuccessful, I will hunt a stand setup less than ten times before moving it. 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......
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#2080945 - 09/21/10 09:10 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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Under normal conditions, if unsuccessful, I will hunt a stand setup less than ten times before moving it. 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......
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#2080967 - 09/21/10 09:21 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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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.
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