#2080092 - 09/21/10 12:10 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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TC4ever
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I don't move all that often primarily due to the confinement of hunting my own{small} piece of property. What I have\am trying to do is set ladder stands in what I feel are the best places. We currently have six ladder stands, two shooting houses and I use two climbers of which one stays on the ridge\prop line and I will move it back and forth{ anywhere within about 800 ft of ridgeline}
All of this on 80+- acres.
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#2080096 - 09/21/10 12:12 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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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!
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#2080100 - 09/21/10 12:16 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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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! 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.
Exactly right, my time is way too precious and the season way too short to waste 4 or 5 days on a place that isnt producing!
I work for a living and dont have the luxury of hunting every day for 3 months, therefore I have to make good decisions the first time on stand placement. Im not always right for sure, but I would never sit 4 or 5 days in the wrong place, on purpose! 
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#2080104 - 09/21/10 12:21 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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Andy S.
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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.
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.
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#2080148 - 09/21/10 12:40 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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on our small piece of land(22 acres) i don't have the luxury of multiple stand sites. some stands may get hunted 25+ times a year and all continue to produce all season long.
in morgan co., there is a little more room and after the 3rd sit with no sightings, i will move.
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#2080186 - 09/21/10 12:57 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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BowGuy84
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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.
Im in the middle. I hunt my best stands 2 or 3 times. However, this time of year I am all over the board. I bounce from feeding locals that I found before season. I might hunt a particular oak flat or food source a couple times then I move...ideally before I burn a hunt sitting on an over pressured food source/pattern.
During the rut I get in travel cooridors and will sit tighter waiting for the right buck.
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#2080199 - 09/21/10 01:09 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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BSK
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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. 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.
40 ladder stand, and I average about 30-35 hunts per year.
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#2080249 - 09/21/10 01:43 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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I dont over hunt an area often but, when I do normally I realize that Im doing just cant help myself for some reason. I fiqure if by the second time in a spot Im not in postion to kill a deer I probably will never be and move on.
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#2080266 - 09/21/10 01:59 PM
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From the some of the post I can see why some would be concerned of Bow Hunters tromping around too much scaring out all the deer.
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#2080276 - 09/21/10 02:08 PM
Re: Making adjustments........?
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redcorn
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If we're talking about mature bucks, I don't understand why anyone would think an area is worthy of stand placement, yet think said stand should only be hunted once or a few times. I don't expect to see mature bucks very often, and I certainly don't expect to see one within the first few times I hunt a stand, though I know it's possible. If I feel i'm in the "right" spot, then I have no problem playing the waiting game, and I get the feeling that moving around too much might hurt my chances with a mature buck while at the same time improve my sightings of other deer.
I do agree that at certain times, especially when food sources are being discovered, mobility is important for overall deer sightings. I guess it just depends on how one measures success. Some need to see deer almost every sitting to feel like they're on top of things, others are content without consistent and predictable sightings, as long as they feel a spot will produce eventually.
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