#444804 - 10/12/07 08:05 PM
Re: Cheap and easy trails
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Foggy54
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Hate to admit it but once I hunted a new Farm, In the after noon I found a stand built years ago.
Decided to hunt from it that afternoon, The next morning decided to hunt from it again.
Got out there at O-dark-30 walked in and looked all over for that stand. Decided to just sit at the base of a tree.
When day light came I was sitting 20 feet from the stand. Markers would have been nice that day.
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#444809 - 10/12/07 08:07 PM
Re: Cheap and easy trails
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Foggy54
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Ps. Guess I don't have the Daniel Boone Gene..
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#445103 - 10/12/07 09:37 PM
Re: Cheap and easy trails
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Knothead
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Hate to admit it but once I hunted a new Farm, In the after noon I found a stand built years ago.
Decided to hunt from it that afternoon, The next morning decided to hunt from it again.
Got out there at O-dark-30 walked in and looked all over for that stand. Decided to just sit at the base of a tree.
When day light came I was sitting 20 feet from the stand. Markers would have been nice that day.
Been there, done that.
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#445318 - 10/12/07 11:37 PM
Re: Cheap and easy trails
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Unicam
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I actually combine both systems. I like to hunt out of the way places and usually there is an old skidder trail or something that gets me within a few hundred yards, I will then set up a non-reflective natural marker where I need to leave the trail. As I head to my stand I will bend twigs down at eye level so in the morning with a light I can see them. I will mark my stand with two bright eyes so I can see it as I get close. I have taken to this system over the years due to stand theft. Its way to easy for a thief to come in at night and clean stands out of the woods. I will not get stolen from again because I gave them a nice reflective trail to my stand.
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#445708 - 10/13/07 12:49 PM
Re: Cheap and easy trails
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Foggy54
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I actually combine both systems. I like to hunt out of the way places and usually there is an old skidder trail or something that gets me within a few hundred yards, I will then set up a non-reflective natural marker where I need to leave the trail. As I head to my stand I will bend twigs down at eye level so in the morning with a light I can see them. I will mark my stand with two bright eyes so I can see it as I get close. I have taken to this system over the years due to stand theft. Its way to easy for a thief to come in at night and clean stands out of the woods. I will not get stolen from again because I gave them a nice reflective trail to my stand.
Good points.
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#446540 - 10/13/07 10:02 PM
Re: Cheap and easy trails
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Stovepipe
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I actually combine both systems. I like to hunt out of the way places and usually there is an old skidder trail or something that gets me within a few hundred yards, I will then set up a non-reflective natural marker where I need to leave the trail. As I head to my stand I will bend twigs down at eye level so in the morning with a light I can see them. I will mark my stand with two bright eyes so I can see it as I get close. I have taken to this system over the years due to stand theft. Its way to easy for a thief to come in at night and clean stands out of the woods. I will not get stolen from again because I gave them a nice reflective trail to my stand. 
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#450183 - 10/15/07 08:39 PM
Re: Cheap and easy trails
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Mossy Rack
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I Know Im getting in on this a little late but I will definately
use the tape Thanks for the tip Droptine33
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#455563 - 10/18/07 11:14 AM
Re: Cheap and easy trails
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CZ284
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Good idea- when you put the tape on the clothespins do you put it on both sides? That way you they'd be visible from either side, which is a big drawback in using tacks. Did I miss that in the initial suggestion?
Thanks.
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#458430 - 10/19/07 09:59 PM
Re: Cheap and easy trails
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Knothead
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Good idea- when you put the tape on the clothespins do you put it on both sides? That way you they'd be visible from either side, which is a big drawback in using tacks. Did I miss that in the initial suggestion?
Thanks.
CZ, yes, I put tape on both sides.
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