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Any harm in riding your ATV/side by side into the woods?
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<blockquote data-quote="13pt" data-source="post: 5129106" data-attributes="member: 19602"><p>I agree with the sneaking out late morning (usually around 11am) and getting a little exercise and food and reset so I can be on maximum alert for the afternoon hunt. I've tried the all day hunting and it's just too draining, and like someone said, this journey is more about enjoying the experience. All day hunting is more like work and I already have too much of that in my life. Kudos to those who can consistently pull it off. It no doubt increases your odds. I'd say the absence of movement in and out midday helps more than the rare off chance of a midday sighting of a mature buck. I'm a trail camera freak, and almost embarrassed to say I own 19 Reconyx, and have most or all of them going at any one time. Those mature bucks moving in midday is no doubt a rare occurrence, but it happens. The few I've observed seem to be mostly late morning which has had me staying in my stand until 11am whenever possible, or probably better stated 5-5.5 hours depending on daylight savings time and weather and timing of the rut. Having said all that, on the same west TN lease over a 10 year period, I can only remember two trophies taken closer to midday...and both were just being in the right place at the right time. I got down a little early in muzzleloader season one morning at 10:30am due to not seeing much and being windy and drizzly. I was walking out down our main lease road and happen to look across a thick grassy hollow at 100 yards and there he was standing looking the other way. He was a 7.5 yr old 9pt scoring 134" (aged by Ben Layton at the region 3 office). The other one a member killed walking in early afternoon at 1:15pm in early December. This buck was following a doe and walked out in the road at 75 yards (bad mistake). That one we had all been targeting that year and was only an 8pt that scored 154" (didn't have that one aged but based on historic pictures probably 6.5). So, no doubt it does happen on a rare occasion, and clearly can be highly rewarding. I do envy those who can do an all day sit and still enjoy the experience.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="13pt, post: 5129106, member: 19602"] I agree with the sneaking out late morning (usually around 11am) and getting a little exercise and food and reset so I can be on maximum alert for the afternoon hunt. I've tried the all day hunting and it's just too draining, and like someone said, this journey is more about enjoying the experience. All day hunting is more like work and I already have too much of that in my life. Kudos to those who can consistently pull it off. It no doubt increases your odds. I'd say the absence of movement in and out midday helps more than the rare off chance of a midday sighting of a mature buck. I'm a trail camera freak, and almost embarrassed to say I own 19 Reconyx, and have most or all of them going at any one time. Those mature bucks moving in midday is no doubt a rare occurrence, but it happens. The few I've observed seem to be mostly late morning which has had me staying in my stand until 11am whenever possible, or probably better stated 5-5.5 hours depending on daylight savings time and weather and timing of the rut. Having said all that, on the same west TN lease over a 10 year period, I can only remember two trophies taken closer to midday...and both were just being in the right place at the right time. I got down a little early in muzzleloader season one morning at 10:30am due to not seeing much and being windy and drizzly. I was walking out down our main lease road and happen to look across a thick grassy hollow at 100 yards and there he was standing looking the other way. He was a 7.5 yr old 9pt scoring 134" (aged by Ben Layton at the region 3 office). The other one a member killed walking in early afternoon at 1:15pm in early December. This buck was following a doe and walked out in the road at 75 yards (bad mistake). That one we had all been targeting that year and was only an 8pt that scored 154" (didn't have that one aged but based on historic pictures probably 6.5). So, no doubt it does happen on a rare occasion, and clearly can be highly rewarding. I do envy those who can do an all day sit and still enjoy the experience. [/QUOTE]
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