Scenario: It's an afternoon hunt and when approaching your stand, deer are already in area. Do you continue and hope they run off and not see you climb tree or leave?
Shoot them so they don't tell their friends.Scenario: It's an afternoon hunt and when approaching your stand, deer are already in area. Do you continue and hope they run off and not see you climb tree or leave?
And thisSituation specific for me. I'd rather spook them off so they don't see me climbing, rather than trying to sneak and get busted while climbing. If they see me I want it to be on the ground.
Sit tight and wait them out. If you feel you can get in do so, but I sure wouldn't leave.
Yes, continue on and hunt. I experienced this scenario just this month. Went in, still hunting my way in to the stand, and when I got within 75 yards of my stand I saw tails hopping away about 50 yards past my stand. I continued on, wind in my favor, slowly, and climbed up into my stand, then did something I rarely do, I hit a can call and grunt call a few times. About an hour later this guy came in from above me. A nice 9 pt.Scenario: It's an afternoon hunt and when approaching your stand, deer are already in area. Do you continue and hope they run off and not see you climb tree or leave?
You serious Clark??I've climbed many trees with deer bedded writhing 25-30 yards away.
I climbed in my blind several times last year behind my house with deer bedded in the field that I didn't know at the time. One morning 2 does were bedded 20 yards away. No way they didn't see me climb up. But they stood up and went to feeding at daylight. But this property behind my house hadn't been hunted (legally and would be hard to sneak in on it) in 40 years or more when the other owner owned it. But with hunting pressure last year from me it wasn't the same this year.You serious Clark??
Dead serious. I just walked through the woods with crunchy leaves and made it to deer, obviously wind is in my favor. So I just climb, slow, quiet and keep the tree between them and me. Usually if I make the first move with out one busting me I'm good to go.You serious Clark??