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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5366350" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>BSK has some excellent observations, and the hard data to document it.</p><p>I have mostly anecdotal evidence, but mostly all congruent with his data.</p><p>And, my observations cover a longer time horizon <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>THIS</em> is why I continue to do most my hunting from portable climbing stands!</p><p>I frequently relocate, not just where I hunt daily, but the stand itself.</p><p>But often only move @ 75 yds from one day to the next.</p><p></p><p>I make most my stand moves @ 1pm daily, as this has most often been the most "dead" time of most days, and the time of day when I'm least likely to be seen or heard while moving my stand 75 yds or so. During November, I'm typically an all-day hunter, often, hunting the morning where I had hunted the previous afternoon, then relocating that climber mid-day, hunting @ 75 yds in the afternoon from where was afternoon before. That afternoon stand become the next morning's stand.</p><p></p><p>I do occasionally use other types stands, but as above stated, is my most common way of deer hunting in TN. Relocating during early afternoon provides a little "break", and I'm hunting a new spot every day. This makes all-day hunting "easier" (new view, every day). From the time I climb down until the time I'm back on perch in the new location is usually less than an hour, meaning I'm only not "on stand" hunting between @ 1 to 2 pm.</p><p></p><p>Also, hunters who go back to their truck or camp after a morning's hunt, are "disturbing" their general hunting areas about 10x more than I am by only relocating @ 75 yds mid-day, then only coming & going under the cover of darkness. For whatever reasons, traveling under the cover of darkness will not disturb local deer anything like it does during daylight. If you must move during daytime, between 1 & 2P typically provides more wind, to prevent distant deer from noticing your movement, and this extra early afternoon air circulation helps dissipate your scent.</p><p></p><p>BSK would be shocked at how many mature bucks I've killed between 11 & 12N over the years, as his data may suggest little movement. My thinking is these bucks "cut a lot of diagonals", traveling by sight towards a visible doe, and more often do not walk in front of the trail cams positioned more on the trails that most often best pick up the activity. These <u>older buck also often wait until the wind picks up around mid-morning before they will move much linear distance</u>, which they often do pretty fast, perhaps in times past too fast for many our older trail cams to catch them.</p><p></p><p><em>EVERYTHING</em> is different when hunting a mature buck.</p><p>Think of them as a different species.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5366350, member: 1409"] BSK has some excellent observations, and the hard data to document it. I have mostly anecdotal evidence, but mostly all congruent with his data. And, my observations cover a longer time horizon ;) [I]THIS[/I] is why I continue to do most my hunting from portable climbing stands! I frequently relocate, not just where I hunt daily, but the stand itself. But often only move @ 75 yds from one day to the next. I make most my stand moves @ 1pm daily, as this has most often been the most "dead" time of most days, and the time of day when I'm least likely to be seen or heard while moving my stand 75 yds or so. During November, I'm typically an all-day hunter, often, hunting the morning where I had hunted the previous afternoon, then relocating that climber mid-day, hunting @ 75 yds in the afternoon from where was afternoon before. That afternoon stand become the next morning's stand. I do occasionally use other types stands, but as above stated, is my most common way of deer hunting in TN. Relocating during early afternoon provides a little "break", and I'm hunting a new spot every day. This makes all-day hunting "easier" (new view, every day). From the time I climb down until the time I'm back on perch in the new location is usually less than an hour, meaning I'm only not "on stand" hunting between @ 1 to 2 pm. Also, hunters who go back to their truck or camp after a morning's hunt, are "disturbing" their general hunting areas about 10x more than I am by only relocating @ 75 yds mid-day, then only coming & going under the cover of darkness. For whatever reasons, traveling under the cover of darkness will not disturb local deer anything like it does during daylight. If you must move during daytime, between 1 & 2P typically provides more wind, to prevent distant deer from noticing your movement, and this extra early afternoon air circulation helps dissipate your scent. BSK would be shocked at how many mature bucks I've killed between 11 & 12N over the years, as his data may suggest little movement. My thinking is these bucks "cut a lot of diagonals", traveling by sight towards a visible doe, and more often do not walk in front of the trail cams positioned more on the trails that most often best pick up the activity. These [U]older buck also often wait until the wind picks up around mid-morning before they will move much linear distance[/U], which they often do pretty fast, perhaps in times past too fast for many our older trail cams to catch them. [I]EVERYTHING[/I] is different when hunting a mature buck. Think of them as a different species. [/QUOTE]
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