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What's the latest you'll go into your stand?

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Aschaul

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What's the latest you'll walk into your stand in the afternoon? Say it gets dark at 5, what's the latest possible time you'd be getting to your stand?
 
I like to have 3 hours on stand. That is 3 hours set, settled, ready to rock. not climbing the tree and getting everything ready leaving you 2.5 hrs or so. It seems when i get out there early, they come late, and when i am running late....they are coming when i am hugging the frickin tree with my bow or gun at the bottom.
 
Now what I ought to do and what I have sometimes done are two different things. :D I have gotten in a stand late, with only about 45 minutes of shooting light left, and shot deer within 5 minutes of being there. But that is risky and not the norm.

Normally I would like to be on stand with about 3 hours of hunting in front of me.
 
I follow most of you above and like 3 hours on stand. But, if it's early in the season and getting dark around 8:30 I'm usually in the stand by 4. The morning is the toughest hunt for me. I'm never quite sure when I should be getting down. Usually if I don't see anything after the first 1.5hrs of light, I get down.
 
In a perfect world I would be in the tree at 3 however this time of year that doesn't happen all the time. I di miss a 160 feeding in a field two years ago at 3:30pm. He came out with a 150s. I couldn't believe it. On the other hand last year I climbed in a tree with only 13 minutes remaining of shooting time. I drove 3.5 hours to make it down there for that last 13 minutes. Hey, you never know. 12 minutes later I shot a big doe that I needed to shoot a buck on this farm. Hunt when you can.
 
sethgade280 said:
I like to have 3 hours on stand. That is 3 hours set, settled, ready to rock. not climbing the tree and getting everything ready leaving you 2.5 hrs or so. It seems when i get out there early, they come late, and when i am running late....they are coming when i am hugging the frickin tree with my bow or gun at the bottom.
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Aint it the truth.I like to get in the tree or be settled late muzz by at least 3;30 or so but have went in later then that.Depends on the weather tempature ect. but hunt when you can!
 
I always want to be in the stand by 2:30 as well. But alot depends on the weather and scouting. Alot of the time I wont see anything until last light, but if there is a front moving in the deer could be up and feeding alot earlier. Hunt when you can, but I would say scouting is the key. I want to be there and settled at least a half hour before the first deer shows itself.
 
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