What do you do in the stand?

lets see. I've read the OK hunting regs book for 2010-2011 cover to cover one day.

Opening day of rifle I didn't sleep worth a damn. I can't count the number of times I nodded off that morning. no need for anything else.

Thanksgiving morning was to cold to think about doing anything else. Just happy to be in a ground blind and not the tree stand.
Friday after thanksgiving I had a 5 hour energy drink before jumping on the 4wheeler. dang it if I didn't leave my latest deer magazine wide awake no wind. I sat and enjoyed the silence.

I take some snacks packaged in quiet packaging. Cell phone stays on the charger until I get out of the truck. I'll surf the web, Facebook, textmessage hunting buddies. send texts to those i know aren't hunting but wish they were.

Yes pretty much everything but kill deer.
 
Deer are creatures of habit.
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Yep.

They are also used to seeing, hearing, and smelling humans in their woods.
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Depends upon where "their" woods is ...... where I hunt deer are not accustomed to humans that are not driving a tractor ..... pickups passing on the county road don't bother them, unless they slow down, stop, or turn into the field road. If they hear that, they are hightailing it for cover.

On stand, I do my best impersonation of a stump or a pile of leaves ...... I think about past hunts, think about where we'll go look for deer in the afternoon (deer do most of their moving in the hours around dawn and dusk, and you have to go to them during the mid-day hours, particularly if it is warm).....
 
Dang, I feel bad for you guys sitting there all day. I go out and put ten or fifteen miles on the legs, then drag something out a looooong ways to the truck. Lotta work, and lotta reward. :D

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I spend a lot of time wishing I'd brought a pellet gun or something similar to get rid of all the squirrels that are driving me nuts. As my brother-in-law and I say, "the best way to see squirrels is to go hunt deer. The best way to see deer is to go hunt squirrels". We almost always see one when we're hunting the other.

Those dang squirrels make SO much noise! I always think they're deer.
 
I cant sit still, so I dont use a stand. I stalk my deer, keeps me interested and is very hard to do. Put on the sneakers and go sneak up on one :) you will never want to be in a stand again.
 
I can't count the number of times I've been sure there's a deer moving around just out of sight and I'm glassing around, heart pounding, only to see a goofy little tree rat running around in the leaves. :mad:
 
I hadn't hunted that much for 10 or 15 years until this year. So this year I head out and most everywhere has cell signal. So now I surf the internet, text friends and upload hunting pics to Facebook.
 
I final got my first one Sat!

Nothing impressive, but it was my first deer.

Thought for sure I had scared them all off. I had to stand and stretch my legs right before that. Good thing there was a blind around the stand.
 
I watch the woods and listen as quietly as I can.

I find my days of sitting completely still in a metal ladder stand are behind me now, the legs, toes cramp up or my old back acts up a bit. The ground blinds are good now, I can move more when these old bones need it and the deer are none the wiser. Also helps block icy winds, snow, and light rain too.

My buddie's enclosed tripods and quad stands are the best- up high enough and enclosed with camo. I also enjoy the various displays nature offers in the smaller critters and always use the time for prayer and reflection. Oh yeah, sometimes I get a deer!

Joe
 
funny story

back in the 70's sitting on stand upstate NY with dad. Had a "working girl" visit us I don't recall the exact conversation, father wasn't exactly honest with his then 12 yr old son. "she's just lost son" But i know now what some guys were doing on stand. Just moved from one orange dot to the next...
 
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