Tree stand dummies!
#1
Boone & Crockett
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Tree stand dummies!
No I'm not talking about you guys and gals specifically[8D].
Does anyone put dummies in your stands that you leave out for the deer to get used to something in there? Do you think it's worth it?
Does anyone put dummies in your stands that you leave out for the deer to get used to something in there? Do you think it's worth it?
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Peterstown WV USA
Posts: 2,541
RE: Tree stand dummies!
If you keep it scent free I do think it will help. To make your own dummy take an old pair of coveralls and stuff them with anything even hay or straw and place it in your stand. I tie a rope on mine so I can puut it behind the tree when I am in the stand. Give it a try you may be suprised.
#5
RE: Tree stand dummies!
A friend of mine did that once and some others hunters found it .
They thought the dummy was real and tried talking to it when it didn't respond they thought the dummy was a dead hunter in the stand and called the police out to investigate.
They thought the dummy was real and tried talking to it when it didn't respond they thought the dummy was a dead hunter in the stand and called the police out to investigate.
#8
RE: Tree stand dummies!
Yea my friend and I thought so to, wish I had a picture of it.
It did look real enough to fool the other hunters , my friend had it dressed up and straped in with a harness the only thing that was missing was the bow on a hanger.
It did look real enough to fool the other hunters , my friend had it dressed up and straped in with a harness the only thing that was missing was the bow on a hanger.
#9
RE: Tree stand dummies!
The deer shouldn't be spotting and looking at your treestand anyway. If your being spotted, your not concealing your treestand/spot efficient enough. Why would I want the deer to look at me or my dummy replacement. Seems silly to me.
#10
RE: Tree stand dummies!
The lease I used to be a member of did that. We had numerous tower stands and for a while we had a problem with trespassers, so we got some maniquins from someone who bought them when a clothing store went out of business. We dressed them and placed them in the tower stands closest to the entrance roads. We only figured out the benifit of the deer growing accustomed to " someone " being in the stand, after the fact. It got to where the deer would walk out right by the stands and never pay us even the least bit of attention. And yes, it did help the trespassing problem. If they thought a member was in the stand they would back back down the road and leave. Problem solved