Staying alert on stand...
11-27-2006, 08:21 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 4,679
RE: Staying alert on stand...
ORIGINAL: Greg / MO
Guess it's safe to say that you don't snore very loudly then, huh?
Either that, or you do -- and they're coming in to the tending grunts! 
Guess it's safe to say that you don't snore very loudly then, huh?
Either that, or you do -- and they're coming in to the tending grunts!
[8D]
11-27-2006, 08:27 PM
#12
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Posts: 13,082
RE: Staying alert on stand...
Oh, I do my fair share of sleeping as well. That Summit is just too darn comfy!
But man, even when I am looking around it's like I'm not....I guess it's just looking at the same thing for hours on end, you get.....conditioned to it......I gotta do better though, that's all there is too it.
But man, even when I am looking around it's like I'm not....I guess it's just looking at the same thing for hours on end, you get.....conditioned to it......I gotta do better though, that's all there is too it.
11-27-2006, 08:43 PM
#13
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Roanoke, Va
Posts: 3,562
RE: Staying alert on stand...
ORIGINAL: mobowhuntr
Oh, I do my fair share of sleeping as well. That Summit is just too darn comfy!
But man, even when I am looking around it's like I'm not....I guess it's just looking at the same thing for hours on end, you get.....conditioned to it......I gotta do better though, that's all there is too it.
Oh, I do my fair share of sleeping as well. That Summit is just too darn comfy!
But man, even when I am looking around it's like I'm not....I guess it's just looking at the same thing for hours on end, you get.....conditioned to it......I gotta do better though, that's all there is too it.
BTW: I don't have to post pics...now do I Mobow?
11-27-2006, 10:55 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Flushing Michigan
Posts: 2,355
RE: Staying alert on stand...
When I get too relaxed I force myself to stand up for a while. I try to alternate every 45 minutes or so between standing and sitting.
I'm much more alert when standing.
I'm much more alert when standing.
11-28-2006, 03:49 AM
#17
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Plum Boro, PA
Posts: 1,423
RE: Staying alert on stand...
It's tough at times for sure. For me, I stand as much as possible and only sit when I have to. I'm more alert when standing, plus it's easier to look around than from a sitting position. Too much sitting leads to sleepy hunters especially when the action is slow.
11-28-2006, 05:55 AM
#19
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 40,130
RE: Staying alert on stand...
ORIGINAL: Tribal
I am sure all of us had deer pass without notice. To pass timeI picture over and over the scenario of the deer coming to my stand and thinking about the shot. It's like practice, sometimes when you have hunted several days in a row and early mornings catch up to youit's tough to keep focused without dosing off. But I am constantly listening and looking for that crack or them leaves shuffling that tail or ear flicker, sometimes it's just that horizontal line in the distance that turns out to be the back of a deer. That is if I am not being hassled by red,gray, and fox squirrels. Or the hawk dive bombing the squirrels, or the weasel I often see roaming the downfall. Oh lets not forget the flock of turkeys making enough noise you can hear them coming 100 yards away.
For some of us maybe its the black capped chickadee that lands on the branch next to you and a few times right on my hat or bow. They tilt their little head looking at you without fear.
And the coolest is the bald eagles we have on the lake where I hunt screeching at dusk.
There is notone single hunt that I can say I do not take something away from it. Think of the things we actually see or hear in the woods that the majority of people will never see or hear. WhooHooo you got to love it! Thats what keeps me alert on stand.
I am sure all of us had deer pass without notice. To pass timeI picture over and over the scenario of the deer coming to my stand and thinking about the shot. It's like practice, sometimes when you have hunted several days in a row and early mornings catch up to youit's tough to keep focused without dosing off. But I am constantly listening and looking for that crack or them leaves shuffling that tail or ear flicker, sometimes it's just that horizontal line in the distance that turns out to be the back of a deer. That is if I am not being hassled by red,gray, and fox squirrels. Or the hawk dive bombing the squirrels, or the weasel I often see roaming the downfall. Oh lets not forget the flock of turkeys making enough noise you can hear them coming 100 yards away.
For some of us maybe its the black capped chickadee that lands on the branch next to you and a few times right on my hat or bow. They tilt their little head looking at you without fear.
And the coolest is the bald eagles we have on the lake where I hunt screeching at dusk.
There is notone single hunt that I can say I do not take something away from it. Think of the things we actually see or hear in the woods that the majority of people will never see or hear. WhooHooo you got to love it! Thats what keeps me alert on stand.
11-28-2006, 06:03 AM
#20
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: May 2005
Location: One mile east of West Podunk Tx
Posts: 5,973
RE: Staying alert on stand...
Hey Duc, speaking of pics, if mobow takes a book to stand with him it may have to be a picture book!Maybe Bambi so he will at least see some deer![8D]LOL!
Maybe Bambi so he will at least see some deer![8D]LOL!