goherd1111

You must hunt awful close to the truck. If not it would take you half a day to get to your stand.

badshotbob

You can tell it's getting into the late season around here.

There's a couple inherent problems with running to your stand. You'll never sound like a deer (impossible with just two legs), it'll get you boiling hot, especially after climbing into the stand which is going to dump tons of unnecessary odor into the woods, and three, running in a woods can lead to tripping (big hunting boots, not streamlined tennies), which could lead to breaking something - bow, leg, arm, etc.

Best approach: Walk like a deer, as pointed out already. A few steps, stop, few more, stop.... You'll know you've succeeded in sounding like a deer when either A.) the doves fly when you are nearly at the base of your tree, or B.) the deer that are already on their feet don't flee until you are almost on top of them. Works every time.

Diesel77

lol ....nice

GMMAT

Ever seen a coyote in the woods? Walks JUST LIKE that.

Jeff

The_1_That_Got_Away

"You must hunt awful close to the truck. If not it would take you half a day to get to your stand."

It's only about a 20 acre plot, 10 of it huntable. It's about a 300 yard walk total. But it's a good spot, it's worth taking 45 minutes to get in there.

badshotbob

Nearly every yote' I've seen walks much quieter than a deer and doesn't stop like one either. Must be these MI yotes.

nchawkeye

I think its a bad idea....You want to run to the stand to sound like a deer??? Sure hope no poachers are around...might get shot at...I have several areas that I hunt near cutovers...On evening hunts, I get in early...2-3 hours before dark...This gives you enough time to go in slowly and quietly and it helps the deer forget about you...Like has been mentioned, take your time and stop every few steps...If you spook them, back off 50 yards or so...

Another idea that I have tried in the past...Go to your stand with a leaf blower...Blow a path that goes 200 yards away, walk the path...

JESUS loves archers

This year I tried smething new,I raked the path I would take the day before opener.I figured it would not only quiet things down but help stay on the right path to the stand in the dark.Half way through the first day the wind had blown all the leaves back but it worked for that morning.I dont think I would put the effort into that again

Copper31

I am way to fat to try running to my stand. I am lucky if I don't have to sit and take a break half way there. I have however crawled out of my stand when my appendix(SP) burst. I didn't see any deer on the way out so I don't think it was a good tactic

GMMAT

Guys......It's just hard for me to tell you all how my deer are. I CAN'T take a leaf blower into this spot.....without blowing out every deer in my herd. At this time of year.....I'm hunting that close to their bed.

What I WOULD like to do......is get a rake attachment for my 4 wheeler to rake a path.......BUT......I couldn't even get the 4 wheeler close enough for this to be effective.

I have a LOT of deer in my herd. I saw 69 over Thanksgiving.......and Rob/PA and I saw that many in ONE DAY when he was here.

Joe Borooks Resume'(at least visually) is nothing to sneeze at. He makes the contention that a person running sounds like a FEW deer running through the woods. I've seen deer running through the woods and have watched other deer never move (like.....say....Friday afternoon). I think THAT's where he was headed. And...who am I to argue with his success? He didn't say it was THE tactic to get to your stand......he said it was "A" tactic.

I've actually done it.....and I saw deer, that day. I've not done it.....and seen deer, too. I've utilized all the other methods mentioned and seen and NOT seen deer.....so how do you know it DOESN'T work unless you've ACTUALLY tried it??

I brushed leaves around with a stick entering my stand site and illed a deer, this year. I walked in rather quietly.....all the way to stand, Saturday......then realized I left my release at camp. I trudged back to the 4 wheeler (at a friend's camp).....rode it back to camp.......trudged back to my stand where I was BOWhunting....and everyone else was gunhunting.....and killed a nice 2-1/2 yr old buck.

We can do many things to help aid us in our quests......but this is NOT rocket science. I've learned that, too.

Jeff