curious and bored also...
01-25-2008, 09:17 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Southeast, Va
Posts: 3,965
curious and bored also...
How many of you have killed a good buck the first time in a new stand? I have killed 4 good bucks the first time in. 3 of them I actually was scouting with bow and stand on my back, found great sign and threw up my stand, and within 1 hr or 1.5 had a buck down. Is this pure luck or attention to detail, or both??
01-25-2008, 09:26 AM
#5
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
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RE: curious and bored also...
I've killed 5 bucks with the bow.
In 4 instances.....it was the first time I was in that tree. Granted.....I'd been "close" to that tree (in the case of two of them), before.....but not in that particular tree.
In 4 instances.....it was the first time I was in that tree. Granted.....I'd been "close" to that tree (in the case of two of them), before.....but not in that particular tree.
01-25-2008, 09:32 AM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 1,196
RE: curious and bored also...
Same for me. I started using a climber this year and would sneak in find good sign and set up. I also used a sattilite map from the DNR web sight and found the spots I was missing for so long. with this combo I saw more deer and better yet, more bucks. First time stands were WAY MORE productive than old one's.
01-25-2008, 09:45 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Wentzville, MO
Posts: 1,375
RE: curious and bored also...
As far as was it attention to detail or luck, I would say in my case it was attention to detail. At the end of last year one area looked like a bunch of crazed beavers had gone thru. You couldn't walk 15 yards without seeing a rub. The other set up was about75 yards from where I'd seen a10 pt.a couple years before.
01-25-2008, 09:49 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: IA/WI/IL
Posts: 1,482
RE: curious and bored also...
I recently realised that three of the last four came from stands that were new as of that year. I think I learned a very valuable lesson. It is a very rair stand were deer will not eventually become alert to the hunter no matter how carefull they are and being mobile is a huge plus.
01-25-2008, 10:06 AM
#10
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: curious and bored also...
Your 1st few sittings normally are always going to be your best ones! I've seen more P@Y bucks in the first 3 sittings by far then I have in a stand where I had sat numerous times. I've never shot a big one on the 1st sitting, reason being I've passed up on allot of 120" to 130" bucks that were either to young or that I knew I had bigger bucks in the woods. I shot my big one this year on the 3rd sitting. I'm always excited the first few times I hunt a new spot.