All day sits...how do you do it?
05-09-2008, 11:30 AM
#11
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RE: All day sits...how do you do it?
All Day sits are the Best kind.
1. Comfort (1st & foremost)
2. Confidence in your stand site
3. Don't focus on the time you will be leaving (dark) hunt each hour for what it is.
4. I sit all day during Prime time (rut) increases your chances for action.
5. Some times of the season is just not productive here.
The best bucks I saw last year was between 10am and 2pm, and I killed my Mule Deer a little before 2pm.
Knowing those facts will help me sit all day this year!
Dan
1. Comfort (1st & foremost)
2. Confidence in your stand site
3. Don't focus on the time you will be leaving (dark) hunt each hour for what it is.
4. I sit all day during Prime time (rut) increases your chances for action.
5. Some times of the season is just not productive here.
The best bucks I saw last year was between 10am and 2pm, and I killed my Mule Deer a little before 2pm.
Knowing those facts will help me sit all day this year!
Dan
05-09-2008, 11:31 AM
#12
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Location: Cogan Station, PA
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RE: All day sits...how do you do it?
ORIGINAL: bowtechben
Matt, one other thing, you need to do like the pros do, play handheld poker or yatzee...those things are like deer magnets.
Matt, one other thing, you need to do like the pros do, play handheld poker or yatzee...those things are like deer magnets.
05-09-2008, 11:41 AM
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RE: All day sits...how do you do it?
ORIGINAL: quiksilver
If you've got a cell phone with a full charge - and you don't get cold - it's actually pretty easy... Not to mention relaxing.
If you've got a cell phone with a full charge - and you don't get cold - it's actually pretty easy... Not to mention relaxing.
Being able to "talk" while you're there really does help break up the boredom.
05-09-2008, 11:48 AM
#14
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RE: All day sits...how do you do it?
ORIGINAL: mobow
Oh good point. Texting season is open for sure. If you've got some buddies you can text with, it will really help. Look out buckeye, bols, Greg/MO, jmbuckhuntr..........Yer text is gonna light up come October....
Being able to "talk" while you're there really does help break up the boredom.
ORIGINAL: quiksilver
If you've got a cell phone with a full charge - and you don't get cold - it's actually pretty easy... Not to mention relaxing.
If you've got a cell phone with a full charge - and you don't get cold - it's actually pretty easy... Not to mention relaxing.
Being able to "talk" while you're there really does help break up the boredom.
TEmbry, Washington Hunter, Bols...and whoever would like to PM me their number will be "blowing up" with texts
Like others have said....comfortable stand, confidence in the stand, and food, don't forget the chaw (grizz wintergreen)
05-09-2008, 12:00 PM
#15
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RE: All day sits...how do you do it?
All day sits can be tortureous. But as mentioned the above things can make them go by a little easier. The best thing that makes them go by is continual deer sightings.I pulled a couple last season in conditions that I question my sanity. No deer should be worth that amount of effort.
On a funny note texting on stand passes the time real well. And honestly a "Cheering" section on the other end, can convince you to stick it out when you aren't seeing anything.
On a funny note texting on stand passes the time real well. And honestly a "Cheering" section on the other end, can convince you to stick it out when you aren't seeing anything.
05-09-2008, 12:02 PM
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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RE: All day sits...how do you do it?
You guys sound like a bunch of 14 year old girls..............
. Texting? 
Are you serious? If you text at all for any reason you loose your right to carry a man card.
Texting! Bwahahahahahahahahahah!
. Texting? Are you serious? If you text at all for any reason you loose your right to carry a man card.
Texting! Bwahahahahahahahahahah!
05-09-2008, 12:06 PM
#18
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Location: Hughesville, PA
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RE: All day sits...how do you do it?
Like two months ago I got a new cell, but I had to keep the other one charged up and in the glovebox of the truck, just so that I can read tales of last hunting season. There are some real classics on that phone. I think on of these years I am going to write a book of texts from the past hunting seasons.
One of my favorites was at 10:15am one Saturday from my one hunting buddy, it went something like this: "we ain't killing nothing in this downpour, lets go to the place that I scouted out some Miller lites to kill"
One of my favorites was at 10:15am one Saturday from my one hunting buddy, it went something like this: "we ain't killing nothing in this downpour, lets go to the place that I scouted out some Miller lites to kill"
05-09-2008, 12:06 PM
#19
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
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RE: All day sits...how do you do it?
I do a lot of all day sits now during that magic time from Halloween till archery closes, and also in rifle season because of how many deer get bumped by guys that get antsy. As a matter of fact, nearly half the encounters I have had with mature bucks occured between 11am and 3pm. When I intend to sit all day I will pack food, water, and make sure I am in the climber so I'm comfortable. I often snooze out there as well which can pass a lot of time. I know you can't kill a buck when your snoozing but you also can't kill one when your in the cabin either. [8D]
My current cell phone doesn't get reception at my camp or Dan's, but I will have a handheld device by this upcoming season, probably a Blackberry or an I-Phone. I'm actually switching carriers in the next few months specificallyto get reception at our hunting camps. Dan got a blackberry last year before season and after seeing that thing I've gotta have one.That way I'll be able to text and harass you guys on here when I'm bored on stand.
My current cell phone doesn't get reception at my camp or Dan's, but I will have a handheld device by this upcoming season, probably a Blackberry or an I-Phone. I'm actually switching carriers in the next few months specificallyto get reception at our hunting camps. Dan got a blackberry last year before season and after seeing that thing I've gotta have one.That way I'll be able to text and harass you guys on here when I'm bored on stand.