MGH_PA

Quicks post pertaining to all-day sits got me thinking...I know MANY hunters do all-day stand sits, but I could never pull it off. I don't know what it is, I just KNOW there is no way I could sit in a stand from an hour before legal time to dark...I don't have the patience. Since many of you are able to do it, I assume I'm the minority here, so is it safe to say I must not "truly" enjoy hunting? I really enjoy being in the outdoors in general, and just taking in nature, so don't think I don't appreciate being out there, it's just that I can't do it (for whatever various reasons). I think this is why I've become so drawn to turkey hunting because it allows me to be very mobile, and vocal, interacting with the game, etc.

So, what's your thoughts on this?

Ben / PA

A few things can keep me in the woods all day.
1. A very promising spot at the right time of year.
2. A comfortable stand, with the right gear.
3. A plan for the day. ie Sit in one stand until 10:45, then move to another stand a half mile away till 2:30 then back to an evening stand. If you done your homework, and it is early in the season, there is no reason why you can't reasonably pattern some deer and up your odds in certain locations.

mobow

How much you enjoy hunting isn't determined by whether you can sit all day or not. Some people just......can't.

There are a few things to help though. The absolute BIGGEST asset is.......confidence in your spot. If you don't have confidence, you will not be able to sit there all day.

Second, dress comfortably. If you're too hot or too cold, forget it. Won't happen.

Bring snacks and water. Keeping hydrated will help you be more focused. If you're dehydrated, you will get......loopy. Summer sausage, apples and nutty bars is just about the best lunch I've ever had. Protein, some sugar, and some carbs.....Energy and alertness.

And lastly.....You just gotta have a comfortable stand. I know ya'll like fixed stands, but I'm sorry.....they just don't cut it for all day sits. Smallish seats, no back rest.....I could never sit all day in one. A good, comfortable climber will aid in the ability to sit there.

HuntinGUS

It seems like I never have enough time to hunt so sitting all day just seems logical to me.....especially duriung the rut.

It feels good sometimes to enter at dark and spend the entire day on stand. I think if you tried it once, you would like it and it would not seem like so much of a chore................

MGH_PA

Oh, don't get me wrong, I know all the preparations one should make in planning an all day sit, but it's the actual DOING it, that I can't accomplish. I have on stand that has produced my last three deer (same tree even), and I tried an all day sit one saturday, and wow...made to about 12, and had to get out and move...even though I did have confidence that the area could produce deer sightings throughout the day.

My hats off to you guys, though, wish I could do it.

Ben / PA

Matt, one other thing, you need to do like the pros do, play handheld poker or yatzee...those things are like deer magnets.

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.

superstrutter

You don't have to sit on a stand all day to truly love it. I love deer hunting, but I'm not going to sit on a stand from daylight til dark. Usually I'll sit from daylight to around 11:00, that is if I haven't killed one by then or if it's raining hard. I'll get back on the stand about 4:00 or 4:30. When the time changes, I'll get back on an hour earlier. There are days I will get back on stand earlier. It depends on the weather. Down here, it can be 90 plus degrees through October. It's aweful hard to sit on a stand for hours when it's that hot. It's also very humid, so you sweat profusely, and we all know that's not good when bowhunting.

Ben / PA

Damn Quik, I almost forgot that deer season is better known to one of my hunting buddies as texting season. I mean we got guys at our cabin that make a 14 year old girl look small time.

early in

I think quiks thread was moreabout "whole" day hunts as opposed tojust a morning hunt or an evening hunt, not so muchsitting the whole day. Anyway, I don'tbelieve there are as manydark to dark hunters as you may think. It isn't easy, that's for sure! It's a mental thing as far as I'm concerned.
I only do all dayer's during the rut because they move all day during the rutfor the most part. In Pa it's not too tough because I'm only doing it a day here and a day there. But, when I go to Alberta it's for 6 days straight, and can be rough because of weather.I mentally break up the days hunt intothree seperate hunts. A four hour morning, afternoon, and evening hunt. For example, at 10:00AM I'll tell myself I have 1 hour until the afternoon hunt starts, and so on. I also keep reminding myself where I'm hunting, and that my dream buck can come by at ANY given time! It's tough, but it works for me.