How many of you have done stand work for next fall?
03-27-2003, 11:32 AM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Whitetail Ridge Iowa
Posts: 949
How many of you have done stand work for next fall?
Just wondering how many others here have been
out this winter/spring working on treestand
setups for next fall? With the job I have and
being single, I' m able to spend a lot of time
prepping stands for the upcomimg year. My dad,
who' s retired helps out. Every year we prep from
20-25 trees, cutting shooting lanes, nails for
backpacks & bows, and clearing out deer
runs with our pruners. We started using aerial
photos a few years ago....I can' t begin to
describe how much they' ve helped. My friends
think I have a " problem" and my co-workers
think I' m just plain crazy! To me, this is
bowhunting....anyone else feel the same?
TB
out this winter/spring working on treestand
setups for next fall? With the job I have and
being single, I' m able to spend a lot of time
prepping stands for the upcomimg year. My dad,
who' s retired helps out. Every year we prep from
20-25 trees, cutting shooting lanes, nails for
backpacks & bows, and clearing out deer
runs with our pruners. We started using aerial
photos a few years ago....I can' t begin to
describe how much they' ve helped. My friends
think I have a " problem" and my co-workers
think I' m just plain crazy! To me, this is
bowhunting....anyone else feel the same?
TB
03-27-2003, 12:05 PM
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pittsburgh PA
Posts: 947
RE: How many of you have done stand work for next fall?
I don' t have any portable stands hung yet but I do have a couple new trees picked out for next fall. I' ve been pruning some of the limbs and trees now, before the foliage starts to get too thick. I would say you not the only crazy one, I bet a good majority of the Bowhunters are doing the same.
03-27-2003, 12:15 PM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East Yapank NY USA
Posts: 3,457
RE: How many of you have done stand work for next fall?
I am out there almost every weekend scouting, shed hunting, setting up as many stands as I can. The MOST important part of my bowhunting is winter/spring scouting and stand set ups. Hunting season is the easy part
03-27-2003, 12:44 PM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northeast WI
Posts: 144
RE: How many of you have done stand work for next fall?
Always looking and adding or making better. Just put up a tripod in a thicket Tuesday. Moving another stand and putting in a new one this weekend. I guess were all obsessed with whitetails! Not a bad thing either!!
03-27-2003, 12:59 PM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: west central,wi
Posts: 903
RE: How many of you have done stand work for next fall?
Got permision to hunt some new land, been scouting it the last 3 wkn' ds. has a swamp on one end were they bed,hardwood,s mostly oak in the middle. corn and
bean fields on the other end. This area is about a square mile. LOT' S of last yr' s
rub' s and alot of dropings.Going to start mock rub' s next week.
bean fields on the other end. This area is about a square mile. LOT' S of last yr' s
rub' s and alot of dropings.Going to start mock rub' s next week.
03-27-2003, 03:14 PM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Honeyhole, IA USA
Posts: 494
RE: How many of you have done stand work for next fall?
I' d like to find next years buck before I put up stands. No reason to put up a stand in a sucky area.
I know where a couple bucks are but I already have stands up there.
Right now, I am getting ready to " talk some turkey"
I know where a couple bucks are but I already have stands up there.
Right now, I am getting ready to " talk some turkey"
03-27-2003, 03:25 PM
#9
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Chatsworth Georgia USA
Posts: 79
RE: How many of you have done stand work for next fall?
Been out triming and put out about 50 lbs of rock salt/buck magnet in one location and after 4/15 intend to go to the club (3 hour drive). I' m going to try to work on about three different stands. Cutting and trimming, planting, rock salt.
Probably have to salt and mineral about one more time B-4 hunting season.
Probably have to salt and mineral about one more time B-4 hunting season.
03-27-2003, 07:32 PM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Carroll Ohio USA
Posts: 812
RE: How many of you have done stand work for next fall?
I know the farmers around here and they all already told me what the crop plan is for next season and about 1/2 mile behind me house is where I will be most of the season Its all gonna be corn and where I was this past season is gonna be bean. It sucks on that property when its beans, they all go to where Im gonna be. There is a break in the fence and there is a tree that I can squeese into so I gotta go get my stand and move it. Guess what Ill be doin this weekend
p.s. Im also practicing talkin turkey[8D]
Its all gonna be corn and where I was this past season is gonna be bean. It sucks on that property when its beans, they all go to where Im gonna be. There is a break in the fence and there is a tree that I can squeese into so I gotta go get my stand and move it. Guess what Ill be doin this weekendp.s. Im also practicing talkin turkey[8D]