Climbers, deer, spooking?
#11
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Huntingdon, PA
Posts: 246
RE: Climbers, deer, spooking?
Ohh, I am putting mine up the morning of, I was just trying to reason why they would recommend to do this.
The area that I will be hunting is well used by deer as a travel lane between the field below and the bedding areas well above me on the rock and in the laurel.
Throughout theyear there is human activity in the area, 4 wheelers, farmers below, etc. so they are somwhat accustomed to activity in the area.
I forgot to mention this earlier as well, the area is private land, only 2-3 people will be hunting several hundred acres all of archery.
The area that I will be hunting is well used by deer as a travel lane between the field below and the bedding areas well above me on the rock and in the laurel.
Throughout theyear there is human activity in the area, 4 wheelers, farmers below, etc. so they are somwhat accustomed to activity in the area.
I forgot to mention this earlier as well, the area is private land, only 2-3 people will be hunting several hundred acres all of archery.
#12
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: crawfordville florida USA
Posts: 1,251
RE: Climbers, deer, spooking?
I do leave mine out on certain occassions. Usually if I know I will be coming back to hunt there the next day and if the tree is in a spot where im pretty sure the deer wont bump into the stand and spook. Normally though I carry it out with me in case something changes and I' ll have to hunt a different spot. I do leave a couple of climbers locked to the trees during the rifle season. My hunting buddy has had an old climber attached to the same tree for the past two years and has never taken it off. He kills alot of bucks out of it during the gun season and Ive seen many deer walk right by it during the archery season.
#13
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Posts: 356
RE: Climbers, deer, spooking?
I have a climber and been using it for 7+ years and here' s my point of view:
Call me crazy, but I believe this to be true part of the time. I pack my climber and walk into my hunting area the morning of my hunt. I' d say I get in about an hour before sunrise. This gives me 30 minutes to be up in the stand before legal hunting hours. I' m very careful about accessing the area I plan to hunt and hardly never use a flashlight. I am also careful not to allow the cables to crash against the stand and make too much noise. Here' s the intersting part. I swear that the scraping noise going up the tree sometimes attracts deer. Really! I can say that there have been a number of times I' ve had deer under my stand before I have even had time to pull my bow up and get myselft settled in. I' m thinking the scraping noise might fool some deer.
Anyways, I prefer to hike in with all my gear and hike out the same day with all of it. There are a few times where I will leave a hang-on where I have private land to hunt, but even that is rare. I don' t trust too many people and would hate to lose a stand to some thief!
Call me crazy, but I believe this to be true part of the time. I pack my climber and walk into my hunting area the morning of my hunt. I' d say I get in about an hour before sunrise. This gives me 30 minutes to be up in the stand before legal hunting hours. I' m very careful about accessing the area I plan to hunt and hardly never use a flashlight. I am also careful not to allow the cables to crash against the stand and make too much noise. Here' s the intersting part. I swear that the scraping noise going up the tree sometimes attracts deer. Really! I can say that there have been a number of times I' ve had deer under my stand before I have even had time to pull my bow up and get myselft settled in. I' m thinking the scraping noise might fool some deer.
Anyways, I prefer to hike in with all my gear and hike out the same day with all of it. There are a few times where I will leave a hang-on where I have private land to hunt, but even that is rare. I don' t trust too many people and would hate to lose a stand to some thief!