Any other deer hunter who can't sit still out there?
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I was a ritilin kid most of my life and I have problems sitting still for an hour but I try to sit as long as I can which is usually only a few hours, I try different things to keep me still I eat alot of beef jerky and talk to my self alot.
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Join Date: Feb 2003
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ORIGINAL: Mike Hill
Well I'm 51 and still haven't grown up yet and hope I never will. I used to be able to sit longer than I can now 3 hrs is about it for me and even then I sit I stand I sit I stand can't help it my bumm gets sore then my legs. and then after 3 hrs I get bored with the whole thing. I have anddo take some nice deer but I always wonder if the nicest of them all has slipped away cause I don't stay on my deer stand longer.
Well I'm 51 and still haven't grown up yet and hope I never will. I used to be able to sit longer than I can now 3 hrs is about it for me and even then I sit I stand I sit I stand can't help it my bumm gets sore then my legs. and then after 3 hrs I get bored with the whole thing. I have anddo take some nice deer but I always wonder if the nicest of them all has slipped away cause I don't stay on my deer stand longer.
My experience tree stand hunting is that I see most deer within 3 hours of sunrise (maybe because that's when I'm stillest?). Second most - just after sunset, if I'm lucky it's still light enough to shoot, but rarely. Third: mid day, but walking, or mid-day when others are walking around and I'm still in the stand. Therefore, mentally, it's easiest for me to be dead still and quiet for a couple hours after daylight and the last couple hours of the shooting day.
My other problem is falling asleep. This isn't just hunting. Anytime I sit, whether it be at a movie, play, tv at home, airplane, I tend to do the 10-20 minute powernap thing. I can't help it. Wonder how many big ones paused to listen to me snoring?
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I cant say that is a problem. How badly do you want a deer? Drink hevily when you are in the treestand. You'll prob fall asleep and fall to the groud but after that you wont move much at all.
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ORIGINAL: gkellys
Geat time to get into the Word, while observing God's creation in iit's finest. Heaven on earth and you don't wonder if you wasted time if you don't see ant deer.
Geat time to get into the Word, while observing God's creation in iit's finest. Heaven on earth and you don't wonder if you wasted time if you don't see ant deer.
#26
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
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I like to move, and got my first deer still hunting. However, I have scared off many this way. But it does not matter too much to me if I get a deer.. the main thing is spending time in the woods, and with a gun in my hand ![Smile](https://www.huntingnet.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Anyway, I got my first deer of the season from my stand already.. so the rest of the season I will probably move around more.
Also, the more scouting you do, the better you can find the right spot to hunt. That way I can go to that spot for a few hours on an evening hunt when I get the chance. I hunt public land so after a few weeks into the season they tend to sit tight.. and you sometimes have to go in after them.
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Anyway, I got my first deer of the season from my stand already.. so the rest of the season I will probably move around more.
Also, the more scouting you do, the better you can find the right spot to hunt. That way I can go to that spot for a few hours on an evening hunt when I get the chance. I hunt public land so after a few weeks into the season they tend to sit tight.. and you sometimes have to go in after them.
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Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
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After 3 different back injuries it hurts to sit or for that matter stand in one position for very long. I just keep thinking a deer is about to come in. Doesn't help much but just enough to keep myself on stand
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i have problems just sitting there with nothing happening. i'm used to turkey hunting where i move and move to the birds but not just sitting for hours on end without anything to hold my attention. i'm just fine if i have something to keep myself interested. if there are deer out i'm fine(well except for my heart beating out of my chest). i like seeing animals like squirrels and stuff too. they're pretty entertaining. i can go a few hours without doing anything but it's tough. i would have a hard time sitting on stand all day if nothing was happening.
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Man some of you guys would never make it hunting in Canada .. you have to sit 11 to 12 hrs a day ..everyday ...in sub freezing conditions ... it gets tuff ... of course time flies when your snoozing :>
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