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When to put up your stand?

Unread postby py150 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 11:20 am

Whats the best time of year to set up your stand if you don't hunt moible?


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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby Bucky » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:01 pm

July-August would be fine... Sometimes it is best to hang and clear shooting lanes in Jan-April so the woods will look similar 2 fall...

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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby rack addict » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:20 pm

I agree Bucky...I usually have all mine set before June and I do like setting them before all the foliage so I have a much better picture of what things are going to look like.
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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby RUTIN » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:44 pm

just depends if its a known killing tree and if the target deer your after is going to cross/pinch down into that area. For me I have killing trees with stand in them around august but if im scouting or figuring a buck out, im diving in once I feel like I have him pegged with a lone wolf for a hang and hunt.
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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby Zap » Sat Jun 16, 2012 12:53 pm

Windy/rainy day.
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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby blackwolf » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:19 pm

I usually set mine in Sep, don't hunt until end of oct.
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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby BJE80 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 1:23 pm

If you know where you want your stand then April is a great time to put them out. The weather is great and the woods look like they will in November.

I just placed 4 ladder stands last weekend and have them set up so I don't have to return until the first time I hunt them. But I am hunting 80 acres of private land.
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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby ub1243 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 2:05 pm

tomorrow i am moving a few around.

i see what crops are in, now time to set the land for those crops.
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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby bk123 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:12 pm

I like to put mine up at least one month or more.

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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby Buckfever » Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:39 pm

As soon as I'm allowed to, the earliest being September 1st.
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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby PLB » Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:49 pm

April

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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby dan » Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:38 am

I would recommend doing it in the post season (Jan, Feb, march, April ) when you do your post season scouting which should reveal sign from during the season and have minimal green cover so you know how close or far to set up.
As far as how long you can get away with hanging a stand? The sooner the better. But every deer, and situation is different.
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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby Stanley » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:23 am

My thoughts on this topic. Great topic by the way. If I have a know stand site, bottle neck, flat on a hill side, even a known specific buck bed/bedding area would qualify. In other words a site where I know bucks will be traveling through. I am all about low impact so I like to do my heavy work when the deer are yarded up and not inhabiting the area at the time. I can go in look around hang a stand cut some shooting lanes, get the chainsaw in there and cut out that dead fall that is constricting view or shooting. The weather is cold, no bugs, ticks, snakes whatever. So I have done some heavy work in preparation for next year and have not disturbed one deer because they are a mile or two away yarded up. You can also use a 4 wheeler/snowmobile at this time and save on the back hauling all that stuff in. This is also a great time to look around, travel routes are well defined this time of year.
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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby BigHunt » Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:09 am

The day I hunt that tree, That I have scouted out in the off season

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Re: When to put up your stand?

Unread postby headgear » Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:09 am

I like March-April, or any time its too cool for the bugs.


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