What's your exit reguard?

[admiral04]

Just curious how much reguard some of you have when you are leaving a stand after dark. Do you wait until pitch black or do you wait until you cant safely shoot before you begin to pack up and descend. Once on the ground do you just pack up and hike out with no reguard for noise? If you are hunting beast style you know your spot is burnt up for a few wks so do you just do your thing or do you intentionally move as slowly and quietly as possible like you did on your way in?

[headgear]

I'm 100% public land so 99% of the time I have no regard for noise or trampling around anywhere. I sometimes will even climb down and head for the bedding area I am hunting to see if I can kick anything out of there, it might sound dumb but it lets me know a deer was in the bed and maybe they just didn't come out or they saw me setting up, any bit of intel I can gain is a good thing. I like to hunt to the bitter end just to see if anything comes by right at closing time. I also want to be the last one out of the wood and make sure to have my flashlight on. Those last minute low light conditions are no time to be walking around public land.

If I saw a buck and and planned on coming back the next night to hunt you bet I would sit tight and slip out of there as quite as possible. Same goes for private land, I wouldn't want to make a big scene or bump any deer on the way out.

[elsinbj]

I usually hunt right up until closing and take my time getting down and out of the woods. I'm not AS concerned with noise at the time but by moving slowly, there really isn't any noise anyway. Just a habit I guess.

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[PLB]

I sit until DARK. Then I quietly and slowly gather my gear and walk slowly and quietly back to my vehicle with a flashlight.

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[Stanley]

I treat every exit as an exercise for when I need to sneak out. You never know when a sour hit will cause you to leave with stealth. I can see no reason not to practice a clean and quiet exit. Practicing a quiet tear down of your set up, carries over to the next set up. Never waste a practice shot and never waste a minute during the hunt. I see guys litter on public ground for lack of respect to all. This mentality carries over to their hunting also, "sloven hunters". I may waste a few extra minutes on the exit, but it could pay dividends down the line. JMHO

[MOBIGBUCKS]

I'm always quiet coming out of the woods. I'll also walk through water to conceal my ground scent as much as possible.

[Brad]

It depends on how afraid I am of getting lost, if its a spot over never been I usually leave a little sooner , if its foolproof I stay until dark and use the light coming out. I sit until I can't safely or legally make a good shot, then I pack up.

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[JRM6868]

Entrance and exit are just as important. Leaving quietly is just as important as entering IMO.
I stay til dark and you never know if maybe that buck you are hunting is just 100-150 yards out and you walking out noisey and careless tips him off.

[P&YBuck1]

I too wait until dark and do a exit similar to my entrance, which is go slow and quiet.

I noticed if I a do run into deer they do not seem as spooked as when it is light out.

[Czabs]

I usually exit my setups pretty loud, unless I plan to hunt he spot again. I do a lot of jumping around.

[Beason]

I'm 100% public land so 99% of the time I have no regard for noise or trampling around anywhere. I sometimes will even climb down and head for the bedding area I am hunting to see if I can kick anything out of there, it might sound dumb but it lets me know a deer was in the bed and maybe they just didn't come out or they saw me setting up, any bit of intel I can gain is a good thing. I like to hunt to the bitter end just to see if anything comes by right at closing time. I also want to be the last one out of the wood and make sure to have my flashlight on. Those last minute low light conditions are no time to be walking around public land.

If I saw a buck and and planned on coming back the next night to hunt you bet I would sit tight and slip out of there as quite as possible. Same goes for private land, I wouldn't want to make a big scene or bump any deer on the way out.

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[PK_]

WIth a firearm I like to still hunt out the last 15 minutes or so. With bow I sit 'til pitch black normally...

I generally don't care about my exit since that is how I entered and it is usually downwind of where I have been sitting. There is also normally a lot of hunting pressure between me and the truck. I rarely run into deer on the way out.