This coming year I'm thinking Place a ez hang hook and 3 cheap climbing stick sections cut limbs if I must . The day I go in I take 2 lone wolf sticks and my assault on my back to add to the 3 cheap sticks already placed. Cutting down on setup time and weight. If. 3 sticks are taken they cost very little and I know someone is using the area . Sometimes I go all mobile but I do like cutting down on weight and bulky gear .whats your opinion of this? And how do you setup.
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Re: When to prepare for bow season.
I find its 365 days a year. Maybe not continuous, but it is neverending. For me a lot depends on family allowances.
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Re: When to prepare for bow season.
Yes I don't mean for scouting purposes but to preset a area on public land.
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Re: When to prepare for bow season.
Still 365. I personally don't like stepping anywhere near stand locations in July 1 - Opener unless its a new piece and I'm trying to dial down a core area with the cameras. If its inventory, the cameras are closer to food, scrapes, or funnels.
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Re: Setup Process
Tennhunter3 wrote:This coming year I'm thinking Place a ez hang hook and 3 cheap climbing stick sections cut limbs if I must . The day I go in I take 2 lone wolf sticks and my assault on my back to add to the 3 cheap sticks already placed. Cutting down on setup time and weight. If. 3 sticks are taken they cost very little and I know someone is using the area . Sometimes I go all mobile but I do like cutting down on weight and bulky gear .whats your opinion of this? And how do you setup.
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What if the spots you pick don't pan out? Most of the public around me don't allow any parts of stands to be left.
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Tennhunter3 wrote:This coming year I'm thinking Place a ez hang hook and 3 cheap climbing stick sections cut limbs if I must . The day I go in I take 2 lone wolf sticks and my assault on my back to add to the 3 cheap sticks already placed. Cutting down on setup time and weight.
I used to do this years ago when I used screw in tree steps. Worked pretty good. Saved a lot of time. I would take out the bottom 3-4 steps when I set it up and that wasn't a big deal when I came back to hunt there. Tree steps are kind of hard to see though. Seems like the stick would stick out to someone from a distance.
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Tenn3 if you take the offseason to learn the 1 stick method it keeps weight WAY down. It involves rock climbing harness and is slow up and slow down but effective. So many guys look at harness' as a headache or extra junk but once it is used for every hunt it becomes a valuable tool.
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I have never heard of the. 1 stick setup. I agree at times I might need to move them however I never know till after I sit a stand. I have. 40 ameristep sticks the areas I hunt are usually very thick figured I would put them to use. We're not allowed tree steps screwed into the tree.
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Re: Setup Process
around here on public land we are not allowed to cut any trees, so we cannot create shooting lanes... also I would worry about squirrels chewing on the straps that hold the sticks, that would be unsafe leaving up all year... we cannot use the screw in tree steps either...
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Squirrels chewing straps??. By cut I mean push a tree branch high or low or into another tree so I have enough room for a bow shot.
Not like go cut the woods down type of thing the loggers do enough of that as it is.
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Not like go cut the woods down type of thing the loggers do enough of that as it is.
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Re: Setup Process
Couple issues...
1) I am always moving... Different stand each day. very few spots get two or more sits.
2) Depending how summer scouting, and fall hunting go, and what Im after, I may never make it back to a spot I had intended to hunt when I set it up.
3) In a lot of spots based on the exact wind, or the exact sign I find the day I set up, I might or might not be in a different tree. Some spots also I can get to a certain tree in early season, or when its rainy or windy, but come wide open late season or quiet conditions and I am much farther back.
4) I don't feel much difference carrying a stand and one stick, and a stand with 4 sticks to warrant this...
5) Very often I don't hunt the spot I intended to go to... I find hot sign on my way in and set up... Can't do that when 1/2 my set up is in a different area.
1) I am always moving... Different stand each day. very few spots get two or more sits.
2) Depending how summer scouting, and fall hunting go, and what Im after, I may never make it back to a spot I had intended to hunt when I set it up.
3) In a lot of spots based on the exact wind, or the exact sign I find the day I set up, I might or might not be in a different tree. Some spots also I can get to a certain tree in early season, or when its rainy or windy, but come wide open late season or quiet conditions and I am much farther back.
4) I don't feel much difference carrying a stand and one stick, and a stand with 4 sticks to warrant this...
5) Very often I don't hunt the spot I intended to go to... I find hot sign on my way in and set up... Can't do that when 1/2 my set up is in a different area.
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True thanks Dan
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