Scare them off or Sit tight?

[Gibby]

I was just wondering what approach other people take at the end of shooting light if a shot hasn't quite presented itself but there are deer around your stand?
I am going on the assumption that the deer are not aware of your presence when shooting light runs out.
Is there a tip or trick you use to harmlessly scare or move the deer out of the area so that you can get down without giving your stand (tree) location away? (something I would think would be extremely important to guys hunting in swamps with limited trees to choose from)
Do you sit tight quietly and wait for the deer to move out of the area naturally so that you can perhaps hunt again the next evening or morning?
Do you just tear down and move out not worrying about the disturbance?
Does it make a difference if the deer are does vs bucks, do you act differently?

Its has been my practice to sit tight quietly until I feel the deer around me have moved out of the area, however this has led to me sitting in the stand for considerable amounts of time after shooting light on occasion. This has also been a mixed bag of results and I sometimes get out with what I would call minimal disturbance (no foot stomping ,deer snorts or bolting deer) and other times all heck breaks loose

Just curious how others deal with this type of situation, any tips or tricks you could share and how does your approach work for you?

[dan]

If its a target animal I would wait for it to leave... If its a non-target animal who cares? just get down. I should note I don't have this happen much if I am hunting staging near the bed... When you hunt over a food source is when this issue arises.

[Gibby]

I hardly ever hunt over food sources Dan, unless its an isolated food source or occasionally during the rut.

[Ghost Hunter]

I usually just wait for them to shuffle on through.

[hunter10]

If there is a mature buck ill wait it out but non target deer i will lightly scare them off. they usually run 100 yds and watch me as i leave

[mattyq2402]

Has anyone ever had a friend or family pick them up on a tractor, I read or saw somewhere a guy did this because the tractor was a common occurrence on that property.

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[Czabs]

x2 with Dans response. Mainly only have issues over food plot

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[sunset samurai]

X2 on the food source. A coyote howl will naturally spook them here in NC. I used to carry a howler call for this reason. Now to save carrying so much Iv practiced mouth howling.

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[johndeere506]

Has anyone ever had a friend or family pick them up on a tractor, I read or saw somewhere a guy did this because the tractor was a common occurrence on that property.

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Ive done this. Ive had people pick me up on the quad, UTV or truck. It can work very well. Just get ready to climb down so when the deer start to run off, you climb down quick. When they stop 50-100 yards out they look back and watch. I like to be down the tree by then.

[johndeere506]

Otherwise, I wait them out. Doe family groups will only watch this once or twice in a permanent stand before getting really paranoid in that area, or will avoid it altogether.