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Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby hunter10 » Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:01 am

Snuck in to a bed tonight and pushed the envelope. Barely any wind besides near by combine. I was loud setting up. Nothing busted but no one may be home anyway. Has anyone been this loud and still have the animal come out to play. I feel like a totally butchered this setup

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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby SRWbowhunter » Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:13 am

I felt the same way Sunday night.. Didn't see any

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Unread postby Tufrthnails » Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:27 am

I'm not doing the bed bumping (purposely) yet, but but I have had plenty of deer come in while I was climbing with my API. Just seems no way to truely be really quiet with a Climber.
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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby mauser06 » Wed Oct 07, 2015 12:50 pm

I felt like I made too much noise tonight...had a cherry tree that had a crook and wicked lean to it...when I first stepped in the stand I thought for sure I was gunna test my new harness..it too me a bit to get the stand situated and cherry trees have rough/loose/noisy bark if you aren't familiar with them...

It wasn't clanking and banging and busting limbs loud...but it was a very calm evening..


Still had a buck come in...


He had to be within 150yds because that's all the bigger the wood lot is...

I never attempted that spot with my summit just because I knew it made too much noise...wish I could have seen what size buck...h hunt out between 20-30yds and it was just dark enough in the creek bottom I couldn't tell...I seen antlers..I knew it was a buck before I seen antlers...I watched him rub a few trees...just couldn't tell on rack size...



Gotta remember...lots of stuff makes noise in the woods...limbs fall..acorns fall...win blows...squirrels..deer..turkey etc etc...

What gets hunters with noise IMO is excessive noise...un-natural noise(clanging and banging metal etc). Or noise accompanied by movement.l that just isn't right...(he hears a weird noise or 2 and looks in that direction and spots that gigantic squirrel in a tree writing a post on thehuntingbeast lol).

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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby Jackson Marsh » Wed Oct 07, 2015 1:24 pm

mauser06 wrote:Gotta remember...lots of stuff makes noise in the woods...limbs fall..acorns fall...win blows...squirrels..deer..turkey etc etc...

What gets hunters with noise IMO is excessive noise...un-natural noise(clanging and banging metal etc). Or noise accompanied by movement.l that just isn't right...(he hears a weird noise or 2 and looks in that direction and spots that gigantic squirrel in a tree writing a post on thehuntingbeast lol).

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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby monkatopaints » Wed Oct 07, 2015 1:56 pm

From my experience a loud entry has never gotten me any success. I'm a big guy and setting up tree stands is not something I do elegantly. Nothing turns deer heads like a stick breaking so most of the time I opt for a hunting chair or set up a tree stand at five feet. Being low on the ground has lots of disadvantages but at least I'm still in the game.
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Unread postby Peeps22 » Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:21 pm

I just want to kind of add to mauser's post. I think alot of people walk wayyyy to fast and too much like a "human" to there stand or intended kill tree. Just think of times when you were in your stand and you hear something walking towards you and within a couple seconds, you can tell its another hunter. Why is that? I think its the steady walking pace with no breaks or stopping that gives alot of hunters away.

Think about the way a big buck moves most of the time (except during the rut if following a doe). He or most other deer for that matter dont go walking through the woods at a consistant steady pace... he takes a couple steps and then will look around, smell, and listen.

If hunters would take small breaks or take a couple steps, look, and listen as they got within a couple hundred yards of intended bedding i think they might see more target bucks. Like dan says, every step needs to be precisely made when youre getting close to bedding.

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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby oldrank » Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:11 am

I thought I made a little to much noise last night cause I had a dead bush wrapped around my tree. I had to break a few sticks to get in. Once I got in the tree there was noise all around with squirrels cutting nuts, birds, wind ect... At about 630 I had 2 does stand up right in front of me. Funny thing was there was a stump sticking out of the cattails I was hitting with my range finder.. just as I clicked tge button the doe stood up right next to the stump..43 yrds. I was amazed they were that close n didnt bust out when I set up.

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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby hunter10 » Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:17 am

I make sure I go nice and slow with each step but what gave me all the noise was carrying the alpha up and securing it. Is there a way to carry stand in back without the straps dangling down?

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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby Redman232 » Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:31 am

hunter10 wrote:I make sure I go nice and slow with each step but what gave me all the noise was carrying the alpha up and securing it. Is there a way to carry stand in back without the straps dangling down?

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I'm not 100% what you are asking, but I always attach my first stick, with a stick on each hip and the stand on my back, I have my bow rope tied to my safety harness. I then climb my first stick and attach linemans rope and the 2nd stick. Only one trip up the tree and I don't have problems with noise. Monday evening a used my climbing sticks to get into a preset lock on. We had high winds for a few days and there was a tall skinny maple tree top wedged on the platform of the stand. On monday evening it was dead calm, I tried my best to unlodge it quietly but it turned into a catapult, making all kinds of racket. At last light I had a 100-110" 10 point at 32 yards. It was dead quiet so he must have been bedded really close or I would have heard him walking in the standing corn. Like others have stated it all depend on what type of noise you are making. When I used to hunt with a climber that was pretty noisy, during the rut I had a handful of bucks run in on me when I was climbing, like the noise of the stand was almost making a rattling noise.
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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby <DK> » Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:57 am

I have had LOTS of does come in and a few I bumped going in. Sometimes deer are curious, but not a mature buck in my experiences.
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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby hunter10 » Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:41 am

I'm taking while going up the tree attaching sticks as I go with stand on my back. I've had issues with the stand strap buckles clanking on my sticks that are attached to my hip. To beat this I attached the strap loops to my stand as if you were packin it up but now have issues with the buckles ticking the stand.. They are camo wrapped too

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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby deereload » Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:30 am

even elmer fudd had it right when chasing poor ole bugs bunny- elmer would always say - be very very quiet !!!
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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby Dewey » Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:13 am

deereload wrote:even elmer fudd had it right when chasing poor ole bugs bunny- elmer would always say - be very very quiet !!!

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Re: Anyone loud as can be and still got the kill

Unread postby headgear » Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:18 am

hunter10 wrote:I'm taking while going up the tree attaching sticks as I go with stand on my back. I've had issues with the stand strap buckles clanking on my sticks that are attached to my hip. To beat this I attached the strap loops to my stand as if you were packin it up but now have issues with the buckles ticking the stand.. They are camo wrapped too

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That sounds loud, I would find a new routine, I take it one stick at a time and go as quiet as possible, leave nothing to chance. I loosen buckles on the ground and put the straps in my mouth to prevent any hanging/swinging buckles from hitting anything.


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