Public Portable Success / Failure
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BassBoysLLP wrote:Singing Bridge wrote:Badger wrote:Getting out early is good. Last week I tried rushing to get to my spot because I was running a hour late. I ended up slipping on a embankment and got smacked in the back of the head pretty good by my stand. Nothing bad but it was enough to remind me to slow down and be safe, anything can happen out there. Also noise has been a factor for me, not so much in set up as trying to get through super thick tangles and stuff without getting my stand rig caught up in the brush and sticks. I don't know how many times I had a twig get caught in the stand and snap, the closer I am to my destination seem to increase the probability of that happening..lol.
Your post reminds me of problems I encountered in the past as well- these are definite barriers to overcome in order to be successful. I really like Dan's suggestion of when he is within a hundred yards or so of his stand, he sits down on a log and takes 5. I have leaned against a nearby tree and done the same thing. I even set my stand and stiks on the ground "quietly" during the break, as I look ahead, relax and take a deep breath, and contemplate my final approach. I think this "timeout" really helps with that final approach and getting there successfully without tipping off a bedded buck.
I do this a lot. Good point.
For the new guys, it is really important that you believe a buck is bedded ahead... that confidence will inspire you to set up carefully and quietly. In 2012 I had a mature doe stand up and walk out of a thicket less than 20 yards from my stand after I had been set up for about an hour... I was pumped that I could pull that off! That's one of those small victories that adds so much to deer hunting, the little things add up to be big in the end. I ended that day with a 150" ten passing me within sight but it just wasn't meant to be (that's a beast for heavy pressure areas in Michigan). I doubt I would have seen the buck before dark if I had blown that doe out.
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Re: Public Portable Success / Failure
Singing Bridge wrote:For the new guys, it is really important that you believe a buck is bedded ahead... that confidence will inspire you to set up carefully and quietly. In 2012 I had a mature doe stand up and walk out of a thicket less than 20 yards from my stand after I had been set up for about an hour... I was pumped that I could pull that off! That's one of those small victories that adds so much to deer hunting, the little things add up to be big in the end. I ended that day with a 150" ten passing me within sight but it just wasn't meant to be (that's a beast for heavy pressure areas in Michigan). I doubt I would have seen the buck before dark if I had blown that doe out.
Thanks for the advice SB. This is a great thread.
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Florida wrote:Singing Bridge wrote:For the new guys, it is really important that you believe a buck is bedded ahead... that confidence will inspire you to set up carefully and quietly. In 2012 I had a mature doe stand up and walk out of a thicket less than 20 yards from my stand after I had been set up for about an hour... I was pumped that I could pull that off! That's one of those small victories that adds so much to deer hunting, the little things add up to be big in the end. I ended that day with a 150" ten passing me within sight but it just wasn't meant to be (that's a beast for heavy pressure areas in Michigan). I doubt I would have seen the buck before dark if I had blown that doe out.
Thanks for the advice SB. This is a great thread.
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I think we can learn a lot from each other's mistakes, which was the intent of this thread.
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