Getting to your stand in time

[Ishi Spirit]

The early bird gets the worm!

[Marshbuster89]

Some of my best bucks have come from hunts where I only had 45 min to hunt by time I got set up. This is especially true once daylight savings occurs.

I work construction so where I’m traveling to and from changes throughout the year. If I know I’m goin to be working an hour away from home come fall, I will scout public properties closer to that jobsite and drive separate to work because I hunt every day until my tag is filled. Sometimes I end up going in solely on map scouting. In general, I’m usually no further than 1 hr - 1 hr 30 min from home so what I’ve been doing over there years is scout every piece of public within that 1.5 hr radius of home so I have a good idea of where I’ll set up on a certain property in that area.

But yes, as long as I’m confident that I can slip in undetected and quietly but only have an hour or less, I will still make something work

[Hawthorne]

I have shot some bucks getting to my stand late in the morning. Evening hunts are different for me. If I’m hunting the evening I’m not working that day. So I have plenty of time to get there and I prefer leaving early to take my time and beat every hunter to the parking area.

[Moose]

Thanks guys! I will just need to find some areas where i can get into without being detected and hunt from the ground. Its good to hear alot of others having success with an hr or less of legal shooting hours.

[Boogieman1]

Best advantage any whitetail hunter has is time. Any time IMO! Statistically I’ve had my highest success during a time frame that the majority of hunters are not in the woods. Only reason I discovered that is due to being my only free time. 100% convinced whatever time period u have the most time in the woods at will be your best. That said, if I had a choice for a season long approach. It would be last 2 hours of daylight. But that’s just me....

[creepingdeth]

Absolutely hate being in a rush...If I know I'm pushing it and the odds are better that I possibly ruin a spot that could pay off big, I"ll try something better like glassing, checking parking or hunt a new place close by.

[Bigb]

I have a couple spots that I can park and when I leave my SUV I can be in a stand in 6 minutes (pre-hung). I've hunted those spots with an hour of light left and seen deer. Funny thing is those stands seem to produce some great deer sightings and a real nice 9 point almost met his demise there if it wasn't for a squirrel that gave me a way.

[matt1336]

If you know you have limited time and need sets that you can sneak in for a quicky. You need to scout for that. Look for concealed and shot access routes. Adjust your goals if you have to or want to. Some of these spots might surprise you.

[tundra@1]

Forget the clock mgt..... I do not care if you only have 20minutes to hunt when you get there, if you have a great spot, at the right time, anytime is good,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I have done so when I was working, I do not want to blow an area up, but lots of time, I had under an hour to get in and hunt,,,,,, I hate to tell you those last few minutes of light, are majic time anyway,,,,, good luck