My struggle with finding other stands is whether I setup near it and try to take advantage of the stand being there, or whether I just find somewhere else because of the chances that the guy shows up and messes up my hunt.
It ain't cheap, but being mobile has really paid off for me. Plus, at the same time I have no idea how the guy who hung that stand hunts it. Did he pay attention to the wind direction? Did he care about access routes? I'm blessed enough job wise that I get to hunt mid week so the chances of someone else showing up tend to be less, but my gut is to just push on to somewhere else.
In the age of digital scouting, if the spot looks good from google earth/OnX, chances are there will be a stand near that spot. Deer pattern hunters more than we pattern them, so I've had to put myself in the deer's mindset. If I wanted to move past that guy's stand without him killing me, from point a to point b, how would I do it?
Sometimes it can be less than 40 yds that makes the difference.
It ain't cheap, but being mobile has really paid off for me. Plus, at the same time I have no idea how the guy who hung that stand hunts it. Did he pay attention to the wind direction? Did he care about access routes? I'm blessed enough job wise that I get to hunt mid week so the chances of someone else showing up tend to be less, but my gut is to just push on to somewhere else.
In the age of digital scouting, if the spot looks good from google earth/OnX, chances are there will be a stand near that spot. Deer pattern hunters more than we pattern them, so I've had to put myself in the deer's mindset. If I wanted to move past that guy's stand without him killing me, from point a to point b, how would I do it?
Sometimes it can be less than 40 yds that makes the difference.
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