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Post by ceannfiagaí on Nov 10, 2007 19:13:41 GMT -5
Ok, here is the background. I am sitting in my stand this week. A place where I have seen many, many does. This is suppossed to be the "Rut" week. Well it is windy and not much of anything is moving, so I decided to leave my stand a little early and scout/look for an arrow from a doe I killed two weeks ago. Low and behold, approximately 80-100 yards from my current stand, I find a huge fresh rub. This tree is probably 2"-3" in diameter and rubbed raw. The only catch is that your sight line and shooting lanes are much more dimished. That night will be the last hunt for the year on this property. Do you move the stand(climber) or do you stay put and hope the does and calling/rattling drags the buck to you?
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Post by hornharvester on Nov 10, 2007 19:38:47 GMT -5
easy, unless you are in a climber then stay put. h.h.
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Post by hoosieroutdoorsman on Nov 10, 2007 19:44:37 GMT -5
that actually is a tough call,, you could move but the wind may kill you, but with it being the last night is worth a shot,, can`t be any worse than where you were origonally.
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Post by johnc911 on Nov 10, 2007 21:05:08 GMT -5
Stay put its the rut who knows what deer may pass by your stand.
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Post by weasel1134 on Nov 11, 2007 2:23:22 GMT -5
I would stay put. The chances that a buck will come back to a rub are pretty slim. He was just working off some frustration. You know what they say about the rut. Hunt the does and the bucks will be there. Good Luck!
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Post by drs on Nov 11, 2007 7:40:04 GMT -5
Stay put!
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 11, 2007 8:02:53 GMT -5
I'm not sure I have the whole picture, is this spot still producing deer activity? Is it just a windy day shutting them down? If so I'd stay, if not, what do you have to loose by moving? Example: I have an area that had activity at the beginning of bow season but the last 2 weeks there has been absolutely nada; I'm giving up on it for this year and going to a different part of the property (too bad because that's where I saw the only decent buck on the place)
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Post by ceannfiagaí on Nov 11, 2007 10:06:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the input! Here is how it worked out.... Being that it would be the last evening, and the fact that the shooting/field of view was diminished, and that I didn't want to disturb the area with a bunch of racket of moving a climber, I decided I would stay put. The wind continued and still no deer. I called like crazy but nada. As I left my stand.....of course....mother nature flipped a switch and the wind died. Jumped up 2 doe on my way back to the cabin. Oh well, I guess that is why the call it "hunting".It aint always a sure thing. There is always next year and I have made a note of the area and will scout it a little better next year. The year is not a complete loss(Buckwise)---gonna try my hand at muzzleloading on another property.
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