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Post by bullseye69 on Nov 10, 2015 21:08:11 GMT -5
Just taking a interesting pole.
On opening day for firearms, what time will you get in the stand or blind and will you be in a stand or blind.
For me and my son we will be in our blind at midnight and I will get up and walk to my stand about a half hour before legal shooting time. He will most likely stay in the blind.
Other wise its almost a half mile walk to the blind and stand. This way we don't spook to many of them over to the neighbors.
Seems to work out pretty good.
I have slept in my lounge tree climber before all night too. Had deer around me all night.
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Post by 3ptbuck on Nov 10, 2015 21:12:15 GMT -5
I'll be on my uncles farm in KY. Don't know which stand yet due to wind direction.
I like to get in extra early down there, maybe an hour before day break. Hard not to bump any getting in anywhere.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2015 21:15:08 GMT -5
I will start off in a stand...not sure which yet, I'll wait to get a wind update first. I often play opening morning by ear and if I feel the need, I don't hesitate to get down and change locations. In fact, both my Indiana "Book Bucks" came after moving from my original stand and hunting from the ground. It's one of the things I love about opening day. There are so many options in play!
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 10, 2015 21:21:14 GMT -5
Doe patrol in Happy Stand 2... Be there a half hour before legal shooting time..
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Post by windingwinds on Nov 10, 2015 21:23:22 GMT -5
About a half hour before light. Where depends on winds. Probably be with my youngest son, I'm hoping it's his year for a deer.
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Post by raymar on Nov 10, 2015 22:18:34 GMT -5
Getting there at midnight is dedication. I for one have never put to much emphasis about getting in early for gun season. I guess I have been taught by my father who always said there is no sense spooking them if you can't shoot if you see them first. He is an outstanding stalker and I learned to hunt this way from him. I have taken many deer coming and going from the stand but it depends on how noisy it is. Noisy I go about 1/2 hr but I hunt my own land.
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Post by bullseye69 on Nov 10, 2015 22:38:14 GMT -5
Getting there at midnight is dedication. I for one have never put to much emphasis about getting in early for gun season. I guess I have been taught by my father who always said there is no sense spooking them if you can't shoot if you see them first. He is an outstanding stalker and I learned to hunt this way from him. I have taken many deer coming and going from the stand but it depends on how noisy it is. Noisy I go about 1/2 hr but I hunt my own land. Ya if I'm going to be late getting there I will wait till I can see them. |
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Post by johnc911 on Nov 11, 2015 1:24:31 GMT -5
I have a new stand that im excited about. Depending on the wind i will probably be in it. If not i will just got my old standby and kill one there  Im usually in the stand 15-20 minutes before legal light !! |
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Post by nfalls116 on Nov 11, 2015 1:32:38 GMT -5
I plan on laying down for bed at opening light and heading to work at last light this weekend will be a bust for me Monday I'll hit it hard
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Post by onebentarrow on Nov 11, 2015 2:43:56 GMT -5
Last place I hunted I would be in 1 hr befor leagle shooting light. There was a lot of surrounding pressure and they would Alys come in 30 min or less to shooting light and pushed the deer to my place. Now I go in 30 in befor because no pressure on neighboring properties so all I need is to not spook any and be ready when the time comes. As to where it will depend on the wind and where I think the deer will be on that day.
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Post by treetop on Nov 11, 2015 5:42:25 GMT -5
45 before light I also have pressure around me but there always at sunrise more than likely in my tripod I can see a ton of the ground around me in it
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Post by ukwil on Nov 11, 2015 6:19:27 GMT -5
I'll be in by 6 or so. Probably going to hunt a big blown down oak tree. It's a great natural blind near a little saddle bucks like to use. This.spot allows me to shoot the majority of 2 north/south ridges.
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Post by trapperdave on Nov 11, 2015 7:06:56 GMT -5
I like to be in stand half hour before legal time. But my dad, the last fewvyears he hunted, would sit in the truck till about 9 then head in to HNF. He always seem to be back at the truck by noon...with a deer. That man KNEW that part of hnf and where everyone would push the deer to in gun season. Uncanny. RIP Dad. You're missed!
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Post by dbd870 on Nov 11, 2015 7:41:37 GMT -5
We are going back on my place - about 15min ahead of time.
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Post by schoolmaster on Nov 11, 2015 8:18:44 GMT -5
6 am. My sons, grandsons, granddaughters, myself. Hunkered down in ground blinds, or in stands. Waiting for legal shooting time.
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Post by hornzilla on Nov 11, 2015 8:21:26 GMT -5
Will probably be in my enclosed tower that's on my place. Will be in stand about half hour before legal shooting.
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Post by chasingtails on Nov 11, 2015 8:57:36 GMT -5
4 of us will be filling the stands on a 30 arce woods. About half hour before
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Post by Land Between the Lakes on Nov 11, 2015 9:56:08 GMT -5
I'll be on my uncles farm in KY. Don't know which stand yet due to wind direction. I like to get in extra early down there, maybe an hour before day break. Hard not to bump any getting in anywhere. The rut activity is going strong right now in Kentucky. |
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Post by deadeer on Nov 11, 2015 9:58:07 GMT -5
I don't think we have ever killed a deer from our private ground at first light. Typically 2 hrs or more into the morning. That said we usually strive for the 1/2 hr before light to be nestled in. Good luck!
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Post by drs on Nov 11, 2015 10:03:07 GMT -5
I'll be in one of my stands 45 minutes before legal hunting hours.
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Im usually in the stand 15-20 minutes before legal light !! 
