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Post by 10point on Apr 26, 2011 12:47:13 GMT -5
I have a double ladder stand in a good spot that is hard to get a blind to work. I have been thinking about just hunting out of the ladder stand. Anyone here done that before?
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Post by Woody Williams on Apr 26, 2011 12:49:40 GMT -5
I have a double ladder stand in a good spot that is hard to get a blind to work. I have been thinking about just hunting out of the ladder stand. Anyone here done that before? Not on purpose but I have killed one and missed one out of a treestand during the fall season with my crossbow.. They are GOOD at picking you out in a treestand.. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2011 13:15:45 GMT -5
The tricl is do not let them get close as you normally would from the ground. Shoot before they get to 40 yards.
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Post by HighCotton on Apr 26, 2011 15:53:13 GMT -5
Took my biggest gobbler so far from a double treestand in '04. The plan was to hook up with whitetail1 and then that didn't work out so I decided to hunt out of the stand. I had recently broken my right collar bone in a motorcycle accident so I wasn't to sure about shooting right handed. It turned out that my best shot was left handed. This gobbler came in from 80+ yards and was nothing like I've seen on the videos. He never gobbled once. No Spit 'n Drum. He stayed in full strut the whole time. It took him over 45 minutes to come within 33 yards. And finally...KAPOWEE! Left handed. Tom down!
Probably the biggest lesson I learned here was to be prepared to shoot with your off hand and not to call much and keep the volume down. To the best of my recollection, I purred very quietly 2 or 3 times in that 45+ minutes.
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Post by oneshot on Apr 27, 2011 10:53:00 GMT -5
Let us know how you do.
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Post by bowhunterjohn on Apr 27, 2011 14:57:30 GMT -5
Yes, never shot one, but had plenty of jakes and hens, never a tom I wanted to shoot. went up 27feet high in a climber and they had no idea you were there. This last late season I was dual hunting, turkey and deer, had 30 plus turkeys and 18 deer in on me. I decided to shoot the big ( giant) doe instead of a nice longbeard tom that was at 20 yards. I shot and he and the others had no idea I was there. Going to try it this spring, maybe tomorrow
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Post by rabbit on Apr 27, 2011 15:19:01 GMT -5
With some of the dumb people that hunt now days I'd be afraid of getting shot. Someone might see you just before daylight and think your a roosted bird and boom!
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Post by turkeyhunter7107 on Apr 27, 2011 16:20:43 GMT -5
now thATS FUNNY if they cant tell a 25 pound brid from a 200 pound man there is a serious problem
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Post by DFINN on Apr 27, 2011 18:51:36 GMT -5
One of the so called" Turkey Pros "at the Boat Sport and Travel show.said it was impossible to kill a bird from a treestand.I think it would be hard with a bow.The bird will see the fletching colors on your arrows...but a gun a differ. story
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2011 20:38:46 GMT -5
It's not impossible, not even rare. The "turkey pro" is wrong.
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Post by bowhunterjohn on Apr 27, 2011 21:06:04 GMT -5
My nephew has killed two birds from treestands
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Post by daworz on Apr 28, 2011 14:33:07 GMT -5
Never, But I have seen alot of Hens, during Archery season Just never within Range....
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Post by DFINN on Apr 28, 2011 17:59:24 GMT -5
It's not impossible, not even rare. The "turkey pro" is wrong. AMEN BROTHER |
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