I got to my latter stand just at first light in late December last year. I was drenched in sweat so at the base of my tree took off my clothes, wiped off the sweat, clothes back on and climbed up. Didn't even have a second to get situated and shot a doe at 80 yards, right where I had just walked through.
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The reason I asked this question is for two reasons.
While very convenient, theres no arguing saddle hunting takes longer, is louder, and more movement when going up the tree. When compared to just going up a ladder and into a stand.
I got the best buck of my life this season out of a stand i setup in a tree i have saddle hunted out of a dozen times. I climbed up the latter and didnt even have the bow pulled up before this monster 8pt was walking towards me.
I cant help but think, if i was trying to saddle hunt that tree, i would have been about halfway up when that buck walked by, if the noise and sound didnt spook him before i even knew he was there.
So the second question is, i wonder home many deer we have spooked/missed getting up into the tree with a saddle vs a stand.
Why couldn’t you have just left climbing sticks on the tree? Then climb up and clip into your saddle and you’re hunting.
Not saying it’s better that latter stand hunting. Just that a preset is a preset. Regardless of the type.
Also, I love monster 8 points. Show us!
For me it’s always been getting down too early on morning sits. Had one of the biggest buck I’ve seen in person come in while I was packing up the summit years ago. Same thing I swear he heard it and thought it was another buck making a rub. It was somewhere around the first week of November.
Can’t think of a time in the afternoon I set up and was done in 5-10 min
My deer encounters went way up when I started sitting until at least 11 AM and more often noon.For me it’s always been getting down too early on morning sits. Had one of the biggest buck I’ve seen in person come in while I was packing up the summit years ago. Same thing I swear he heard it and thought it was another buck making a rub. It was somewhere around the first week of November.
Can’t think of a time in the afternoon I set up and was done in 5-10 min
My deer encounters went way up when I started sitting until at least 11 AM and more often noon.
I give the guys who get out an hour before sunrise and sit for 8hrs props. I dont know how u do it.
Im good for 3-4, typically because of work. But even if i had the time to sit for 8hrs, i dont think i could.
Its the same reason i dont troll for fish, to boring. I gotta be jigging, casting, something. Just sitting there is killer..
The reason I asked this question is for two reasons.
While very convenient, theres no arguing saddle hunting takes longer, is louder, and more movement when going up the tree. When compared to just going up a ladder and into a stand.
I got the best buck of my life this season out of a stand i setup in a tree i have saddle hunted out of a dozen times. I climbed up the latter and didnt even have the bow pulled up before this monster 8pt was walking towards me.
I cant help but think, if i was trying to saddle hunt that tree, i would have been about halfway up when that buck walked by, if the noise and sound didnt spook him before i even knew he was there.
So the second question is, i wonder home many deer we have spooked/missed getting up into the tree with a saddle vs a stand.
Also, I love monster 8 points. Show us!