We don't usually get cold weather here in TN until mid/late Jan to early Feb and our deer season is over the first Sunday of January. It has dipped into the high 20s low 30s and the deer are moving. I decided to take advantage and hunted yesterday. I only shoot does and bumped a group of 3, another group of 3 and one by itself getting to my spot.
I hung on the side of the tree opposite where I thought they'd come from (facing the deer and tree) so I could use the tree to hide. About 4PM 3 doe and a buck show up. Somehow I hung on the low side. The tree looked like it went up straight but the ground sloped downward behind me. I didn't think it would be that much of a difference or especially that drastic but it was a miserable hang. I fought gravity the whole sit and with so many deer around me I was lucky to get up in a tree at all so I just couldn't see moving trees or even moving to the other side of the tree.
I could sit and I could lean but adjusting anything was a pain. Whenever I stood up and had slack in my line I had to hold on or have weight on my prussik, so adjusting my prussik was almost impossible. I'm still learning this process so I'm making notes in the old memory bank. I just hate I burned a prime hunting day. Friday is my bday and my family and friends have my weekend booked and hunting isn't in there.
I hung on the side of the tree opposite where I thought they'd come from (facing the deer and tree) so I could use the tree to hide. About 4PM 3 doe and a buck show up. Somehow I hung on the low side. The tree looked like it went up straight but the ground sloped downward behind me. I didn't think it would be that much of a difference or especially that drastic but it was a miserable hang. I fought gravity the whole sit and with so many deer around me I was lucky to get up in a tree at all so I just couldn't see moving trees or even moving to the other side of the tree.
I could sit and I could lean but adjusting anything was a pain. Whenever I stood up and had slack in my line I had to hold on or have weight on my prussik, so adjusting my prussik was almost impossible. I'm still learning this process so I'm making notes in the old memory bank. I just hate I burned a prime hunting day. Friday is my bday and my family and friends have my weekend booked and hunting isn't in there.