Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: horatio1226 on November 07, 2008, 05:50:00 PM
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I am wondering how many deer taken this season will be from a tree or from the ground. Thanks for participating.
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My biggest bucks to date have been taken from the ground.
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Well last year I was 50 - 50 on ground/tree on taking a deer. So far this Year only 1 deer down and that was from a tree stand.
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2 from a tree this season so far, I could have shot some from my blind but no buck tag left :banghead:
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I hunt mostly from a tree. Its definately easier but not always possible.
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I've done both, but mostly from a tree.
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I've been in a tree stand .... once. I was about twelve feet up, wearing full camo, camo sleeve on the bow, standing still, with virtually no breeze. Just after first light, a nice buck walked up the trail towards me, stopped at about forty yards, looked directly at me, put his tail up, and trotted off into the woods. Last time I was in a tree!!
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I hunt almost exclusively from the ground. It's more fun. This year I have yet to arrow a deer but I haven't been out but 6 times. Came close 3 times but a good shot never presented itself.
Yesterday I had a doe at 15 yards stop 5 feet from a shooting lane, turn around and walk away. Don't think I got busted, just bad luck.
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well most people hunt from trees so that what the poll will show I believe.
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Got my deer from a tree this year, but got a turkey by spot and stalk. Still have a doe tag that I will fill from the ground or not at all.
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I've shot them from both. so far this season 1 From a tree.
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I voted and then looked at the results which I copied below:
Deer taken from a tree 69% (18)
Deer taken from the ground 46% (12)
Is that not 115% or did I fail my 3rd grade math class?
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I enjoy hunting on the ground but understand why the majority of bow hunters prefer a tree stand. We are all in one way or another using the predator methods and instincts of nature.
Ground hunters - Cougar, Wolf, Coyote, Bobcat
Tree Stand hunters - Eagle, Hawk, Owl, Osprey
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I'm interested in the numbers. Already I'm surprised that there were that many taken from the ground.
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I like hunting from the ground, in natural blinds mostly, But see way more deer from the tree....
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1 buck taken from the ground this year
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Way too thick to hunt from the ground where we hunt. Couldn't see a thing until it was on top of you. Tree's for me.
Mike
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this years buck was taken on the ground,,,without a blind ;)
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Got my first Trad deer while still hunting . Luck ! like a lot of people told me , may be but love it !
Eric .
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This year - three from ground, three from trees.
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One from ground so far this year....I hope God will Bless me with more...Keefers <")))><
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One from the ground and one from a tree this year.
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I spot and stalk otherwise I just fall asleep
from setting
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How do I know? I have until the end of December and have two tags....????????
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Back up for Sunday's hunt. More deer taken from the ground than I would have thought. I thought most people hunted from trees.
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BTW Brian.....How have YOU been making out?????
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Always on the ground.
Frank
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I have missed 3 from the ground and one from a tree this season, and I have taken one from a tree this year.
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i like building my own blinds so im sure if i get a kill it will be from one of them. but i must admit that when i hunt with other's or sometimes during the rifle season i get into a stand.
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I've been getting close Chuck, but not close enough yet.
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Keep after'em Brian!!!!! It's only a matter of time..... :thumbsup:
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Tree hunter here, I move around too much on the ground, plus I'm short. Need all the help I can get. lol
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I'm a tree guy......... I like getting a better view from up high.
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2 tree!
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One from the ground with no camo.
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I've killed 5 this year so far. All from trees and no yearlings.
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I can only hunt from the ground due to lack of funds ect...
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Both in the air and on the ground, depends on situation! i prefer on the ground and in their face!
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From the ground.
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We had a bad ice storm in Jan. so there r a lot of brush piles.I use natural blinds and have had deer all over me this year.Before, I have always hunted out of trees.lack of confidence on the ground I suppose.Now that I'm on the ground it has been great. :archer:
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Two solid bucks and four adult does thus far this season, all from trees although I've passed up several from ground blinds and made some cool stalks this year that ended with me passing the shot. One of the coolest was when I rattled, grunted, and shook a sapling to draw a P&Y caliber buck to within 20 yards while I was kneeling in cover. Exciting.
Approximate tree stand heights for me, though, might be a little surprising to some: bucks at 8' and 8', and does at 10', 10', 12', and one from my tallest stand at about 14 or 15'.
And one of my best hunts this year I passed up 4 or 5 bucks from a stand about 6 1/2' up in a tiny cedar, with some of those deer coming as close as 2 yards to the base of my tree. Great hunt.
This survey didn't allow me to vote more than once, so the end results may not truly reflect the number of deer taken ground v. tree for the hunters here as I would guess many shoot more than one deer.
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Brian, Great response. Ground for me. 2 bad knees keep my on solid ground.
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All I hear is "you have a much better chance of shooting a deer from a tree". Last season, I had my son on a ladder stand across the field from me. The deer walked right by me out of my range and looked right up at my son in the stand. While there is much more to look at from a tree, I feel that I am much more in nature in my blind.
I have wildlife all around me and birds and squirrels on top of me. Even if I don't see a deer, I feel like I had a great experience.
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Man, can't believe the number of ground hunters - running more than 50%...must not have the same high strung deer we do in Georgia!
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SOS - it's easier from the ground. We just hunker down below their eyeline and shoot the deer that are stumbling around the woods looking up in the trees. :-D