How many sits in a stand before moving on?

RedShaft · October 12, 2015, 09:11:00 AM

When you guys move in on a new spot/ stand site. How many sits will you give it if you don't see anything?

I realize funnel/rut stand may be differant. But generally?

goingoldskool · October 12, 2015, 09:21:00 AM

Usually 3.... but I leave the stands up in case I see movement when scouting. If other stands are hot, I won't go back to them at all.

Good luck, shoot straight and God bless,

Rodd

Skipmaster1 · October 12, 2015, 09:30:00 AM

I try not to sit the same stand twice a week unless there is a very good reason. I don't absndon the spot, just let them rest. If I saw nothing there, a different time of day or a different part of the season or just a different day can pay off. If it's a good spot I'll visit it throughout the season. I have a few stands that I hunt whenever we have an east wind, even if it's a few sits in a row because there is no way a deer can get downwind of me and entry and exit are extremely low impact. I have shot opportunities there almost every sit, but I'm usually waiting for the right deer. I have hunted spots that looked perfect and never seen a deer from them, no matter what. I usually will pop in once a season but have learned to just give up on them.
So I guess the answer is that it all depends.

D. Key · October 12, 2015, 09:37:00 AM

I have my own property with about 5 semi-permanent stands, which I typically rotate. That way no one stand is overly hunted.

Mint · October 12, 2015, 09:49:00 AM

"Usually 3.... but I leave the stands up in case I see movement when scouting. If other stands are hot, I won't go back to them at all."

X2

DanielB89 · October 12, 2015, 09:51:00 AM

I think it all depends on what your hunting. Public land where you're relying on oak trees, then I would let them tell me when to move on. I am trying something different this year and trying to always hunt a hot area. I usually hunt the same place for as many sits as possible, but I want to have more highly effective hunts this year.

this year there is not many acorns. I walked around 10 miles in 3 hunts this past weekend and only found 3 trees that had good action under them and 2 of them were mediocre at best.

Veneficus · October 12, 2015, 09:55:00 AM

Two.
I stopped using tree stands but if I still did I would give it maybe 3 since I wouldnt want to move it.

old_goat2 · October 12, 2015, 11:46:00 AM

It's so hard finding a tree in the spots I hunt here in Colorado that I basically never move it, might move once though if I'm not seeing deer at all. Nothing but giant Cottonwoods! I plan on buying a climber to add an option for the one tree out of several hundred that will accept one, 1-several hundred is probably not much of an exaggeration on the ratio of trees that will accept a climber here and it's actually not much better for hangons either! In a perfect world, I'd probably never sit the same place two days in a row unless it was just working that good for whatever reason!

VA Elite · October 12, 2015, 11:58:00 AM

I usually don't hunt the same stand twice in one season..unless..let me explain...

First I have over 6k acres I hunt. private land. it's a hunt club with 30 members and only 5 bowhunters. 2nd. the wind plays a huge role in where I sit. I have over 60 stand sites and many more I have not actually hunted yet. I live an hour away from the land, so i get one day a week to hunt it, and I want to learn every acre and the only way to do it is to hunt a different stand each week. Now, I will hunt a stand more than once if I have a good buck there, or I am seeing lots of deer there and nowhere else. I have been doing this for 5 years and it has worked well for me.

RedShaft · October 12, 2015, 12:42:00 PM

Public land yes.
I always take good stock in poop. Literally if there is not much fresh poo. I don't consider it very good it here no poop. Unless I'm hunting a buck n look for faint trails with rubs

Longtoke · October 12, 2015, 01:01:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by old_goat2:
It's so hard finding a tree in the spots I hunt here in Colorado that I basically never move it, might move once though if I'm not seeing deer at all. Nothing but giant Cottonwoods! I plan on buying a climber to add an option for the one tree out of several hundred that will accept one, 1-several hundred is probably not much of an exaggeration on the ratio of trees that will accept a climber here and it's actually not much better for hangons either! In a perfect world, I'd probably never sit the same place two days in a row unless it was just working that good for whatever reason!

I feel ya, only trees you can find where i'm at are in a creek or canyon and then good luck finding a semi straight cottonwood out there.

indianalongbowshooter · October 12, 2015, 01:15:00 PM

I never hunt the same tree twice unless its a week or so apart, may only move 50 yds in my climber but never in same tree 2 days in a row.

Basinboy · October 12, 2015, 01:19:00 PM

Twice and I'm outta there

DanielB89 · October 12, 2015, 01:39:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Basinboy:
Twice and I'm outta there

Corey,

is that 2 back to back sits or does it matter if there is time between those sits?

Burnsie · October 12, 2015, 02:39:00 PM

I space my sits out to let the area settle, but will not usually abandon the site for lack of activity. Not seeing anything 2, 3, 4 times doesn't discourage me. I've taken a couple nice bucks off stands that I logged a ton of hours in seeing nothing. But I knew it was a good spot and knew it was only a matter of time if I was patient enough to put in the hours.

October 12, 2015, 02:58:00 PM

I have one area,when the wind is right, that I sit in the same spot and watch the surrounding slopes for deer movement. When I see a deer I want to go after, I play the head them off at the pass game. Hunting pressure there makes a continually shifting pattern, an aggressive techique, but it has worked for years.

Cory Mattson · October 12, 2015, 03:36:00 PM

I do not hunt any stand more than once in a two week period. When I do hunt anything could go wrong much never known to us but a second sit with no sighting and I am gone.

Thats September - October - December - January

November might find me working a particular funnel more often - But I doubt I would hunt more than twice in one week even then - and again if no sightings I cancel that spot

Michael Arnette · October 12, 2015, 03:41:00 PM

2 times of nothing and I'll never be back...If I haven't had a shot 3 times in a row I move on or move the stand is I think my placement may be a bit off.

Basinboy · October 12, 2015, 04:12:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by DanielB89:

QuoteOriginally posted by Basinboy:
Twice and I'm outta there
Corey,

is that 2 back to back sits or does it matter if there is time between those sits? [/b]

Mostly back to back. I'll hunt a morning and evening. If nothing seen I'm moving. I scout continuously so I always have other spots. That way if I see someone parked near a spot I wanted to hunt, I go somewhere else that I have already scouted out.

KyStickbow · October 12, 2015, 04:46:00 PM

2-3 times of getting skunked..or the deer aren't in shooting range..Im proly gonna move the setup.