Sitting

[Fischman]

Hard to sit for more than a couple hours when the action is slow. My old muley chasin legs just got to get going and see whats over the next hill !

[CEO]

The older I get, the longer I can sit.

Originally posted by John Scifres:
I'm good for a couple hours, maybe longer during the rut and then I have to stillhunt.  I've pretty much always been this way.  I love to still hunt.  Move slow and then move slower.  The view changes with every step    

That's me to a "T"

[maineac]

Ha! Owlbait I hear you.  I used to be better at it in my 20's and 30's than I am now in my late 40's.  Maybe my middle school students have rubbed off on me.

[vtmtnman]

I'm the opposite.The older I get the more I realize that staying put is the key to killing deer.

Had I realized this fact when I started as a kid I would have killed alot of deer instead of taking foolish shots at 20-40 yards after trying to sneak up on them.

Patterning the deer and setting up and waiting for a shot is far more productive for me.

[Hoyt]

Only way I can sit in one spot for any amount of time is to climb a tree and even then there have been times I just felt like I was in the wrong spot and had to climb down and move to another tree.

[Butch Speer]

I'm good for 2 or 3 hrs. max. I don't still hunt. I'm like a bull in a china shop. I dig out a book to read. I'll read a paragraph, then look around. Everything looks new then. I might get made on occasion but, not nearly as much if I sat there fidgeting around.

[guspup]

Walk real slow with the anticipation of finding the perfect spot..... but end up sitting only a short spell...... get antsy and start walking again...........been walking for over half a century this way..... been lucky to get real close to alot of deer, and seen some beautiful country.

[Stone Knife]

I love to sit, I normally sit for a few hours in the morning and then in the afternoon. When the hunting gets hot I can sit all day. Still hunting in western NY has never panned out the way sitting has for me so I sit.

[LPM]

I heard someone say...........When I was young I stood until my legs hurt......Now that I'm older I sit til my butt hurts!!!

Red Green says we're all in this together....

I say.............

What ever works for you is what's right for you.

[free2bow]

Having several stands to change up where you hunt even if they aren't that far apart helps.  f

[Thumper Dunker]

I have trouble staying on a stand calling for 15 -20 minutes. Another not so good deer hunter.love to spot and stalk wabbits and fuzzie tails.

[bawana bowman]

I can still sit in a stand dawn till dusk, and almost 56 years young. Providing the seat is at the right height that my knees don't lock up on me. If the seat is just a half inch low my knees will lock and legs begin to cramp. When this happens I'm lucky if I last 2 hours. And getting down is a real pain in the a** too.
Standing I'm good for 3-4 hours in morning and again in afternoon.
Like to still hunt but generally where I hunt it is just to heavy of cover to move through and see anything, so taking a perch is most desirable.