Originally Posted By: blumsden
Rethink how you are accessing your stands. Are u using a climber? If so maybe buy some ladder stands so you can be more quiet. The most overlooked part of hunting is stand access. Done wrong and it brings about exactly what your experiencing. Done right and limited it can be very rewarding. You don't want to spook deer going in or out. Start hunting your property during the early season from the outside and move inward as the season progresses.


Solid advice here. It's amazing to me how many guys don't give this much consideration. We have some food plots at our club that I will not hunt because they are not accessible without driving or walking right through prime bedding cover. Our harvest records over the last decade also suggest these plots are not good areas but some guys keep trying it.


"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."

"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona