Somewhere north of 30. I can't even remember where all my stands are. Ill be scouting an area and think it would be a good spot for a stand and then see a lock on I put there 2 years ago. I really need to put them on a map.
Yeah but I don't mean how many spots do you like but how many do you actually hunt. You may have a hundred stands scattered around but you can only hunt so many in a season.
I have favorite trees that are hard to get away from but I'm going to try and expand the number of spots I hunt from this year because it's public land and I never know if someone else might be in there. I've yet to find another hunter near one of my spots but I know it could happen. I'm just trying to figure out what is a manageable number. I'm using a climber exclusively and I know I'll climb some trees and once I get up there it doesn't look the same as it did from the ground or I'll see deer exiting a trail into a clearcut out of bow range so that next time I sit in a different place but nearby.
I also want to plan better. I'd like to have at least 3 or 4 spots for every set of conditions: wind direction, time of day, time of season (rut or not), bow, rifle, brush gun, etc. I thought maybe I'd have a break from hunting after turkey season but I'm realizing that I have a lot of scouting to do and a lot of limbs to trim for shooting lanes, etc. I'd rather get started while temps are still reasonable than try to do it in July/August.