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Re: In front or in back of the tree?
[Re: N2TRKYS]
#1969493
12/28/16 04:41 PM
12/28/16 04:41 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,153
Leeds
Smells
OP
8 point
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OP
8 point
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,153
Leeds
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Always facing the direction I think the buck is coming from. I'm not gonna put something between him and I on purpose. Ok suppose you're sitting on the downhill edge of a clearcut with deer approaching from your 9:00, 12:00, and/or 3:00? Hardwood creek bottom falling off to your 6:00. If you sit facing your 12:00 you stick out like a sore thumb. Will you still face the most likely approach? I'm pointing my stand at my 5:00 which allows me to shoot from behind the tree from my 11:00 to my 3:00 from the right side depending on how I stand and from my 9:00 to 10:00 from the left side with 10:00 to 11:00 being no shoot. This allows me to hide behind the tree while deer approach.
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Re: In front or in back of the tree?
[Re: Smells]
#1969564
12/28/16 05:18 PM
12/28/16 05:18 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,582
Tuscaloosa Co.
N2TRKYS
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,582
Tuscaloosa Co.
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Always facing the direction I think the buck is coming from. I'm not gonna put something between him and I on purpose. Ok suppose you're sitting on the downhill edge of a clearcut with deer approaching from your 9:00, 12:00, and/or 3:00? Hardwood creek bottom falling off to your 6:00. If you sit facing your 12:00 you stick out like a sore thumb. Will you still face the most likely approach? I'm pointing my stand at my 5:00 which allows me to shoot from behind the tree from my 11:00 to my 3:00 from the right side depending on how I stand and from my 9:00 to 10:00 from the left side with 10:00 to 11:00 being no shoot. This allows me to hide behind the tree while deer approach. I already answered your question. I can't help that you didn't like the answer.
83% of all statistics are made up.
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Re: In front or in back of the tree?
[Re: N2TRKYS]
#1969571
12/28/16 05:27 PM
12/28/16 05:27 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,979
Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,979
Brierfield
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Always facing the direction I think the buck is coming from. I'm not gonna put something between him and I on purpose. Ok suppose you're sitting on the downhill edge of a clearcut with deer approaching from your 9:00, 12:00, and/or 3:00? Hardwood creek bottom falling off to your 6:00. If you sit facing your 12:00 you stick out like a sore thumb. Will you still face the most likely approach? I'm pointing my stand at my 5:00 which allows me to shoot from behind the tree from my 11:00 to my 3:00 from the right side depending on how I stand and from my 9:00 to 10:00 from the left side with 10:00 to 11:00 being no shoot. This allows me to hide behind the tree while deer approach. I already answered your question. I can't help that you didn't like the answer. Lol
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: In front or in back of the tree?
[Re: Smells]
#1969572
12/28/16 05:28 PM
12/28/16 05:28 PM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,979
Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,979
Brierfield
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I like to sit facing the tree and screw in a couple of the gear holder deals to rest my rifle on if i may have a long shot
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: In front or in back of the tree?
[Re: Smells]
#1969614
12/28/16 05:58 PM
12/28/16 05:58 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 31,681
Slidell, La
perchjerker
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 31,681
Slidell, La
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Bead this is the bowhunting thread, not what you screw to use your rifle. Get a x=gun Goober.
Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends!
If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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Re: In front or in back of the tree?
[Re: Smells]
#1969792
12/29/16 04:05 AM
12/29/16 04:05 AM
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Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,644
Arab/Stevenson AL
Recurve
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 2,644
Arab/Stevenson AL
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I sit at an angle to account for both because you don't know what direction that buck is coming from this time of year. The 9 point I saw Monday morning came from up high, but he could have just as easily came from any other direction trailing a doe.
Edit: He came from up high and from behind me. I would venture to say this time of year, I'll be standing with bow in hand for most of the hunt. I can't let a bruiser like that slip through my fingers at 10 yards broadside again. I'll jump out of my stand onto an arrow...
Last edited by Recurve; 12/29/16 04:08 AM.
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Re: In front or in back of the tree?
[Re: Beadlescomb]
#1970038
12/29/16 08:08 AM
12/29/16 08:08 AM
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Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,979
Brierfield
Beadlescomb
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 15,979
Brierfield
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I like to sit facing the tree and screw in a couple of the gear holder deals to rest my rifle on if i may have a long shot Well chit i still face the tree
We will burn that bridge when we get there
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Re: In front or in back of the tree?
[Re: Smells]
#1970618
12/29/16 06:12 PM
12/29/16 06:12 PM
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,348
Monroe County, AL
skintback
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 3,348
Monroe County, AL
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I sit with back to tree facing expected approach, or at least quarter facing if I have a wide area I'm watching. In this instance, more than likely I've set up with the wind in my face.
Anything worth doing, is worth doing right, or it's not worth doing at all!
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