burning a stand

#1 (**permalink**) 10-11-2008, 09:52 PM

Do you guys think about burning a stand out? This is something I am working on more the last couple years. I think its helped me see more deer to switch up stands and let them rest even though I'm seeing deer there for fear of spooking those crafty old buggers or wrecking the spot for the rest of the season.

wmi · #2 (**permalink**) 10-12-2008, 07:50 AM

Ronn my friend you are 100% correct. I hate hunting a stand more than once or twice. Great subject!

timberghost · #3 (**permalink**) 10-12-2008, 08:12 AM

I have the same scenario. In thought I say to myself "no, not today" but I'll keep going to the same site and probably do wreck it.

#4 (**permalink**) 10-12-2008, 10:56 AM

i think you can hunt the same woods. just switch it up by sitting a stand several hundred yards away. i like sitting pinch points, favorite breaks in stone walls, favorite creek crossings, bottle necks in thicker cover extending into feeding areas, all of which can be used by the same deer. so i'm hunting the same deer just jumping around to different areas.

#5 (**permalink**) 10-12-2008, 10:58 AM

oh and that should be "BURNING A STAND" not bruning a stand. sorry

joel the signman · #6 (**permalink**) 10-12-2008, 11:50 AM

yes you can.i believe the best chance of killing a deer is the first time you hunt that stand,then it drops down each time you hunt it.also if you walk into an area the same way everytime you will put the deer on notice.i try to have 2 different approaches to my stand.i use a climber and will move around the area.i also will hunt different towns to mix things up

Buckshot · #7 (**permalink**) 10-12-2008, 07:39 PM

I think you can over hunt a stand but I believe it depends on the circumstances. I have hunted the same stand 4 times in the last ten days and shot two deer from it and I still saw 12 deer from it yesterday morning. If anything I have been seeing more deer.

I think it has more to do with getting busted by deer in your stand or leaving scent behind walking in and out. I have had to wait for deer to clear the area so I could get out of the stand so i didn't spook them.

The last doe I killed was with three other deer; a doe, a doe fawn and a four point. After I shot the doe the rest of them just bounced about 20 yards and stood there, I thought I was going to get the other doe. She didn't spook until she got over to where the doe I shot had piled up.

Bottom line for me is I'll hunt it as long as the deer are coming in the I'll move to where the deer are. They may have quit coming around because a food source has dried up instead of the hunting presure, if that's the case I have to find what they are eating today.

Rozman62 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008, 03:52 PM

I don't hunt the same stand inside of 4-5 days with only one exception. If it pours buckets after I use the stand then my scent is washed out and I may hunt inside 4 days. I may be missing out on opportunities but I am afraid that I will burn the stand out with over frequent use. Your more apt to get winded the more you use it. My 2 pennies.

wmi · #9 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008, 06:37 PM

I use a 2 week minimum rule myself.

Hunting Man · #10 (**permalink**) 10-16-2008, 06:54 PM

Even during a 1-1/2 week in PA I move my stands several times trying to adjust to the bucks movements.