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09-19-2008, 09:45 AM
| | Scrub Buck | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Carolina
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Need some advice fellow hunters. Ive just got a 6 foot tall tripod is this high enough off the ground. I hunt NC game lands mostly and the deer are very easily spooked.
Thanks
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09-19-2008, 11:29 AM
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Where Im hunting 6 ft would not be enough. I am in the woods where the deer can easily spot you if your sitting at basically eye level. I dont know how the NC game lands are set up though. If your going to be taking a long range shot than yes it might work fine. 6 foot is almost low enough you could consider hunting off the ground if you have smooth, clear terrain.
And welcome to the site.
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09-19-2008, 11:30 AM
| | B&C 160 Class | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Maryland
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Well let me think. NOPE! |
09-19-2008, 03:10 PM
|  | Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY
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kinda low ,why so low?
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison.
Genesis 27:3 "The thinking deer hunter should mature through three phases during his hunting life. First phase, "I need to kill a deer." Second phase, I want to harvest a nice deer. And last phase, we must manage this resource so our children and their children can experience the grand tradition of good deer hunting." - Jim Slinsky
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09-19-2008, 04:44 PM
| | Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Oregon, Ohio
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With a rifle, it all depends on what the 6' height allows you to see. We have some members hunting from ground shacks so getting up even 6' may be enough for certain conditions. Only you can determine if your seeing enough shooting lanes, open spots, creek bottom, swamp entrances/exits ect ect, at that height. Good luck hunting.
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09-19-2008, 08:45 PM
|  | Moderator | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: western new york
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Welcome aboard pathmaker. In my opinion 6ft is just not enough. There's way too much risk of being scented or seen.
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09-19-2008, 08:53 PM
| | Scrub Buck | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Carolina
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thinks guys Ive hunted the game lands from a bull blind and done well killed two 9 pionters and some small 8s. the game land has roads with gates on them that go for miles so u have to walk. I was thinking that 6 foot would be better than right on the ground. ill try it any way and thinks agian any more advice
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09-20-2008, 05:45 AM
| | Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY
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dont take it the wrong way.sometimes i forget that we all dont hunt from a perch in the trees .My bad congrats on your past kills .can you give more details on the area your hunting?
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison.
Genesis 27:3 "The thinking deer hunter should mature through three phases during his hunting life. First phase, "I need to kill a deer." Second phase, I want to harvest a nice deer. And last phase, we must manage this resource so our children and their children can experience the grand tradition of good deer hunting." - Jim Slinsky
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09-20-2008, 06:22 AM
|  | B&C 160 Class | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: arkansas
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if it worked for you on the ground ,,,,,6 ft should be better.....go for it do you have cover around it?
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09-20-2008, 01:24 PM
| | Scrub Buck | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Carolina
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The area that i hunt most is the roads in the game land, that are cut off from trucks. u have to walk. there is a canal on 1 side that is 15 foot wide and about 8 deep, but water only runs about 3 foot wide. accept this year kinda dry. land around that is mix some marsh and hard timber. the tripod is one that i made and its weight is only 28 pounds and it only costed me $60 and yes it has camo around it. i could go bigger but gets harder to walk. my blind/chair ways more than that and the tripod doubles as a deer dragger.
THIS IS WHERE U CAN SEE A MAP OF THE GAME LAND http://www.ncwildlife.org/pg04_Hunti.../Van_Swamp.pdf
Last edited by pathmaker; 09-20-2008 at 01:39 PM.
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