AM stand arrival??????

Quote:
atleast 1 hour before sun-up.

Quote:
just dont like the bears in there at dark

Quote:
Depends on where the stand is. If it's near what I believe is a bucks bedding area, I get in 60 to 90 minutes before first light. If I'm hunting a funnel or pinch point, 30 minutes might be good enough, depending on what's nearby. If I'm hunting a field corner or edge, I'll wait for first light to avoid spooking deer in the field. I've had pretty good luck getting to the edge of a cornfield at first light and still hunting to my stand on the edge.

Quote:
Hunting is My Heart & Soul, Without it. I'm just a empty shell.

Quote:
I still try to get in well before daylight like everyone else. I have to say though only a small percentage of the deer I shot over the years have been in the first hour of daylight. A much larger percentage have been at dusk.
__________________

Quote:
Hell i like that but thats to much trouble last year i would got to school untill fifth period (lunch)1100 go in the bathroom change ,go to my car and bounce to the woods setup and ready no later than 1245 and get down no earlier than 7 and hell 95% of the time i saw 2 or more deer a lil spot not to far from the tit

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 9:57 AM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 403 Rack Buck: Join Date: Apr 2005
I believe in the I'd rather be an hour early than a minute late theory, but others think that busting through the woods in the dark spooks game. I know I've spooked deer on the way in, but I've also had deer walk past me during "false light" when if I was walking in at that time I would not have seen. What time do you arrive on your morning stand, and what are your reasons? __________________ I’ll Keep My Money, My Freedom, and My GUNS - YOU, KEEP "THE CHANGE". When Guns Are Outlawed - Only Outlaws Will Have Guns I'd Rather Hunt With Dick Cheney - Than Drive With Ted Kennedy

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 10:02 AM
	Warden, Sponsor	Posts: 13487 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Feb 2005
atleast 1 hour before sun-up. i want it to quiet down after i get setup so i go in early. plus i want to get my spot. i hunt state land and i don't want someone else in my spot so i make sure i'm in there early. hell on opening day of six day i might get in 1.5 to 2 hours early. __________________ Soccer-Mom Pro-Staffer *Hunting The Wild's of New Jersey*

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 10:08 AM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 4246 Monster Buck: Join Date: Jul 2007
Same here, I hunt mostly public land and I tend to get in about 1 to 1.5 hours early to let anything settle down if I did spook it. Also, as wojt. stated, I get thier early to get my spot, just on the outside chance someone is hunting the same area. __________________ "How can you be so hypocritical to look down on a man who is honest enough to kill his own?" (Thanks MTH) "The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma" *"Patience is the key to success"*

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 10:18 AM
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Online	Posts: 5588 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Aug 2006
i try to get in about 45 minutes early so it settles down. __________________ If Guns kill people Then... -pencils mis spel words, -cars make people drive drunk, -spoons made Rosi Odonell fat. steve hetley75@optonline.net http://myspace.com/hetley75 http://www.camospace.com/hetley75 http://www.killerskitchen.com

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 10:18 AM
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 7952 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Mar 2005
Quote: atleast 1 hour before sun-up. Same here. Heck, sometimes I'll go earlier if I'm not sure of where I'll be setting up. Finding a tree in a good location that has the type of cover for me and my climber has been known to take a bit of time before. David __________________ NJ... Where fun comes to die!

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 10:28 AM
	Registered User, Sponsor	Posts: 3699 Monster Buck: Join Date: Dec 2005
I'm in the school 1 hour before legal shooting time. So I'm up there an hour & a half before sunup.

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 1:04 PM
	Registered User Currently Online	Posts: 1008 Non Typical: Join Date: Sep 2006
Same. At least 1 hour before sun-up which means I have 30 minutes to relax and settle in before the "half hour before sunrise" time when we can officially start hunting. When I hunt the Great Swamp during shotgun season or a piece of private land at the start of shotgun season, I tend to arrive about 1.5 to 2.0 hours ahead of time...mostly because I am excited and can't wait! There are times during the long bow season where I wake up a little later than expected and arrive to my stand just at first light or even after first light. I have kicked up deer either way. I have also climbed into my stand late and within 5 minutes of being in my stand I have shot a deer. Go figure.

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 1:21 PM
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 2016 Non Typical: Join Date: May 2005
You should try different times to confuse the deer .Deer will patern you on the times you arrive and leave .You need to be in the stand when they are there . Sometimes I will be in the stand an hour before sunrise and other times I will wait until there is enough daylight to see if there is any deer near my stand as I approach it. Last year I walked to my stand one morning at 6:45 and 15 minutes later I harvested a buck. You have to try different things sometimes to get that deer!!!!

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 1:24 PM
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 10393 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Dec 2005
love to jump in the stand one hour before the sun , just dont like the bears in there at dark __________________ ARTYS CARPET SER, ALL CARPET REPAIRS,CLEANING, SHOP AT HOME CARPET SALES. EMAIL RUGMAN7092@OPTONLINE.NET " WE LAY IT FUZZY SIDE UP" SHOP AT HOME CARPET SALES

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 1:31 PM
	Registered User Currently Online	Posts: 1848 Non Typical: Join Date: Feb 2005
30 to 40 minutes before light

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 2:11 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 4246 Monster Buck: Join Date: Jul 2007
Yeah the bears tend to scare the piss out of me at least 2 or 3 times a year......a little unerving when you realize your only about 5 feet from a black glob in the dark. __________________ "How can you be so hypocritical to look down on a man who is honest enough to kill his own?" (Thanks MTH) "The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma" *"Patience is the key to success"*

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 2:18 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 1495 Non Typical: Join Date: Jan 2007
Quote: just dont like the bears in there at dark Don't worry... corzine is spending $850,000 to educate them to leave you alone. I like to get into my stand an hour before sunrise... gives me a half hour to get settled before legal shooting light. On opening day though of six day, I get into my stand about 1.5 to 2 hours before sunrise... it may sound like overkill but if I'm in my stand when everyone else starts coming in, the deer will sometimes spook to me instead of me spooking them to someone else. __________________ Life Member NRA, NAHC, NAFC Member NJWF, NWTF, NRHRC, NJFSC Recording Sec. SORG

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 2:39 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 4246 Monster Buck: Join Date: Jul 2007
great! Now all we need to do is teach deer not have fawns! Thats another million guranteed. NJ is really getting on my nerves. __________________ "How can you be so hypocritical to look down on a man who is honest enough to kill his own?" (Thanks MTH) "The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma" *"Patience is the key to success"*

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 3:00 PM
	Warden, Sponsor	Posts: 8237 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Mar 2005
20 - 30 minutes before first light. __________________ >>>---> Shut Up And Hunt >>>--->

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 3:30 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 1282 Non Typical: Join Date: Oct 2006
I'm usually in between 30-45 minutes before shooting light. I like to get in early and let the woods calm down. Especially if I'm using a climber in a new spot.

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 5:06 PM
	BOWHUNTERCOP
1 hour before sunrise for me

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 5:13 PM Last Edited By: NJ_Bowhntr
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 3110 Monster Buck: Join Date: Feb 2005
Depends on where the stand is. If it's near what I believe is a bucks bedding area, I get in 60 to 90 minutes before first light. If I'm hunting a funnel or pinch point, 30 minutes might be good enough, depending on what's nearby. If I'm hunting a field corner or edge, I'll wait for first light to avoid spooking deer in the field. I've had pretty good luck getting to the edge of a cornfield at first light and still hunting to my stand on the edge.

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 7:08 PM
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 3204 Monster Buck: Join Date: Mar 2006
i try to be set in my stand while its still dark __________________ ubnj member

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 7:15 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 262 Rack Buck: Join Date: Feb 2005
at lest an hour before sun up to set up

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 7:19 PM
	Registered User, Sponsor	Posts: 13521 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Jan 2006
I try and be on stand and settled in, at least an hour before sun up

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 7:23 PM
	Registered User, Sponsor	Posts: 2778 Monster Buck: Join Date: May 2006
1 Hour here Idont need to find a spot at dark because thats why I scout but like to be in early

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 7:48 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 518 Typical: Join Date: Nov 2006
30 to 40 minutes for me

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 7:49 PM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 1421 Non Typical: Join Date: Dec 2006
Quote: Depends on where the stand is. If it's near what I believe is a bucks bedding area, I get in 60 to 90 minutes before first light. If I'm hunting a funnel or pinch point, 30 minutes might be good enough, depending on what's nearby. If I'm hunting a field corner or edge, I'll wait for first light to avoid spooking deer in the field. I've had pretty good luck getting to the edge of a cornfield at first light and still hunting to my stand on the edge. Ditto. I "try" to pick my stands and routes so I wont be near deer till right around sunrise. I still booger a few now and then. __________________ .. XBows, So easy a quadriplegic can do it

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 8:02 PM
	Registered User, Sponsor	Posts: 8011 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Feb 2005
I like 1.5 hrs before. The key is to go in slowly You have lots of time to get to your stand. __________________ Quote: Hunting is My Heart & Soul, Without it. I'm just a empty shell.

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 8:49 PM
	Registered User, Sponsor	Posts: 4612 Monster Buck: Join Date: Jul 2005
I still try to get in well before daylight like everyone else. I have to say though only a small percentage of the deer I shot over the years have been in the first hour of daylight. A much larger percentage have been at dusk. __________________ Gun control is being able to hit your target MOLON LABE WWRD Member: NRA,ANJRPC,UBNJ,SFFC,DU

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 9:45 PM
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 706 Typical: Join Date: Nov 2005
The amount of time I'm in my stand before shooting time is inversely proportional to the damage my poor ass took getting to the stand the night before. As the season wears on I wear out. Except of course for the last day where superhuman effort powered by hoarded amphetamines gets me there early just one last time. __________________ Please don't shoot my avatar.

Posted: 11 Jul 2007 11:29 PM
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 5533 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Oct 2006
As long as its still dark I am good with that. Like Aftermath said on opening day of 6 day, I get up there alot earlier. If there are other people around I can see them coming in with there flashlights or atv's. Then I know where everyone is and also they can chase the deer over to my side of the area. I like to be settled in my spot before any signs of the sun breaking the horizon. __________________ "from my cold dead hands" "to all those in harms way, SEMPER FI"

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 12:10 AM
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 2603 Monster Buck: Join Date: Oct 2005
Quote: I still try to get in well before daylight like everyone else. I have to say though only a small percentage of the deer I shot over the years have been in the first hour of daylight. A much larger percentage have been at dusk. __________________ Totally agree with Frank on this one! I'd say 80% of my deer are taken at dusk. I love hunting all day, but if I can't you better beleive that I rather be in there from 3ish-dusk rather than surnrise.

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 12:31 AM
	Registered User Currently Offline	Posts: 763 Typical: Join Date: Dec 2006
Hell i like that but thats to much trouble last year i would got to school untill fifth period (lunch)1100 go in the bathroom change ,go to my car and bounce to the woods setup and ready no later than 1245 and get down no earlier than 7 and hell 95% of the time i saw 2 or more deer a lil spot not to far from the tit

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 4:44 AM
	Registered User, Sponsor Currently Offline	Posts: 5533 Addicted to NJH: Join Date: Oct 2006
Quote: Hell i like that but thats to much trouble last year i would got to school untill fifth period (lunch)1100 go in the bathroom change ,go to my car and bounce to the woods setup and ready no later than 1245 and get down no earlier than 7 and hell 95% of the time i saw 2 or more deer a lil spot not to far from the tit Ahh those were the days, cutting school to go hunting... If I could do it all over again, I WOULD STILL DO IT probably more __________________ "from my cold dead hands" "to all those in harms way, SEMPER FI"