lightman
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Over the years my hunting habits have changed. When I was a kid I hunted with a bunch of old guys that would get up at 3:00 AM and cook a big breakfast. Then they would drop me off at or near a stand in the dark and I would stay all day. I would take a biscuit with either sausage, ham or bacon for a noon meal. If you are not seeing anything thats a long day.
Now days I try to get to the stand while its still dark and stay until about 11:00. Unless I'm seeing Deer. I'll return to camp for a bite to eat and go back out about 2:00 and stay until after dark.I have shot Deer close to dark but it makes for a late supper. Now days it will have to be a pretty good one! I love being in the woods when they start waking up. Love hearing the Owls, Birds and Squirrels when they clock in of a morning!
When we hunted in Canada we would be dropped off at the stands or blinds in the dark and stay all day. We killed several of our Canadian Deer around the middle of the day. It still was a long day in the cold!
I have killed several Deer back when I could still walk by quietly slipping through the woods, stopping occasionally to sit and listen. The only thing about that is having a dead Deer a long ways away from any transportation. I'm not up to that anymore.
Now days I try to get to the stand while its still dark and stay until about 11:00. Unless I'm seeing Deer. I'll return to camp for a bite to eat and go back out about 2:00 and stay until after dark.I have shot Deer close to dark but it makes for a late supper. Now days it will have to be a pretty good one! I love being in the woods when they start waking up. Love hearing the Owls, Birds and Squirrels when they clock in of a morning!
When we hunted in Canada we would be dropped off at the stands or blinds in the dark and stay all day. We killed several of our Canadian Deer around the middle of the day. It still was a long day in the cold!
I have killed several Deer back when I could still walk by quietly slipping through the woods, stopping occasionally to sit and listen. The only thing about that is having a dead Deer a long ways away from any transportation. I'm not up to that anymore.