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I'm headed to Missouri Nov 4th-12th, and I WILL sit all day. I have had good luck sitting all day in Nebr that same time frame.
Bring some food and a good book and your set.
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i have done it but lately my back starts killing me after a couple hours... it really bums me out. any suggestions? steve
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In early November, I'll be in the woods all day. I may not be in my treestand that whole time, however. I have several natural ground blinds I can sneak off to to break up the time and help me to refocus. I find a change in scenery helps me regain my concentration.
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I'm a "sitter" by nature, that being said......from the last of October through Thanksgiving I pack a lunch and something to eat and once I get to my location I don't move until it gets past legal shooting light. My plans sometimes get changed due to things that come up, but my plan is almost always to pull "all-dayers".
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Back when we had doe tags and I shot four deer a year, i only sat when I was resting and eating. If the rut ramps up and I find that there is more than two bucks around, I may do it the first week in November. but it usually is a waste of time to do that around here, unless you like shooting at squirrels and turkeys.
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I have to have high confidence and great winds for the stand to stay all day....That being said, Last week of October thru the gun season is my timing. Saw a bruiser on a neighboring farm at 3:35 PM yesterday. It's getting there quick..
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In 42 years of bow hunting I've never sat more than 3 or 4 hours at a stretch. Never could tolerate that even as a youngster.
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First week of Nov. I sit til 1 or 2 if I can't hunt the evenings. I Have shot a bunch of deer around noon doing this. When I can hunt the evening I break for lunch and come right back or meet up with a buddy and eat in the woods. When the guns are going off I hate to leave the woods at any time.
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Tried it once, gave it up. Dad told me long ago that the best thing he ever had come out of an all day sit was thinking about all the better ways he could spend his time. I agree with Don Stokes on this one - I enjoy deer hunting too much to torture myself.
I really LOVE those hunting stories that involve an all day sit and a buck killed in the last 30 minutes of the day..gotta wonder if the hunter learned anything?!?
Seriously the first 3-4 hours and the last 3-4 hours of the day are 90% of your chance to kill a deer....I'm not into doubling that time input to only add another 10% chance...there are other things I could be doing - scouting new ground, hanging treestands, tweaking stands that are already up etc. etc. etc. that add WAY more than 10% to my chance of success than just being in a treestand reading a book. Couple that to the fact that I generally strategize my setups as high odds morning or high odds evening stands, I can't see spending a whole day in one spot.
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I agree with Ryan on this one. Honestly, I feel that the folks writing about the "all day sits" just make for interesting stories about guys that are "tough enough" to do it. I mean who has the luxury of having nothing else to do but sit and hunt all day long. Not me.
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I don't sit well. I have to pick and chose and be very tight with my "all day sits". I feel that the first two weeks in November (upper midwest) are the time. When I am out and see a buck seriously chasing a doe near that time frame, it tells me that they may be moving any time of day. If I can get the time then, that's when I go. Frankly though, I don't like to go in too early, for sure not in the dark. Too easy to make a ton of disturbance, especially since I hunt public property and have to take my stand and thngs with me at the end of each day. ChuckC
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Sometimes I sit all day, sometyimes not depends on how much I want to leave. Some days its easy others are not so.
I really enjoy meeting buddies after a hunt or for a in woods oicnic to hear about their morning hunts and shar emine.
If I am hunting alone, and it is peak rut, I will sit all day. This is mostly because I have to drive up to an hour to hunt. I am not driving home for lunch and then back again. Too much travel If I am driving an hour to hunt, I will just stay home if I only have 1/2 day available.
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I have sat all day only a few times and it has been quite a while since I have done it. Don't want to do it again. I will sit longer than usual this time of year but take a break for lunch and then get back at it. Sitting all day is one of the most physically hard things I have ever done.
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