What time do you get to your stand in the morning?

[Bowwild]

I've chosen my stands or prepare the way in so I can move to them quietly. I like to be in the stand 30-45 minutes before "Sunrise".

Sunrise is just before 8am here now. I get up at 6:30, shower, small breakfast and by 7Am I'm in the truck driving .75 mile to my parking spot under a large bur oak tree in my son's yard.

I can be in my favorite stand by 7:15AM after I walk out of the house.

If I oversleep (very rare for me) and I can't be in the stand by sunup, I stay home.

[stagetek]

At least 20 minutes before first light.

[ozy clint]

so far for me with fallow deer i can only hunt the afternoons because the stand is on a trail between feeding and bedding areas. usually you can't get to the stand without spooking anything in the feeding area so mornings are hopeless.

in the afternoons i can get to the stand without spooking anything because they aren't there yet.

[Shakes.602]

With my Bum Left Leg I couldn't Sneak Up on a Dead Critter.   :rolleyes:   I try to get in ands settled down while its still dark, but just about the time I can see the Bright Morning Star from my Seat.  

[Hoyt]

I try to be up the tree and settled about 10 minutes or so before I can see. Much sooner than that and I get sleeply sitting up there in the dark and that's one thing I try to be very careful with at my age and on my meds is drowsiness.

[Leroy Hunter]

90 minutes before sunrise

[TooManyHobbies]

This morning was about 15 minutes before legal light. I beat a doe there by 10 minutes. Just a wee bit too dark for a shot, and she is all I saw.

Between 30-15 usually. Any longer and my butt gets sore sitting before it's even close to shooting time. I don't even mind getting to stand right at very first light, but I hate being late.

I do not hunt out of tree stands, because I am stuck on astronomer's time, the earliest that i have gotten out in the last 3 years was 10:00 AM.  The sick part was, by 11:00 AM, I was walking back to my vehicle to get my deer cart.

[mangonboat]

I like to get in early enough to get completely settled in my blind or stand and , when Ive got my bow across my lap, close my eyes and listen to the woods waking up...usually try to get in 45 minutes before first light.

[hitman]

I like to start to my stand well before daylight that way I can take my time getting to stand not making too much noise and to have plenty of time to get in stand. Rushing can cause accidents getting in or out.

[23feetupandhappy]

Originally posted by VA Elite:
go in at dark...always have. I like to watch the light appear from the stand.

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[Thumper Dunker]

About an hour after I wake up.

[Wudstix]

Walk in darkness along my trail, which I know, no flashlight.  Sometimes small green lens headlight used.  It is about a 45 minutes walk from my truck to my peace of heaven.  Try to leave truck about 1 1/2 hours before legal light.