All day on stand

[wildthing]

Fellas, as a follow up to the thread I posted about staying all night in the stand, how many of you sit all day on stand? How routinely do you sit all day (sun up to sun down) without leaving the stand.

I have done it 5 times in the last 2 seasons. Mostly is has been during the peak of the rut and I didn't want to leave my spot...good activity.

[Tominator]

Depends on the rut and movement, but yeah, I've done that a few times. This past year I almost did that one day, came down for abooot 1/2 hour for a sammmmmich.

[Leo]

I've done it more times than I can remember. Even in areas where daytime activity is practically zero, the daylight to dark sit is a solid tactic to kill mature bucks in their bedroom.

Even the most nocturnal buck will stand up and stretch his legs every four hours (thereabouts). If you're camped in his bedroom, he is yours when he does that.

Do you need to do that to kill a big buck? NO! Do you need to do that to kill a highly pressured mature buck? It improves your chances IMMENSELY! Rutting activity certainly increases daytime action. So that's a good reason for an all day sit too. But outside the rut, all day sits are most useful if you find the bedroom

Honestly, bedroom sits are boring boring boring. You will often see nothing until the last 30 minutes of daylight. And sometimes you'll go ALL DAY and see NOTTA. I'm hesitant to recommend anyone try this since it really can turn into an excruciating NOTHING day. If you ever succeed at it once though you'll take five nothing days for one WOW day!

It's hard to sit all day. Many hunts in Saskatchewan require you to be able to do this. If you don't do this during the peak of the rut up there. You are a fool! Every single daylight second up there is a possibility of the trophy of a lifetime. I've hunted entire weeks of back to back all day sits up there. In subzero temps as well. That's what it takes. If you wanna try Saskatchewan sometime in your life, better be prepared to sit all day, several days in a row. If you can't do that then SAVE YOUR MONEY!

[sskybnd]

i do it often, its amasing what you might see, ive seen coons, possoms, and a vew yotes, but ive done it most time when hunting public land becouse i feel those who leave to go lunch might push some deer by me.

[Michiganbowhunter_SQ2]

not from sunrise to sundown, got out there an hour or two late acouple times this past season. Got in stand around 8 or 9am a few times, ended up sitting until dark (5 or 6) those days. Seemed like the best time to see any deer at that spot was mid-day (anywhere from 11am to 2pm).

[tedicast]

I do dark to dark sits quite often. Both in treestands, and on the ground during gun season. If you are in a good spot, I don't think there is a better way to score. It seems I see/kill most of my deer between 11am, and 2 pm.

[mule659]

I have done it a few times...and god willing when I pick up some more comfortable stands I will do it a lot more this fall.

[wildthing]

It is a challenge...mentally...to sit from dark to dark. I have thought about every aspect of my life a thousand times over!

But hey...can't kill anything sleeping in the house!

[hutchies]

Depending on what I have going and the movement of the deer I may sit all day on stand. I do it quite frequently

[Missed160]

I try to stay out all day during our rifle (rut) season. But I usually move stands at some point during the day. On the property we hunt I have multiple stand locations, with stands a few hundred yards apart. So usually at some point in the day I move to a new stand, to stretch my legs & mentally to watch something different.

I have really been thinking about this though, as this year I am doing my first ever Canadian Whitetail hunt & I know that is the norm up there.. I week of all day in the tree could be pretty tough.

[BearClaw]

In the early season I sit from before dark until eight or nine. The deer in our particular area stop moving around then. Then go back around 3-4 and sit until dark. Later in the season or if it's cool enough I usually sit all day. I figure the second I get down, I'll hear the snort and wish I wouldn't have!! Our deer move early and late going from bedding to feeding but again, I've had deer on my camera all throughout the day. Can't shoot deer in the den!!

[LifeNRA]

The last two weeks of archery, and all day sits during the rifle season! Yep, I am out there all day! During the rifle season I have the entire first week off. Until I get one, I am there all day! Not too bad when your on the ground, but I have spent all day in my tree stand. I am just glad I got that foot rest for my Summit! That sure takes the pressure off my legs!

[JimT]

I have done it a few times gun hunting. A good stand is key to doing this. The TreeLounge fits the bill perfectly.

[wtnhunt]

Have never sat from dark to dark, have considered it though. Most likely time I would sit all day would be during our rifle season though.

[MUDRUNNER]

I just can't do it.I have some back issues that make anything more than a couple of hours of sitting pretty tough.4 hours at a time in my lock on stands is about my limit,but in my Summit climber I can usually sit a little longer.

[Illinois59]

I sit all day on a regular basis. The good news is that i usually get a deer. The bad news is that my tag is filled and i cant hunt anymore. The trick is to stay warm and bring a book or handheld video game to keep busy. Also, dont forget to bring water and food. It really is amazing how much deer activity there is in the middle of the day.

[backwoods07]

I've NEVER done it. After sitting for about 4 hours in the morning without seeing a deer, I want to pull my hair out. BUT, there is one or two stands on the farm that I might consider sitting in all day. I just gotta mentally prepare for it I guess

[Jorden]

Usually try to do it a lot during gun season but it is tough and usually boredom will get the better of me and I will head in for an hour or so