Bow Hunter Derek Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Been there, done that. I usually just shake my head and laugh it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand Oh yes. Got burned really bad this year. I watched 4 bucks in less then a hours time walk within easy bow range of another one of my stands 60 yards away. I wouldnt of hesitated to shoot at least 2 of them. I hunted that stand probably 10 times and only saw one buck while I was in it. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007hunter Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand Don't you hate when that happens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand Nope, can't say I have. Our stands are usually far enough apart that you can't see where your other stands are from the one you're in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonhunter Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand been there done that many atimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kooter Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand I haven't actually seen it before, but I always second guess my stand choice and think that the big one is under the other stand. I have one set up on a creek bank, that I never got a chance to hunt during bow season and went to check everything during gun season and there were deer tracks all around it and even right next to the ladder. Guess I should have been sitting there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Shooter Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand Not a stand but a tree I had picked out to move into for an evening or morning hunt. I watched a spike stay right under where one of buddies had a stand and didn't get any deer into shooting range. It fed for over an hour right there in front of the tree he was in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted January 15, 2004 Report Share Posted January 15, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand I didn't see it happen, but I sat in one of my stands, my buddy sat in another one of my stands, and he shot a decent buck. He still calls me out on that one from time to time. True buddies.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand sadly, yes, this has happened many times. many times this year in fact. i was pretty "lucky" this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand I guess Tominator did it to me this year. He was in one of my stands on an evening hunt, while I went to another woodlot on the same property and used my climber. Again, I didn't see it happen, but I saw the end result, a nice big doe that Tominator had stuck! This buck was stuck out of one of my stands this year: Again, I didn't see it happen, but it did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand ok, truth guys, Ohiobucks forced me to sit in that stand, he insisted. what could i do, i'm a good guest. then Woody (the land owner) insisted on gutting that deer (that was expertly stuck, i might add) any way, the deer above this post was shot out of the same stand i was in 2 days before. never mind that it was Tom's stand. lol, but it was. hey, he was tagged out, what else could he do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand When I hunt my land with my buddies I quite often let them pick the stands they would like to sit in before me that way if I shoot a buck I don't feel guilty and they don't think I put 'em in a bad stand. A few years back I went with a buddy and let him pick the stand. He said that he wanted to sit in one that I frequently hunt out of and I headed to another spot. At 8am I shot a beautiful 6 pointer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand This year in West Virginia my brother left 1/2 a day early and he told me I should sit where he had been hunting. I decided to sit where we had seen a buck feeding on a gas line and wouldn't ya know it. I saw a bunch of deer feed their way through the woods right up to where his stand was. Oh well, live and learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted January 18, 2004 Report Share Posted January 18, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand That was my whole freakin bow season! All I did was watch deer feed and play around where I was yesterday! I could never get it right this past season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest illhunr Posted January 19, 2004 Report Share Posted January 19, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand its happened to me, just another thing my friends make fun of me for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superguide Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand I usually give my buddies the best spot but they don't stay put lol. Sat a friend from BC in a great place he kept moving around saw three 150 plus deer there next day lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2500HD Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Re: Wrong Stand Three times this year! I was closing in on a 140+ class deer and he was skirting me @60+ yrds. Went to my tree the next morning and decided to move my climber about 75 yrd to be where he was traveling. 7:15 to 7:45 I watched him mill around under the tree I had been hunting. The next weekend I was sticking to my guns and hunting the tree I always hunted and when it got light I had 7 deer including the big deer over 75 yrds under the other tree. I decided to go to another "big buck" spot the next morning and we have two stands in the same valley 80-100 yrds apart where a buddy and I hunt. I ALWAYS hunt the front stand. Well he couldn't make it that morning so I had the choice of stands. Well I had learned my lesson and was going to MY stand. There was a couple inches of new snow and no tracks anywhere around my stand so I decided to walk back to the other stand to check things out. Sure enough there was sign everywhere so there I hunted. I was in "meat" mode and any doe was going to get it. Well I watched the first deer (doe) come down the rigde and start feeding under the front stand where I ALWAYS hunt. Then a spike comes in to run her around a bit. Then here he comes. A 160+ main frame 12 with some kickers comes in and runs her around less than 2 yards from the front stand where I ALWAYS hunt. I was seriously bummed and headed home. I have got to stop second guessing my locations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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