11.5 Hours!!!


LifeNRA

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Never kept track, but I like to get in stand 1 hour (or a little less) from legal hunting, which is 1/2 hour before sunrise. Then I get down at sunset or so, depending on activity and if I will spook anything or not.

Once the rut is near, and during the rut, I have always stayed in the stand all day. As long as you dress accordingly, warm boots are a must.

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2 years ago, i spent a bunch of all day sits on stand. 1 hour before daylight and a 1/2 hour after sunset probably 11 to 12 hours. the rut was on and i was in a prime location. this year i cant seem to do all day sit.

i was planning on doing it today, but the weather turned so nasty that i could only handle it until 1030.;)

Tony

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Pulled a few all day sits, really don't like them. Now at my age if I want to hunt the mid day chase I'll get into stand around 9 or 10 then sit till dark. That is plenty long for me. I'm really not that mad at the deer anymore.

But I'm glad your still hanging in there John. LOL

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I put 60 hours in the last 5 days- 5 straight 12 hour sits. My body is beat up right now- the wind and cold take a toll on you. I did see 4 shooter bucks and tons of small bucks. In fact on Wednesday I had one of the first "hot" does in the area on my hillside, and I saw 22 different bucks that day-2 shooters. They came flying by me at 15 yards right on her tail- literally, but never got close enough again. Great time to be in the woods!

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I guess about 6 hours.

However, I'm planning an all day sit for the IL shotgun opener. I'll be packing in a lunch and warm clothing. I even even posted threads on peeing from the stand earlier this season in preperation. Hope it pays off with a mature buck. There will be some luck to it hunting on public ground. However, with the IL rut being a week late this year the opener should be a prime day.

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I cannot stay on stand for more than about 4 or 5 hours usually, especially bowhunting. During gun season, which is usually the rut here in IL, i've sat for close to 6 or 7 hours. The main reason I cannot sit all day is because I hunt mostly field edges and early season, deer aren't traveling the edges, they are in the timber, if they are moving at all. This weekend, I hope to hunt a creek bottom that produced a shot on a doe and several deer sightings last weekend. Hopefully I can manage a 3 or 4 hour sit there, especially if the deer are moving.

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