Describe your stand spot

[catman71]

i am very bored at work and thought it might be fun to hear about where your stand is (hill, riverbottom, field, woods, etc) why you sit there? when you see deer? and what are they doing?

[joe_stack20]

MY stand is very simple, i have 6 hay bails that i sit in the middle of, ontop of a hill in the middle of a Alfalfa feild. I am bordered by a nice swamp bottom that is bordering the field, and some nice hardwoods all around me, Trails comin and going from every direction, one year i shot 4 deer from this stand, fist was early morning then got ones and 2's thru out the day. Its not a tough stand to build, when i am done i just drive the truck up to the bails throw em in and i am done, In fact one year when there was a couple of inches of snow on the ground, i went out to the stand, and saw deer tracks everywhere around it, They were even eating my (Contact US Regarding This Word) stand LOL. Anyways thats my situation. Cant wait to get out there on saturday!

[phishandpheasant]

I sit in a large oak tree on the edge of a field. The tree is on a ridge that has a deep ravine on one side and on the other side the ridge drops down to a river bottom. Deer can come from multiple directions. It is a great location. Best view ever was watching two roosters fight it out 2 years ago!!!! Wild turkeys are abundant and even the occasional coyote. Oh yeah, the eight pointer and the spike that have come in are great too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[catman71]

keep em comming guys. By the way, how do you get to a field spot in the morning without spooking the deer that are already in the field?

[phishandpheasant]

I walk into my stand approximately a half mile. I leave for the stand approximately one hour before shooting time. The majority of my walk is across open field. I simply walk the most direct route that I can and if I can hear/see deer where I am headed I try and circle around them down wind if possible. My stand is accessible in any wind direction so that also makes it easier to get to. My infrared goggles and magic ear 2000 are great aids also !!!!!!!

[buzzsaw]

I'm overlooking Upper Rice Lake in Alida, Mn (north of Itasca State park) My stand is a permanant between four trees on a ridge that runs along the lake.... I have cut down shooting lanes and am right on the trail that the deer walk as they come in from feeding on the Alfalfa fields... it's a great site!! As I look to the West I see the lake and the ducks and geese and then the deep woods in the other direction.... it's amazing how many deer walk along the lake by the cattails. I can already smell the fall air..... 40 hours and counting...

[Gissert]

I hunt a 50 acre parcel, and I have three or four stands that consist of plastic adirondak chairs. I never decide which one I'll use until I see what the wind is doing.

My favorite one is up against a swamp by a partially beaver chewed cottonwood tree. I look across about 50 to 75 yards of water that seperates my stand from the main body of woods. This in the SW corner of the property, and there are a couple of trails that run through there that separate feeding and bedding areas. They also use these trails when pushed. It is a classic natural funnel with water on one side, and plowed field on the other. The spot I watch is an hourglass shaped pinch point between the woods and small strip of CRP and pine plantation.

I don't see big numbers of deer here, but sooner or later, one will always show, most often in the afternoon. The deer I have taken here have always been very alert to the terrain on their side of the water, but have never looked across at me yet.

[FOOT]

I hunt from an elivated permanent blind made of 2x4 and plywood. It's about 5x5 and sits about 7 feet off the ground.

The stand is at the top of a small hill at the intersection of an old logging road and a field drive that cuts the 40 acre woods.

From this vantage point I can see just about all of the woods and a large portion of a field that usually rotates between beans and corn.

To the South there is a swamp that is pretty darn thick and I can't see into that. I've walked it a couple of times but all I do is push the deer around. They don't leave the swamp until after dark.

Usually connect on a nice buck and sometimes take a doe or 2.

[lawdog]

In our 80 I have two stands and my bro has one. That covers the three mature trees that are there...literally. We also have another 600+ acres owned by a real good family friend that only pheasant hunts and we are the only ones who get to deer hunt it. Out here in farm country though, these are all ground locations everywhere else, usually fenclines or the edges of brush piles/small groves etc.

[CodyDawg]

My main stand is located in the SE corner of a 50 acre hardwoods. I am in 100 yards from the S and E edges. The area I am in is a bedding area and deer move around in it all day. As part of it was logged a few year back, it is getting ultra thick and I had to make some shooting lanes. I hate doing that, but I had to. My other stand is off the tip of the same corner. I will have a picked cornfield and a small foodplot cornfield to look over from that stand. Not entirely sure which I will start in. The one on the tip offers a good view over CRP and the picked field and of course a good area to shoot over. The main stand is tried and true and I should have an opportunity at a few bucks in there. Prolly go with the main one.

[BradB]

Although I have put up several permanent stands over the years I almost never use them. I hunt an area that borders a large coniferous bog (black spruce, tamarack, spaghnum moss)where there are several points, islands, and the like that deer use. This area butts up against a dairy farm so there are pastures near the woods as well. When I hunt the fields I sit on a stool behind any useful balsalm tree on the field edge near where I think the deer will go. When I hunt the woods/swamp I use a climbing tree stand (Viper X5) and also pick spots of opportunity depending on the situation. Since I started doing this (versus sitting in permanent stands) I have seen many more deer and my shots have been much closer. Can't wait until Saturday.

[thewalleyeguy]

My no.1 stand is in between a bedding area and a food source. I also have a beaver pond about 100 yards to my right.I have a main trails going behind me and in front of me. It's a permanent stand about 13 ft. of the ground. It's a pretty good spot because I shot a massive 8 there last year and there are always fresh rubs and scrapes.

[Guest]

My area is in the middle of an X trail to and from the corn field / bedding area about 100 yards into the trees.

[ChuckN]

Gis, Dat must be da water tanker?

I hunt a large funnel system of HSO trees from a logging operation that happened 10 years ago. Why the loggers did what they did is beyond me, but what a great set-up. Not to mention on a slight hill. I've seen bucks chasing does every year on this spot, but tough to get shots when you can't see them or they are running hard at a distance. It's a challenge waiting in a tree all day, but that's what I enjoy from the hunt.