how early?

[walleye vision]

Hey guys...if you're worried about not seeing in the dark and making noise, just get a LED headlamp and put it on the low setting. The light level is so low that it's hard to notice unless it is shown directly on something. Just shine the beam straight down about 3ft in front of you, and you're golden. I started doing this last year, mainly for safety reasons...I don't want some (Contact Us Please) climbing into my stand and shooting me when he hears something walking his way.

WV

[Tinkhamtown]

5 AM and wait for legal shooting hour. Sitting super still is still a problem for me. I seen more deer when I can get it done. Sometimes I pretend the back of my head is nailed to the tree and the only thing that I can move is my eyes. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. What do you do?

[walleye vision]

WOW!!! I can't write the word (i. d. i. o. t.) This site is way too politically correct.

[BLACKJACK]

I wear my headlamp on red AND carry a flashlite, even if I'm on private land, I don't want some excitable ahorn mistaking me for a deer!! Too many 'hunters' lose their common sense when it comes to deer hunting, hopefully even those types won't mistake two flashlights waving for a deer.

As far a getting to the deer stand, my rule of thumb is one hour before daylight. That gives me 1/2 hour before shooting light to adjust my clothes, hang my bow, let the woods settle down before shooting light. Twice this year during archery hunting I had deer coming by my stand right at first shooting light.