What does it mean to not over hunt your tree stand?
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Excellent discussion. Thx!Its not always one way or the other. I have a stand that I can hunt a lot but it sits on the edge of a ridge along the Chattahoochee River. I am literally 75-100' above the bottom of this ridge. The edge of the ridge is twenty yards behind me. A NW wind blows my scent off of that ridge and over the deer's noses. Deer typically come from upwind and go down into the thicket below to bed. I killed a 4.5 year old 8pt in 2012 from that stand and he came from downwind/downhill. I also killed a 4.5year old 10 point from it two weeks later. Its just one of those fool proof stand locations that pay off on a regular basis. I see deer from it on nearly every morning that I hunt it on a NW wind, which is most of the Fall and Winter. I do not hunt it when the wind is coming out of the S/SE. Use your best judgement on how often to hunt a particular stand.
Funny about deer, I've got a buddy who hunts the same two stands all season, within 100 yards of each other. He will smoke in the stand, urinate from the stand, etc. if someone says you shouldn't do that or you will spook em he does it and consistently puts more deer in the freezer year after year than anyone else I know