sep0667
Land of the Whitetail
All days can be absolutely brutal. I am usually good for doing a few each year, but not more than 2 or 3 on consecutive days.
Just yesterday I did an all day sit and around 1230 i thought I was going to capitalize, had nice mature buck coming at me from upwind, but he took a different path and veered off another direction. I tried grunting, rattling, and a snort wheeze and he wouldnt turn.
Im good with doing two in a row, but doing a 3rd consecutive starts to wear on me. I really struggle with not doing them though at times. I mean I wait all year to go, take vacation time and you know all it takes is one hot doe or a cruising buck to make it worth it so if I dont sit all day I really feel like Im missing out on something.
Other thing is walking in&out twice in the same day im then doubling the scent I leave and doubling the risk of bumping deer going in & out, so it feels safer to just stay. Driving all the way to where I hunt makes me feel like i need spend as much time in the tree as possible when i do go. I need to back off on doing them though, because it seriously starts to take the fun out of it.
On the other hand, several all day sits have been phenomenal for me with seeing deer nearly all day long and seeing chasing etc. The best all day sit i ever had was on November 7 several years ago on public. Walking in in the dark I could hear chasing and bucks grunting. It literally lasted the entire day and ended maybe half an hour before dark with me sticking a nice 8 making a scrape 20 yards from me. I remember I stopped at caseys and bought two king size snickers that morning and I was only able to eat one because i literally had deer all around me the entire day. I have had a couple other days where I am seeing deer so consistently and bucks moving that that is why i keep doing them.
Just yesterday I did an all day sit and around 1230 i thought I was going to capitalize, had nice mature buck coming at me from upwind, but he took a different path and veered off another direction. I tried grunting, rattling, and a snort wheeze and he wouldnt turn.
Im good with doing two in a row, but doing a 3rd consecutive starts to wear on me. I really struggle with not doing them though at times. I mean I wait all year to go, take vacation time and you know all it takes is one hot doe or a cruising buck to make it worth it so if I dont sit all day I really feel like Im missing out on something.
Other thing is walking in&out twice in the same day im then doubling the scent I leave and doubling the risk of bumping deer going in & out, so it feels safer to just stay. Driving all the way to where I hunt makes me feel like i need spend as much time in the tree as possible when i do go. I need to back off on doing them though, because it seriously starts to take the fun out of it.
On the other hand, several all day sits have been phenomenal for me with seeing deer nearly all day long and seeing chasing etc. The best all day sit i ever had was on November 7 several years ago on public. Walking in in the dark I could hear chasing and bucks grunting. It literally lasted the entire day and ended maybe half an hour before dark with me sticking a nice 8 making a scrape 20 yards from me. I remember I stopped at caseys and bought two king size snickers that morning and I was only able to eat one because i literally had deer all around me the entire day. I have had a couple other days where I am seeing deer so consistently and bucks moving that that is why i keep doing them.