Keys to an all day sit

[Nick87]

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I am pretty picky about tree selection. Regardless of climber or hanging I need at least 2 if not 3 in a cluster so I am not sticking out. Plus I hunt stupid high. Someone commented on not seeing deer in the middle of the day. If I had to guess over 50% of my archery kills are between 10-3 during the rut. In a travel corridor.

Hard to be picky about trees around here. We dont have that many lol. But I hate deer hunting from a ground blind. Gun season I dont mind sitting on the ground against a dead fall or whatever. Bowhunting from a hub blind, I just can't do it.

 

[Nuts]

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Hard to be picky about trees around here. We dont have that many lol. But I hate deer hunting from a ground blind. Gun season I dont mind sitting on the ground against a dead fall or whatever. Bowhunting from a hub blind, I just can't do it.

Same.

 

[OkieChasingElk]

Audiobooks. Jerky. Something to strap in with for the midday nap!

 

[Treeshark]

My keys to an all-day sit:

1. Good location. Confidence will keep you in the tree.

2. Comfortable stand. Summit-style seat for the win.

3. Staying warm. Hard to grind through that 10:00-2:00 period if you’re miserable.

4. Water and snacks.

5. Remoteness/ease of egress. Much easier to pull the pin hunting 200 yards from the truck than 1/2 mile or more.

6. Aesthetics. I find it much easier to sit in a pretty, open(ish) woods than in a tangled mess with low visibility. That doesn’t always lead to maximizing deer sightings midday, but I’m out in the woods for more reasons than just hunting deer.

 

[Nuts]

My keys to an all-day sit:

1. Good location. Confidence will keep you in the tree.

2. Comfortable stand. Summit-style seat for the win.

3. Staying warm. Hard to grind through that 10:00-2:00 period if you’re miserable.

4. Water and snacks.

5. Remoteness/ease of egress. Much easier to pull the pin hunting 200 yards from the truck than 1/2 mile or more.

6. Aesthetics. I find it much easier to sit in a pretty, open(ish) woods than in a tangled mess with low visibility. That doesn’t always lead to maximizing deer sightings midday, but I’m out in the woods for more reasons than just hunting deer.

2 things I do that you reminded me of.
100% nap. Especially if leaves are crunchy
If I absolutely am going to climb down due to cold I will give myself 15min to simply move. Climbing down would spike deer. And I would be gone. Moving for 15min will spook less possibly and I will still be hunting. Taking boots off and rubbing feet for starters.

 

[Treeshark]

100% nap. Especially if leaves are crunchy

One of the great joys in life is having a light nap interrupted on a crisp afternoon by the crunching leaves sound of an approaching buck.