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treestands can make you earn an animal just as much as ground stalking. Some might say they require more mental toughness and patience making it harder to get an animal. Being up in one on a cold, windy, rainy day is tougher to some than being able to move around in the underbrush.
Ive hunted both ways for bt's and hunting from a tree stand has been a lot harder for me.
Would you rather shoot a smaller buck but have to work for it or shoot a masher from a treestand. I had been thinking of hunting blackies from a stand but decided that my first buck would be more hard earned. I decided that it would be more rewarding to kill one way back in the woods if i can, even if that means my chances for a masher are decreased.
Quote from: raydog on February 23, 2013, 09:47:40 PMWould you rather shoot a smaller buck but have to work for it or shoot a masher from a treestand. I had been thinking of hunting blackies from a stand but decided that my first buck would be more hard earned. I decided that it would be more rewarding to kill one way back in the woods if i can, even if that means my chances for a masher are decreased. Sounds like you haven't killed a buck yet? If true I think getting that first buck under your belt is much more valuable than which hunting method you use. You're going to learn a lot of things about hunting, deer and buck behavior either way. And for 90+% of the people getting that first one is the challenge. After that they get easier and easier giving reason to perhaps try other methods of greater challenge.For me tree stand hunting is the bigger challenge. I hate sitting still, I hate bugs and I hate looking at the same bunch of weeds day after day. Because of these things I know the behavior of deer better where I spot and stalk rather than where I would tree stand hunt. My friends from the East Coast can't seem to figure out how to spot and stalk a deer in open country to save their lives. So each technique posses different challenges to each of us. Just about like anything else...you have to find the method you enjoy best. Hunting is about enjoyment as much as challenge. As long as you are enjoying yourself who cares what others might think and which one others might find the most challenging.
I had been thinking of hunting blackies from a stand but decided that my first buck would be more hard earned. I decided that it would be more rewarding to kill one way back in the woods if i can