Going to sit in my blind all night.

[highside74]

I have a small piece of property to hunt on and I have a dandy Blacktail that has been coming to my spot on a regular basis. The problem is I bump them every morning going to my blind and he never show's back up. I have pictures of him 20 min before I show up at 4:30 to 4:45. He was also on the camera on the 30th and 31st after 6am. His friends come back which are a spike a 2x2 and a 2x3. But not him. he is a 5x5 including his eyegaurds. probably 120's. I can't figure any other way but to sit all night. So I will. Wish me luck.

[dirty24d]

THIS = DEDICATION!!  I hope you get em man dont doze off at like 5:45  wake up at 8 and go  OHHHHH       

[zackmioli]

good luck man! i hope this works out, could be an incredible story!

[highside74]

Here is a picture of him.

[dirty24d]

is that a drop tine i see by his eye or an exposure issue on the camera?

[Malardman]

I would stick it, and let the little one live till next year then stick him.

[Wenatcheejay]

THIS = DEDICATION!!  I hope you get em man dont doze off at like 5:45  wake up at 8 and go  OHHHHH      

 

[Curly]

is that a drop tine i see by his eye or an exposure issue on the camera?

I'm wondering the same thing............or could it be some velvet hanging down?

[BOWHUNTER45]

is that a drop tine i see by his eye or an exposure issue on the camera?

I'm wondering the same thing............or could it be some velvet hanging down?

velvet 

[highside74]

yes velvet

[bobcat]

I'd be worried about my scent getting spread all around the entire area if I was sitting there all night.

Have you tried getting in your stand in the late afternoon and sitting till dark?

[Bigshooter]

I'm with bobcat on this one.

[PolarBear]

I'd be worried about my scent getting spread all around the entire area if I was sitting there all night.

Have you tried getting in your stand in the late afternoon and sitting till dark?

If he is coming in before dark and you are there well before daylight, he will more than likely either pass on by in the dark or whiff you and never show during shooting light.  Evening might be your best bet.

[Sneaky]

 


I'd be worried about scent, but bumping him out of there in the morning isn't going to be any more productive?

The cam would show if an evening hunt was worth it

[Heredoggydoggy]

I think I'd try sneaking in at 3 AM, preferably from downwind, and as Elmer Fudd would say:  Be vewwy vewwy quiet!

But then, at my age, my own warm bed is more appealing than a night in a cold blind!    

[Martinhunter]

is that a drop tine i see by his eye or an exposure issue on the camera?

Looks to me kinda like his velvet hanging off. Definatly a dandy buck, well worth sitting up for all night.

[highside74]

It's not an evening hunt at all camera is doing nothing from morning til about 10pm then they start rolling in. I'm am showered and clothes are washed in scent free soap and on my way out now. Hope my next post will have me and a dead buck in the picture.

[bobcat]

Good luck. It will be interesting to see if the deer still come in with you sitting there. What I'd be afraid of is at night your scent is going to be going down and hanging right on the ground, unless there's a breeze to blow it out of there.

[Heredoggydoggy]

Good luck. It will be interesting to see if the deer still come in with you sitting there. What I'd be afraid of is at night your scent is going to be going down and hanging right on the ground, unless there's a breeze to blow it out of there.

   Even with calm air, the drift of the air will be downhill.  And even with the funky soaps and sprays, you still have to breathe!  Hope ya do good, though.

[Malardman]

I believe it all boils down to right time right place, all the blacktails I have watched have been evening till dark 7PM-10:30PM it was just luck of the draw I caught mine before he bedded down for the day, shot mine at 7:20am and the deer I got had never been seen in the morning hours before

[RadSav]

Hope you have a good saftey harness.  Wouldn't be the first to fall asleep and fall out of a tree stand.  Buddy of ours spent two weeks in the hospital after breaking his neck from a fall of 10' out of a stand.  Many have not been so lucky.  Good luck, be safe!

[Swannytheswan]

i used to get some good sleep in my treestand!

[GrainfedMuley]

Sitting upright with your back against a tree is going to be very tough. Unless you use my tree stand. A "Tree Lounge". VERY comfortable. I have sat in my stand for 14 straight hours. A couple of hours before day light until sunset. Even took a nap in the middle of the day. I have ALL the bells and whistles including a roof pads, rails and yes a pillow.  I shot a real nice 5x5 Whitie on the edge of a wheat field in NE Lincoln County. Just remember, it's guna get cold after the sun goes down. Bundle up, when your not moving it get chilly!

[highside74]

Wish I had better news but I don't. :sry:Some deer came in and out all night from about 11-4ish but never showed in the daylight. I know it's still early in the morning, but like I said it's a small piece of property about 4 acres and they only use the back half. So they are either there or they aren't. You can hear them go in and out of the blackberry's and you can hear them crossing the fence so I knew for they last 3 hours that I sat there and froze my you know what off that it was a lost cause. I think my biggest mistake was trying to bundle in layer's that were to noisy. Every time I shivered or moved my leg or caught my self falling asleep it was like I was telling every deer that I was there. :bash:I knew as soon as I sat down that the close I had on were all wrong and they still weren't warm enough, holy buckets I was cold. Oh well I gave it a go.

[CMG]

Your on the right path, keep on it, BT, are in my opinion the hardest to pattern. He'll make a mistake, may take the weather to help. When it happens it will be all the sweeter!

[PA BEN]

Go down to the local army surplus and get wool blankets. Line your floor and sides w/ them.

[h20hunter]

Sheesh...what a sissy. I was thinking about you up in that tree this morning when I slept. I finally got up, made coffe, bacon, eggs, some sausage. To bad I didn't see any deer either. Hell of a shot though....to bad it didn't work out.

[christopheri]

I was hopeing that you would get one this morning. keep trying your persistance will pay off.

[Goldeneye]

Good try!  Got to admire the effort.  In my younger days I have been known to sleep overnight in an aluminum driftboat while it gets to freezing just to get the best postion on a hole for kings.  Staying out overnight takes determination for sure.  I'll 2nd the idea of the wool blankets.  Those things are amazing in cold weather.

[C-Money]

Nice try! You will get that buck if you keep trying!

[PA BEN]

I've spent the night in a ground blind before and any little noise will scare them off. It's cool to hear them when they come in. The wool is to keep quite if you rub up against the blind and a couple to rap your self up in too. It's no different then a tent, sleep on the floor get yourself in shooting position way before day light. Remember your there to keep from spooking them off when you come into your blind to hunt. BTW, they will bed down close so don't think there not there when you get up. So always keep quite. It will pay off. Good luck.

[RadSav]

Might be better once the days are a little cooler.  I know they are working our areas later at night with this warm weather.

Is it just me?  I feel like the hottest days of the year are on the archery elk opener the majority of the time.  I sure miss the old days when our season was October 1-16th regardless of what days they landed on.

[Heredoggydoggy]

I think people sitting in blinds all night is one of the ways the animals know that hunting season has begun.

[BOWHUNTER45]

yeah ..where did he go ? did a bear eat him ?

[wreckerman5357]

The night before Turkey opened this year, myself and 3 buddies spent the night in my blind underneath the roost. Last year we were not able to hunt in this spot because a couple guys spent the night in their pickup and were setting up when we arrived at 3 am.

This year we roosted the birds and went in and setup two blinds and the decoys. It rained all night, and was generally terrible. It paid off the next morning when two birds flopped out right in front of us and my buddy and I shot a double. My best bird ever at 22 pounds. We had two toms down by 6 am, so it paid off. I will do the exact same thing next year.

I will tell you, sleeping a blind is hardcore. It is miserable, I know exactly what that was like. Sorry it didn't work out, but its good to see someone giving it there all.