September 26th, 2022
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It was a real game changer.
What is so special about hunting from a tree stand?
Hunting from an elevated platform helps nullify a bucks three primary senses: sight, sound and smell.
Heres how to fine-tune your aerial ambush site into a veritable trophy-buck killing machine.
Fooling a Bucks Nose with a Tree Stand
What is your first consideration in stand placement?
In hilly regions, be sure to take daily thermals into account.
A buck can also be alerted to your presence by sniffing the trails you take to your stand.
You cannot be too careful!
Large evergreens are always a good choice as are trees with hanging broken limbs and lots of dead leaves.
How high is too high?
Use the three-point system only one hand or foot away from the tree a time.
Should you slip, you will be able to catch yourself before falling to the ground.
How to stop a buck from looking up?
Set your stand near a buck rub, a brook crossing or a narrow stone wall opening.
Then swing yourWaypointaround to insure you have a clear and unobstructed … and silent field of view.
If needed, carpet the platform to muffle the sounds of your shuffling feet.
Use the stop-n-go cadence when approaching your stand and then again when you exit the area.
Bucks instinctively recognize the steady rhythmic cadence of a human predator and will avoid the area.
Hell, one careless trip in and out and the buck of your dreams will have YOU pegged!
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