Do you do all day sits and how many during a season do you do on average? What factors make you decide it’s time for an all day sit?
I haven’t done one in a long, long time. Likely missed opportunities because of it. Would likely start anytime you have a chance from the end of next week through 2nd week of November. Factors: Bucks want to have sex. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I usually get at least 1 all day sit in a year but they wear me out. I have yet to succeed in seeing something worth shooting during that mid day timeframe. If I do see something of good size it’s usually from my truck driving. Wondering how many of you have been successful in shooting a good buck in the 12-4:00 timeframe?
I'll do several all day'ers every season, they can be tough and wear me out, I'll sleep in the following day usually to recoup and hunt the PM then ... ... deer movement, esp. buck movement picks up the end of oct into the first two weeks of Nov. .. usually I'll start the sits around Halloween or so, I'll pick one of my main funnel, bottleneck/travel corridor stand locations that will have a steady dedicated wind direction good for that spot that lasts thru the day ...I will have to get down usually around 9/10 am'ish for the morning dump, then I go back up ... I'll double check various weather apps to be sure on the dedicated wind direction.... another I'll do are late Morning sits, getting in a tree around 9-10 am then sit till dark, I can get my dump out of the way then ... I'll take water and something to munch on, maybe a 5 hour Energy + to get me thru the late afternoon ...
Most of the time when I do all days sits it bc I am exhausted and just can't walk back to my truck after a morning hunt. Lol. Or I think I'm in a good area and want to minimize my movement and scent as much as possible. These sits are done late Oct to Mid Nov. The older I get the less inclined I am to do them, but if things align I do it. I have a couple spots that I want to hunt this year that are 1.5 miles deep through big hill country. If I'm walking in that far I'm going all day.
I get in a handful of them each year - probably 5 or so. I typically do them sometime between Nov 5th and 15th. Honestly, they aren't that bad, and I really enjoy them most of the time. Just make sure to bring some snacks, water, lunch, and a battery charger for your phone. :P Nothing outside of the fact that it's peak rut and bucks are moving non-stop all day makes me decide when it's time for all-day sits. What I will do for some of them is hunt in the timber/bedding areas in the morning, and then about mid-day, I will get down and sneak over to another stand that's on food for the evening. Usually, I'm not going more than a couple hundred yards. It does help break up the day and allows you to stretch your legs a bit. Although if I'm seeing deer and I'm tucked into a good pinch point in the timber, I've been known to get into my stand before daylight and not leave until after dark.
I don’t do many all day sits. The only times I‘ll plan on sitting all day is during the new moon, the full moon and when weather conditions are just too perfect to leave the woods.
I do it anywhere from 1-10 times, depending on when I score. I usually do it the first week of the season and then from the end of Oct thru mid November, based on my work schedule. In some of my stands I prefer not having to walk in and out in the am & pm, just to minimize my footprint. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I agree. A good pinch point where the does are traveling is going to make the most out of traveling bucks. But that doesn’t work well when the does have been hunted out of the area from early season pressure. That’s were my problem lies. I don’t have a lot of acres to hunt so all day sits are just a flip of the coin. And 1 non-productive day of 15 hours on stand is rough and usually enough to keep me from doing anymore. Most of the answers here are all similar, especially in the time of November. The best thing about an all day sit is the nap in the climber.
The rut can be a grind - but the more time you spend the in woods, the more likely you are to be successful. And the sweeter it is! It really is a numbers game once the bucks are cruising and moving all day. Does or not, the bucks are on the move looking for them. And, as they say, you can't kill 'em from the couch!
I try to do a few a year....I usually get tired, hungry and uncomfortable but try to tell myself you can't kill anything if you're home sitting on the couch
That’s my problem too, tired and hungry. I don’t like packing in a lot of stuff so my snacks are usually very little and not much to hold me through the day. I should do better with food that fuels me better. Having a coffee maker in the tree would be a plus also!!
Come on fellas, this isn't that hard! Bring a big Yeti bottle full of coffee and a bottle of water. For lunch, you can't beat the Lunchable. Plus a Cliff bar or two, and maybe some jerky. You need to mentally commit yourself to sitting all day before you step out of bed in the morning. The rut is a grind. Embrace it!
Once I know the chase phase is on, I start doing all day sits if possible. I have deep treks into the woods so I look like a damn sherpa with the amount of gear strapped to my pack/stand because I walk in in shorts and a T-shirt to minimize sweating (Fat person issues). I've switched up my tactics the past few years and don't stay in the same spot for the whole day. In the morning I'll be on the leeward side, 2/3 up on a ridge or military crest trying to catch a buck cruising the rising thermals and wind coming over the top of the hill. Around 10:30'ish once the thermals have finished rising, I'll move to a funnel or pinch point where the bucks can be moving cruising through at any hour or an area that has hot fresh doe sign. I still need to keep working on this strategy because I feel as if I am wasting time the first hour or two of legal shooting light being on the ridge when I could be at a funnel or pinch point. I have found that my sightings have gone up 1000% and allows me to actively scout on my move to another spot which helps me be more in the "game" as opposed to sitting in one stationary spot all day with no idea of what is going on. The past 3 years of doing this I have seen more shooter bucks (90" and up) than the past 20 years combined of hunting the woods where I hunt. It also breaks up the monotony of sitting in the same spot staring at the same trees for 13 plus hours. This is my experience in the big woods/hill country. No farmland, no AG, and no food plots, just trees. In the past I went with my dad's strategy. Pick a good tree near areas where you have seen doe and rubs, and sit in it for at least 4 days in a row, all day long and you will eventually see a buck.
I do quite a few but i dont sit the same spot all day. I think you just end up stinking a place up when you sit there all day. Like when i come home and my wife just put new refill cartridges in all the smelly plugy in thingys in the house. Gag. If action is hot i will maybe stay put but if it gets slow im moving/scouting. I probably do at least 7-10 all dayers per year
The worst is not being prepared for all day. Like you hunt morning and decide to stay all day because of the action. Then you don't have the food or water. Rut naps are the best! Just snug up your tether and dead duck it! Haha Sent from my SM-S901U using Tapatalk
