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    Senior Member Huntaholic247's Avatar
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    This is all very good advice. I will start to stand at first light and last light. I have been hunting double man stands so I use to kick back. It was like a tree house haha.
    "Get busy huntin' or get busy dyin"

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    nothing wrong with being comfy in a double man stand
    can almost sleep in them LOL
    I hunt out of a few here and there, I add a lot of camo material , and extra pipe insulation, to make them more user friendly,
    and to hide me better, and mostly just sit in them then, but again with an x bow, they make for great shooting rail stands lots of elbow room, or to bring a ton of crap, like a video camera, or sleeping bag, gas grill, just lots of room in them for one person
    thats for sure, LOL !!

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    Senior Member Huntaholic247's Avatar
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    Absolutely mrbb. To be honest.. I have took a small nap in the stand. I have even kicked up my feet on the other seat. I had a camo curtain around it so only my shoulders and head showed. It makes it nice to be comfy.
    "Get busy huntin' or get busy dyin"

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    i"ve used buddy stands in late season when its nasty cold with a heater too, lots of room to have one up there with you .
    I'm at the point now on my food plots I wish all my stands were big and comfy !

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    I always sit until I see a deer coming in and I stand if its something I want to shoot when I get a chance. If not I try and grab the camera. Guy I hunt with usually stands at first light and evening for a while.
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    Depending on the stand and the circumstance I will do whatever I think is best for my situation. I usually try and stand for closer shots and sit on the longer ones.

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    I do a little of both. During the prime hours I stand. I can shoot setting. I like standing the best its easier to check behind me.

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    i try to be standing when i take a shot, but i practice sitting down also just in case

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    I get in the stand pretty early since I'm on public land so I have an hour or so to kill before daylight and I sleep and set a vibrate alarm on my phone haha but i sit mostly, I am able to shoot almost anywhere while seated, I'll stand up to stretch the legs. IMO i think deer can somehow spot me better while I'm standing compared to sitting.

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    For treestand hunting I will try to stand when it is what I consider prime time, mornings or evenings. Of course when I get tired of standing I will rest a bit. When it comes to the shot I always try to stand up, that way I can bend at the waist to make the shot. Only once was I sitting when I took a shot, my first deer, and the bottom of my bow hit the stand causing the arrow to hit the deer back. Found him though.

    In a ground blind I usually am sitting unless getting to my knees is a better shot.

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