Gettting pinned in your stand…

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How long will this special last for?

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Difficult to know how long they will last, but will sell all of them for this price until they are gone.

Hey Guys,

I’m soo sick of these late to show up deer pinning me in until way after dark.

Anyone have any good tips they use to get the deer moving along?

I have thought about using a slingshot to clunk trees in the opposite direction of my stand, but so far I have refrained.

thanks in advance!!

Very good Topic.

I’ve had it happen a few times over the years. Generally they move through within a few minutes, but a couple times I’ve been stuck for what seems like forever.

I had it happen this year, I was hunting a nice buck that had some 5-7″ cedars shredded!! He was in the area but never showed himself. Till…right before dark I could hear deer moving through the thicket along the swamp. At that point they were 100yds and no possible shot. I’d been saving my new MAD snort-wheeze for the right time. I felt this was it as I knew there were a few does and at least one buck as he was behind popping and grunting, he was hot. I let the snort wheeze fly! A few of the does scattered but a few stayed..the buck went absolutely NUTS. Never have seen/heard anything like it! He was snorting/popping/grunting an running sprints back and forth trying to corral his does back up. He was PO’D! Every few seconds I could get a glimpse of him, one of those times all I could see was RACK and he was sprinting straight for me but stayed in the thick, at that time he was at 40yds, but no shot. Talk about nervous when he’s that big and shooting lite is all but gone. He stuck around along with his does till 6.45pm. Would not leave till he had his does back, the ones that scattered came back and moved right by at 30 yds through the shooting lane, he followed. In all there were 6 does and Mr. BIG! I could see his outline with the fresh snow on the ground, he actually crossed closer than the does, they stayed farther down the lane. Man was my heart THUMP’N!!

I don’t think a guy wants to do anything, sit tight, let them do their thing. They’ll move along, it may take 2 hours like it did for me but they’ll move sooner or later. Spooking them, no matter the method won’t do well for having MR. BIG ever come back.

He never did show himself again though.

I say sit tight and let them do their thing.

BIRDDOG

If your stand is on a field edge, the best thing to do is have someone pick you up in a vehicle/ATV/Snowmobile. That should push the deer off of the field but yet not scare them out of the county.

I have also used slingshots (with marbles or rocks) and this works. Might be a little bit difficult in the snow but it’s worth a try. The last thing you want to do is be spotted crawling down from your tree.

When its the last half hour of shooting light its hard to get the does and fawns to do anything, any kind of noise and the become very cautious because of the past gun season. If its a buck thats holding up Id try some softer call like a doe bleat to get him to move twards you this late in the season and time of day. I stay until after dark, to me thats the best time to leave your stand anyway. Then when I start walking I do it in a direction trying to walk away from them where I can get out of thier sight quick. Heres something that I’ve found out that works going to and from the stand when theres deer in the fields and you have to go fairly close to them to get to it. I glass with my binocs. and try to find all the deer that are out in the fields. If theres no other way then I walk straight twards them without my arms swinging and no movement in my upper body and watch thier movements at the same time. When they do spot me I look like another deer walking twards them, this is in the dark, early and late in the day. When you walk sideways they can see your legs moving back and forth more and evidently they can profile someone better. This does work because I’ve had deer hear or spot me and when I did this they look at me for 10 to 15 seconds or less then go back too feeding or doing what thier doing, then I can slip sideways when the times right to go to my stand.

The quickest way I know of is to shoot them That is if it is not after legal shooting time or if your waiting for a buck.

Sorry just had to say it. What others have mentioned should work for ya

If it were me and it were possible, I would move my stand closer to where they are coming from. That way you can intercept them while there is still shooting time. If you are not wanting to target the deer that are going by you, they will be past you when you are ready to leave.
I would refrain from spooking them if at all possible

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If your stand is on a field edge, the best thing to do is have someone pick you up in a vehicle/ATV/Snowmobile. That should push the deer off of the field but yet not scare them out of the county.

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That can work but they can also just stand there in a field and watch the four wheeler sit there too, in turn seeing you climb out. Maybe have the four wheeler drive close to the deer and push them off but then your putting weird pressure on the deer and if you do that too much it can change them.
Like Wats said, if possible, moving closer to the bedding area and catching them staging or moving through another funnel is better. Field edges are fun and you see more deer but getting pinned in is common.

One of the things we do is a use a vehicle. Not a 4 wheeler. For some reason they go off running like crazy with 4 wheeler. When we arrive to pick up our client we usually shine the deer with spot light will driving in. This usually blinds the deer while we pass. I don’t know how many times the client hops in the truck while the deer are still standing there.

As far as moving the the bedding area. We feel that the farther you stay away from there bedding area the better. Too much scent gets picked up making there pattern turn Nocturnal. Most of the time we don’t penetrate the woods until Rut…

Sounds like this is a recurring problem? You need to do one of three things. 1. Move your stand closer to the direction they are coming from so you make contact with them sooner than dark. 2. Leave your stand earlier than they are showing up. 3. Shoot one of em, that will get the rest moving along nicely! Are you just starting to get down at quitting time and they show up? Or, are you waiting around longer than quitting time to see what shows up? If they continually show-up just as you are getting down then you need to move 100-200 yards closer so you make contact during legal shooting time.

I think the best thing is to do is not spook them and let them move by what ever the case may be. If you are continually bumping to and from the stand, this is not good. A) find a new entry/exit path or B) Find a new stand location that you can access this stand with out bumping deer.

Deer are a little more acceptable to vehicles then they are humans walking, especailly around farms.

Lip, I don’t think his problem is en route back to the truck, I think he’s getting stuck while he’s still on his stand. Or did I not read that right.

I learned from Hunting in Nelson, WI (Buffalo County), is when approaching your stand or leaving, and deer are around, of course you don’t want to spook them. Try using/doing a turkey call. Hunting my spot in Anoka county, I encountered a few doe’s on the trail leading to my stand. They saw me, they started trotting away as I made my way to the stand. As I was going up the ladder, I kept on using a turkey call, I watched them stop about 100 yards out, tails flickered a little bit, then they began on eating again. Later that evening, I was at full draw at one of those doe’s at 32 yards.

I forgot to mention that I use a turkey call too, that does work really good, puts them at ease quickly. A few yelps and they go right back to what they were doing befor. Deer don’t know forsure when turkeys fly down or go too roost, Id bet theres some birds that go to roost late anyway.

Hey guys thanks for all the good info. My problem this past year has happened in 3 different locations

These are all deer that are showing up late, so that has been my problem. It’s tough for me to move closer to them on their travel route, due to the close proximity to private land. This same private land makes ideal entry and exit routes fairly difficult as well.

Unfortunately, the ideal solution to my problem may not be attainable. What do you guys think, should I abandon spots like these altogether, limit my sits to 1-2 time per year season, or just face the consequences of getting stuck up there for a while

I guess if the spot produces deer for me, I would face the music and sit tight!

Getting stuck in a tree sounds better to me, Id rather have that then not seeing any. you never know, maybe a nice buck will show up. If its the same every year and isn’t too far for you to travel Id hunt it half way regularly and it never hurts to find another timber and they don’t have to be big timbers eigther. Sometimes those small 5 to 10 acre timbers hold a couple very nice bucks. The 183 5/8ths buck that I posted a few weeks ago was taken out of a smaller timber of about 10 acres with a big timber half mile away.