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WKR
Not sure if I'll ever hunt whitetails again, but I definitely put my time in before moving out West.
-build your mental endurance up for long/all day sits over the course of early season. You're ability to sit patiently will improve with practice. In the early season, stay put until 11 and then start increasing that until noon and then 1 PM.
-do everything slow. Take 45 minutes to eat your PBJ, a few minutes just to go through the process of sipping water. Slow everything down dramatically to match the pacing of the day and your perception of time. This really helps shift your mindset to one of patience.
-over years of of this, one thing I learned is that I prefer to do a long sit in the morning through the afternoon for consecutive days, sitting from dark until 2 PM and then going home. Having this time off and getting into bed early is extremely helpful. Likewise, if you prefer focusing on the evening, then sit from 9 am until dark. This is a very good strategy for getting more hours in without burning yourself out. I personally found a straight 8 hour sit until 2 more productive than 2 4 hours sits (morning and evening with a mid day break).
-build your mental endurance up for long/all day sits over the course of early season. You're ability to sit patiently will improve with practice. In the early season, stay put until 11 and then start increasing that until noon and then 1 PM.
-do everything slow. Take 45 minutes to eat your PBJ, a few minutes just to go through the process of sipping water. Slow everything down dramatically to match the pacing of the day and your perception of time. This really helps shift your mindset to one of patience.
-over years of of this, one thing I learned is that I prefer to do a long sit in the morning through the afternoon for consecutive days, sitting from dark until 2 PM and then going home. Having this time off and getting into bed early is extremely helpful. Likewise, if you prefer focusing on the evening, then sit from 9 am until dark. This is a very good strategy for getting more hours in without burning yourself out. I personally found a straight 8 hour sit until 2 more productive than 2 4 hours sits (morning and evening with a mid day break).