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Lil-Rokslider
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Hello. Sitting on stand I was thinking about a couple unique things I do. Not standard advice, but uncommon tricks you came up with.

1) I always wear my binos under my outmost layer. It keeps them from flopping or banging off my bow/rifle. Also keeps the glass warm to prevent fogging when lifted to your eyes on cold days.

2) On long sits, I use a neoprene knee brace under my pants to keep my knees warm where your pants get tight. When really cold, I slip a chemical hand warmer in there too.

Love to hear some other unique tricks.
 

Zerk

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Open all your halloween candy at the camp, to prevent noise.
Also make sure the milk jugs are from this year, without a hole in them.
 

jzeblaz

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Pee in Nalgene bottle and Stick in sleeping bag to keep feet warm. - or - middle of night do that to save crawling out of sleeping bag + you are keeping yourself warm in a cold situation.


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I've boiled water and put a sock over the Nalgene and tossed it to the bottom of my bag. Never peed in one.
 

Yoder

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Access planning. I killed my best buck this year by taking extreme measures accessing my spot. I killed my buck 100 yards from the road. I walked about a 1 1/2 mile loop to get on the ridge above the area in a way that the buck never crossed my trail. It made me rethink all the other places I hunt.
 

thechad

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For scent management, I always leave my clothes hanging outside prior to a hunt with great results. I've had doe down wind within 10 yards that didn't seem to notice I was there.

Added benefit: putting on freezing cold clothes in the morning will sure wake you up.
 

LCsmith

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Access planning. I killed my best buck this year by taking extreme measures accessing my spot. I killed my buck 100 yards from the road. I walked about a 1 1/2 mile loop to get on the ridge above the area in a way that the buck never crossed my trail. It made me rethink all the other places I hunt.
Would love to hear the full story of this hunt
 

Rich M

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Will carrying a spare pair of socks when feet will get sweaty or cold or both - the socks have really helped in a few situations - dry socks keep feet warm & comfy.

Will carry a fleece vest or jacket if cold and needing to go light for a long walk in.

Deer will not cross human scent where I hunt - they turn around and go back the way they came. Need to plan on that when hunting.

Have as many "first sits" as you can. We get short 3-day quota seasons and usually see deer the first sit, none afterwards. So try to reduce the number of intrusions into an area when not hunting and to have multiple spots to hunt. This is public land with skittish deer. A farm would be totally diff.

This year's deer was taken using the rule about deer not crossing human scent - found an apparently un-hunted area at a kind of double funnel with a bunch of old trails converging N to S and E to W. Went in, stayed to one side and up a tree before getting to the trail paralleling an inside edge. Went in about 1 pm, took a nap, woke looked around, and small buck was at 40 yards behind me. Shot him. Total unexpected "gift" kind of hunt.
 

EdP

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1) I always wear my binos under my outmost layer. It keeps them from flopping or banging off my bow/rifle. Also keeps the glass warm to prevent fogging when lifted to your eyes on cold days.

I do this too. My outer layer is always just a shell so leaving the top zipped down a bit doesn't let much heat out but keeps enough in that the binos don't fog. I don't understand all this bino harness stuff because the binos are cold. If I put cold binos to my eyes they are fogged in seconds.
 

thechad

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Will carrying a spare pair of socks when feet will get sweaty or cold or both - the socks have really helped in a few situations - dry socks keep feet warm & comfy.

Will carry a fleece vest or jacket if cold and needing to go light for a long walk in.

Deer will not cross human scent where I hunt - they turn around and go back the way they came. Need to plan on that when hunting.

Have as many "first sits" as you can. We get short 3-day quota seasons and usually see deer the first sit, none afterwards. So try to reduce the number of intrusions into an area when not hunting and to have multiple spots to hunt. This is public land with skittish deer. A farm would be totally diff.

This year's deer was taken using the rule about deer not crossing human scent - found an apparently un-hunted area at a kind of double funnel with a bunch of old trails converging N to S and E to W. Went in, stayed to one side and up a tree before getting to the trail paralleling an inside edge. Went in about 1 pm, took a nap, woke looked around, and small buck was at 40 yards behind me. Shot him. Total unexpected "gift" kind of hunt.
Good idea on spare socks.

Also, congrats on the post-nap buck. Doesn't get much better than that!
 

Zonk44

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I sewed a small pocket in my gaitor and stocking cap to put a handwarmer in... makes a huge difference when it gets really cold.
 
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Always and I mean always sniff that Mountain Dew bottle before taking a big swig.
Make sure baby wipes are in you bag before leaving the truck.
Extra headlamp or batteries are never a bad thing.
A good seat cushion is worth it’s weight in platinum.
Putting on rain gear will either make sprinkling stop or the flood gates open.
Secure your keys in your bag.
Lightweight gun/bow is eaiser to pack not to shoot accurately.
You’ll be carrying any hunting gun lots more than you’ll be shooting it.
 

maiermx

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Army issued boot liners. Put them on your bare feet when sleeping. Your feet will be toasty all night regardless of how cold the end of the sleeping bag is.

Large boots that you can wear these in work well for keeping feet warm. Cheap solution.
 
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