Hey Y'all,

Rifle season is right around the corner! I am curious, do y'all sit in the stand all day?

I usually get in the stand around 6:30 am, sit until 10 am. If I don't see anything I leave
Then I come back in the evening around 4:30 pm and sit until sundown.

Depends on how the day is going. If there is good movement, I'll sit all day. If not, I come back in the afternoon

No, not all day. Depends on how active a day it is. I usually sit till 10-10:30 but if I've being seeing quite a bit I might sit until noon but no later. Then I'm back in the stand at around 3-3:15.

Not usually but during the rut if they are still moving I may sit all day

Typically an hour before first light until 10am. Then 3pm until dark during whitetail season. If it's the rut could be all day. If I'm axis hunting in the summer rut, it's pretty much all day.

I usually run out of whiskey before then...

About 30 minutes before the feeder goes off until 30 minutes after. So about an hour.

I never even considered sitting in a stand all day. I'm not that mad at 'em.

Are you walking in or riding in? Do you always ingress by the same travel route? You might want to mix it up a bit. You would be surprised how fast a smart buck can have you patterned especially if you drive in and park.

+1!!!

About 9:00 I start dreaming of a breakfast taco or two and some more coffee, and the football games. This isn't life or death for me, but the combo of being in the blind, the fellowship with my family, eating well, and drinking some good wine and beer is what I look forward to.

Thirty minutes before the feeder goes off until dark or good light if morning hunt. Like someone above mentioned. I'm not mad at them either.

"sit in deer stand all day?"

if i can hack it. some of my best times have
been after 9 when i start hearing trucks and
atv's starting up to an hour-2 hours after that.
jmo- i'm out there to hunt. i'll stay at home
close to the t.v. and toilet if i want comfort.

yup

Some times all day. Pack lunch, thermos of coffee, water 2 bottles one for hot chocolate in the cold days, snacks, I pad, two guns one night vision. If not moving do a little walk and stalk then back to blind. Dinner around 8 back out after pigs around midnight.

hour before light until 9:30 then into town for breakfast and my second nap of the day....1st one was in the stand just before sun up. Then back at 3 until dark.

This is me. Being with the family and getting a break from reality is why I hunt.

Only during the rut if they are really moving. Otherwise out at 930 back in at 4

If during the rut we get a particularly nasty, cold and wet front, I will sit all day. Maybe a short break around noon but I get back at it pretty quick and early.

I walk in the same route every time. I'll try changing it up this year, thanks!

With today's Web-enabled smartphones and tablets, it's definitely much easier to sit in the stand all day without getting bored.

And yes, mature bucks will pattern you by both the time you enter their neighborhood, as well as your chosen path.

Depends on what the lunar tables are showing me for the major and minor feed times and what time of year/location that I'm hunting. The choice for me to sit longer or all day varies.

If the rut is going on and its cloudy and cool, yes. Otherwise done at 10. Back in the stand around 1600

I've killed a big deer in the midday, but it was on the tail of a big weather system. Under normal conditions, my TCs just don't capture that much midday movement, and certainly not enough to warrant an all day sit. 99% of midday movement I've seen are 18 month old lonely bucks looking for love, who wouldn't know what to do with it if he found it.

With the right weather (dark, cloudy, cold, and damp), it can pay off. But maybe not.

In 45 minutes before the feeder goes off and stay as long as activity is there. never leave before 9 or 10. If the weather is right I will come back around noon for the afternoon. do some reading if it is slow.

I have during the rut in Kansas but it has been a long time since I have done it in Texas.