Ok who walks to and from there blind? Who rides to/ from the blind ? What do y'all use to cover your cent, and not leave a trail? Anyone wear specific foot wear just to and from the blind?

I drive to the blind. If it is cold my drive is my blind. A lot of folks worry way too much about scent what to wear and a multitude of other stuff when it comes to hunting. And as always this is just my opinion so take it as that.

I try and drive as close to the blind as possible.

Im a 100% believer that i'll scare 10X's more deer off walking to the blind than driving ( in a UTV or Truck )


Most of the blinds I hunt I can park within 100 yards or so of the blind.


as for footwear....the deer on the places I hunt smell plenty of people so i'm not into using a cover scent or specific footwear, I just play the wind right when choosing a stand location

All my blinds are within 200 yards of my motor home so I walk. Sometimes use doe scent or fox scent, many times no scent....the deer are used to me working all over the place so they don't usually spook from my ground scent, only if they see me and catch my scent.

When I walk ... I see more deer.

Same here. There are many hunters in the area where I hunt in East Texas and the deer catch on quickly that folks are after them. It's the same routine every year with lots of deer seen during the first week or two of the season and then far fewer sightings until very late in the season. That's when things turn back to hot and heavy after the neighbors have given up and allowed their feeders to go empty.

I drive to my area as it is about 4 miles or so from camp. Once I get into my area I park and walk to my stands. Most stands are 300-400 yards with one probably close to a mile but haven't measure that one

I drive (UTV) usually to within 100- 200 yards due to bad knees. I'll just leave a little earlier than normal. There is one blind on top of a bluff that I drive all the way up to and park behind a bunch of cedars. In my younger days I would hike in with a drag covered in fox or coon urine.

This year was so wet I ended up riding the 4 wheeler to my best blind. I usually see more deer walking in, however, get there early enough to let things quiet down a bit. More rainfall means less deer sightings for me. Deer are in great shape right now.

MY blind is about 200 yards from my cabin, so I walk. I do not use scent killers or scent control clothing. The prevailing wind on my ranch is southerly and during deer season, northerly. My blind is set up East to West, so there it is extremely rare for the wind to carry my scent from the blind to the deer at the feeder.
I have another blind that is 1/2 mile from the cabin and I drive my truck to a brushy spot that is 125 yards from that blind. This blind is set up to look SE to NW and it is 17' off the ground. I have never had a deer spooked by scent at this blind and It has been in the same spot for 20 years.

Walk

Drive my Ranger to my blinds here and walk on my other place. Here I road feed heavily around the feeders and roads/shooting lanes before I get into the blind. One blind I park 25 yards away and the other is about 125 yards away. The one I walk to on my other place is about 350 yard walk but I hand corn as I walk in and around the feeder. I have no problems seeing deer driving in or walking in. I have had as many as 21 bucks and 21 does/fawns around me in one hunt. This evening I had 13 bucks and 5 does/fawns around me with some there within 10 minutes of me corning then getting into the blind. I do the same when rifle or bow hunting. The deer are used to me driving around my place in the Ranger and when they hear the road feeder they are there sometimes before I can get into the blind. I have used a road feeder since 1989.

Walk about 200 yards. Some of you have more deer than we do I am envious.

I usually walked and hand fed corn the last 100 yards/

I canoe to my best blind. I Park at the gate. I have a canoe just inside the gate near a deep creek. I paddle to a canoe dock several 100 yards up the creek. I built the dock using a T post and horse fence frame then filled it with rocks. It is located directly below my tower blind. it is about a 20 ft walk up the bank to the ladder on my blind. I can usually climb into the blind with game under my feeder and not disturb them because I am coming up from below line of site to anything at the feeder.

Stxranchman what county are you hunting in?

Goliad and Live Oak

My blind is my pickup truck!
Back and hip problems have pretty much taken away my ability to walk, so I sit in my nice comfortable warm blind.
Had deer ignore me, and walk right up to my tailgate and take a sniff looking for corn.
The bucks couldn't care less, it's those old grey does that notice me from 200 yards out stretching their necks trying to figure me out.

Drive. If you walk sooner or later you'll learn..

We walk. Most of the time we hand feed corn.

I know that the deer can smell where I walk. I have seen on a couple occasions a deer follow my trail down the road at each spot I stopped to throw corn and back as close as they dared to the blind. Hope to have a golf cart some time soon but I suspect they can probably smell that too just a different smell.

We have been trying to feed the roads heavy with a road feeder the day before and that way there is still corn on the ground for the next hunt and we can just walk to the blind and not have to walk past really anything we plan on hunting.

Walk - small lease and it takes 5 to 10 minutes to reach one of 3 blinds.

Drive to within about 100 yards from one stand and to about 30 feet from another.

My blinds are 3/4 and a mile from my camp so I drive. I park my truck 200-300 yards away and walk in the rest of the way.

I have a app on my phone that tracks how far I walk. I usually do a couple miles a day. At the ranch its usually 5-8 miles a day, we enjoy the walk.

I agree with this.I park my Pioneer anywhere from maybe 40 yds to 20 yds from my blind, just enough so it's not plainly in view. I've had deer and hogs come into my arena while the Pioneer was parked in front of the blind. Worry about this for close up archery, not much for rifle hunting.

We don't have feeders, so I typically park 600-800 yards away and walk so as not to disturb their travel routes too much.

I think it depends on where you hunt, hunting pressure, and if they're accustomed to ATV's, tractors etc. I see more deer when I walk generally speaking. During bow season I can drive to my stand with no problem, park 40 yards away and see deer all day long. HOWEVER, the day rifle opens they become extremely sensitive in my area and we're forced to walk in the last 200-300 yards. We hunt 800 acres but all surrounding properties are heavily hunted.

Wear rubber boots, and hunt the wind at all times. No amount of concealment spray is gonna mask you well enough to a shooter buck if your scent is being blown their direction. Small bucks and doe's aren't as cautious I've found, but that shooter you see on cam dang sure notices.

this for me, plus I will put out about 5-10 pounds of extra corn, Omalean, alfalfa for axis, Big and J, any extra, the deer LOVE the sweet taste. They will stay longer which attracts more deer

I drive side by side with corn feeder. Spread some out from feeder out to other areas. Park 125 yds away and walk to stand. Deer hit corn quickly. They seem to be used to sxs sound.

This year I’ve walked over mile, and packed deer out same distance or more

That's because your truck is always stuck.

Walk.

This is what I get for finding friends on Craigslist

I walk about 350 yards from my trailer to the blind.

Did this deer commit suicide or did you remember your range finder this time

I realize I am getting up in age and I don't know squat. But do an experiment. Go early in the morning or late in the afternoon. A time when you are most likely to see more deer. Drive what ever you drive in the pasture. Count the deer and watch what they do. Then another day walk the same road you drove and count the deer and watch what they do. I will bet you a dollar against a dime the the time you drove the vehicle you saw more deer and they were less spooked.

Every property and stand is different... Some we walk in 100 yards and some 300 or more. We hunt on top of ridges so driving in is not good. Walk in, pop up and get in blind. Most deer won't even notice if you wait when they are looking away. Key is don't walk in late so there is no deer to see you. Last year they bedded right by road on my favorite stand and this year not luckily. Of course it was a swamp this year...

What, that you're too fat and lazy to walk? Burn some calories

Both, lately I've spent more time walking to my spots.

Drive and walk about 200 yards unless its really cold then I get a little closer.

Not quite 6' 174lbs. I've just done this for 56 years.

I try to park far enough away that I can't see the blind or feeder from the vehicle. For the most part, it's usually a few hundred yards away.

Varies by stand, wind, time of day, weather, etc. One stand has a ATV garage under it. Others we walk 300 yards or more. Our "cliff": stand, you can drive a truck within about 50 feet and walk to it; another we can drive the truck literally to the stand if needed for old guys or little kids... then go park the truck.

I don't think there is a one way, best way fits all answer to this age old question.

As for scent, bow hunting, I'll just step in a pile of cow dung on the way into the blind. They are used to that scent

I walk 95% of the time. There will come a time when I'm not able to, and for now I enjoy it. Besides, much of my land is public and there's not a choice.

If I ride to a stand I like to be dropped off. From what I've seen deer associate the ATV/tractor/truck with danger and when they see it leave the area they seem to calm down.

I don't think there's anything that's going to cover or eliminate scent from a deer's nose. I use wind as a starting point and then thermals to pin point.

I walk always

Some times if I am hung over and Scotty is available, I will have him beam me over via the Transporter

I walk. I've killed several axis while walking to the blind. Plus the calorie burn is beneficial. We only drive into the pasture to feed, water, or pick up a harvested critter.

Papalote

Rangefinder worked great 21 whole yards

I walk everywhere and don’t crank a vehicle on my place when I am there alone. I do all I can to have no noise “footprint” at all - I am even careful about no music, slamming truck doors, etc. I also hunt a lot during the week.

Sometimes I have company (wife,BIL,daughter, etc.). Often I drive to the stand on ATV with them. (Plus it’s just unavoidably noisier at the camphouse). We always have a great time, but there is no comparison to the number of mature bucks I see alone vs. what is seen when we are all together. None. I actually just sort of slowly “discovered” this over 15 years of owning the place.

Of course, my place has little activity on it during the year. I’m sure that makes a big difference on it vs. places that have constant traffic/human presence. But mature bucks are smart. Vehicle activity (especially at unusual times like before daylight) is not hard for them to associate with hunting if you think about it. I’m convinced they can pick up on just about any activity they can associate with hunting through their past experience. JMHO.

Having one or both kids with me every time I hunted this year, we either rode the Honda or drove.

Have someone drop me off if possible. Deer hear /see truck drive away ,danger drives away with it.

ha, I park my Kubota RTV next to the stand, maybe 10 feet away and drape a camo net over the rear end ... deer, hogs, bobcat, etc. walk within 10-15 feet without paying it any attention.