Ok I know this story isn’t about Bow hunting, but it is about Deer hunting and I believe bow hunters can relate.

About four years ago during shotgun season our hunting party wasn’t having a great season, but we did get a few deer. It was the second and last weekend of the season and I headed out to my stand. The tempture had dipped quite a bit below freezing the night before and it was still a bit chilly.

I was up in my stand, and fighting off sleep which usually happens to me by the second weekend. A couple of hours had passed and I didn’t see any movement, or hear any sounds. Not even a turkey or a squirrel made a peep that morning. I found it rather strange b/c normally the whole forest is alive by the time the sun is up.

I had an idea to keep my self awake, so I grabbed my binoculars and started scowering the landscape around me. My stand was in a very open area so I thought I would see something any thing a bird or maybe even a deer. No such luck! Just as I was about to put my binoculars back in my vest I head a crash and a splash way off in the distance.

The noise sounded like it came from a run of ditch about ¾ of a mile away. I quickly turned my head in that direction and gazed through my binoculars to see what made the noise. I looked at that ditch for about ten minutes. Once again I saw nothing. Getting a bit discouraged I decide it must have been a duck or a muskrat.

I thought since my hands were already cold I should take one more look

Need help finding the deer stand that’s right for you this season?

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Every so often you need to purchase a new deer stand because your old one is warn out, got stolen, or your hunting situation changes. I am going to weigh out some of the pros and cons of the different types of portable deer stands and let you decide for yourself which one is the best fit for you this season.