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Midwest guys, how do you hunt whitetail with your primitive bow?

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bentstick54:
Boxer, hang on stands will work here on what little public land there is also, the problem being they stand a very good chance of being stolen. Plus if you leave a stand on public ground in Kansas, anybody can legally hunt it. You could show up an hour before daylight and find somebody else sitting in your stand legally. Being lucky to have private land to hunt for the last 18 years, I have been able to tweek stand locations to where I use the same trees year after year, so preparation is usually minimal.

boxerboxer:

--- Quote from: bentstick54 on September 08, 2021, 10:15:58 pm ---Boxer, hang on stands will work here on what little public land there is also, the problem being they stand a very good chance of being stolen. Plus if you leave a stand on public ground in Kansas, anybody can legally hunt it. You could show up an hour before daylight and find somebody else sitting in your stand legally. Being lucky to have private land to hunt for the last 18 years, I have been able to tweek stand locations to where I use the same trees year after year, so preparation is usually minimal.

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Agreed, I personally would never leave a stand on public either, both because I don’t want it getting stolen/occupied, and because I’m rarely interested in being in the same stand for more than a sit or two. I only mention leaving a stand overnight because to some guys a $40 ladder stand in left in one spot all season is what they want to do and there’s nothing wrong with that if you’re ok with the downside.

George D. Stout:
I've been on the ground for the past three decades;  I can fall down while walking but bottom line is the shot angles are so much better from the ground and it's a simple matter of just being still and paying attention.  You can't play with your smart phone and expect a lot of action. 

When I started that's how we had to hunt anyway, there were no commercial tree stands and most places there wasn't a convenient limb to shin up the tree to.  So we learned to hunt from the ground.  Make or model or style of bow makes no difference either, it's jut a weapon of choice.  Be safe, and enjoy.

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