small details making the differance

[dakids]

     This past weekend I got the opertunity to hunt with deadeye and whenever I hunt or fish with someone new I try to observe and learn new tricks.  I hunt out of a tree saddle and this allows me to hide behind the tree from oncoming deer.  I noticed that DE had his ladder stand facing away from the primary deer trail.  It looked odd to me at first glance. I asked DE why and he told me it was to help keep the deer from seeing him.  I NEVER thought to put the ladder stand on the back side of a tree to hide from the deer.  It made perfect sense.
     The stand that my daughter and I hunted out of is a huge oak and deadeye had cleared out all underbrush in the shape of fingers and planted clover in these fingers.  After my daughter missed, the deer took one hop and was in thicker cover and looked calm.  The shape of the plot creates a lot of edge.  I will be changing one of my foodplots next spring to resemble deadeyes oak/clover plot.
       

What are some of the small details you have learned from other hunters or fisherman?
     

[lentz]

always have your heaviest trail slightly to your left of all the was to you left so you can shoot sitting down to limmit your movement

last deer i shot i picked the bow off my lap put the pin on and pulled back non of the deer looked at me a bit. but if i would of stood up i proublobly would of been picked off

[nontypicalhunter]

If you can see the deers eye, it can see you. May not notice you but it will if you move!

[Steve-o]

I set up a two man ladder stand for my daughter and I.  I didn't think to face the ladder away from the trail, but it turns out there is a better trail and shooting lane behind the tree anyway.  We haven't hunted it too much, but I am hopeful we will get at least one encounter this year.

Funny, now that I think of it, i made the same lucky mistake with a ladder stand my other daughter and I use for gun hunting.  History shows that one is pointing in the direction the deer are least likely to come from.

[stevejedlenski]

if i have a morning stand i like to position it so my back is to the sun in the morning and so im in the tree's shadow.

for bow hunting this i used to always connect my tow line to the top of my bow. then was informed to connect to the bottom on the way down. this helps keep your arrows from snagging branches on the way down. and also my arrows stick past the lower cam and would always hit the ground first. this (common sense) approach made this task much easier.

another thing is that people tend to find a good trail and place a stand right on it. ive found it much better to be 10 to 20yrds off to the side of it for movement and scent reduction. this also helps with better shot placement as the angle is less.