[ahawk19]

height

It doesnt really bother me. I have killed a couple of does at 15 yards from 45-50 ft in a lonely tree on the edge of a cutover. I figured it was the only way I wouldnt get spotted on a lonesome pine tree. You just have to aim low...real low.

I may give it a shot. I understand that wind is more than North-South, but we have hunted this land for YEARS and it practically always does the same thing. I am going to try to get south of their trail some, the problem is there are probably 50 deer coming to the field from this side and so anywhere you go on the east side of the field there will be deer coming in from down wind.

I spent my entire childhood climbing trees so the whole fear of heights thing never really came. When I was younger and dumber and first started hunting I would just climb until I hit branches. In some of the pines in the lowstate that may be 75ft up a tree.

With that said I may give it a shot.

 

[ahawk19]

concern

I plan on walking in from the peanut field and not crossing any deer trails the way I go in. I know its risky, but If I spook the deer and they go elsewhere they are going to 2 weeks from opening day anyways and they need to go a few miles to be off the property so im not to worried about that.

I wish we had terrain in the lowstate of SC all you have is flat flat fields and pine thickets. With the occasional canal (4ft of elevation change) with some hardwoods growing on it.

Oh and when I first started hunting 8 years ago at age 16 I didnt know what a safety harness was so I would be 50-75 ft up a tree without a harness.I was rifle hunting thankfully so I didnt ever stand up much...

The Lord was looking out for me because I wouldnt have lived to tell about it if I had fell.

When I first picked up a bow at 18 yrs old I didnt have a harness either. I would hang lockons. Trim limbs and hunt all without a harness...I was crazy/didnt know any better haha, but my dad never deer hunted I just took it up because we have some land in the family I got my drivers permit and had a rifle...so I was as green as they come.

Needless to say I have learned ALOT in 8 years and have turned out to be a very successful hunter...Killed alot of deer and turkeys with a bow.

Now I hunt 15-20 ft a play the wind typically in the upstate where I do most of my hunting. I do the same thing in the lowstate, but in this case I have some bucks pegged and the rest of the fields where I may have a good wind dont have any mature bucks visiting in the daylight hours so I thought I might roll the dice and see what you guys had to say about it.