Author Topic: "Wildest" Deer Stand (Read 901 times)

kjeff50cal · « **on:** May 31, 2004, 04:53:56 PM »

What is the wildest deer stand you have hunted from? Any success? The wildest stand I have ever been in was not a stand at all, it was a hammock!!! It was slung 30 yards off a known deer trial and used four ropes to stablize it. Laying real quiet (I did almost fall asleep) a large doe all but walked in to me!!! She fell to a 158 grn 357 Max. bullet out of a rechambered Ubertie Baby Rolling Block.

crawfish · « **Reply #1 on:** May 31, 2004, 07:26:15 PM »

In 1967 in South Carolina I got a very early start on a cold and rainy morning. I headed straight for a large magnolia tree I knew of. I crawled under that tree cleared a space fired up two large JON-E hand warmers under my poncho and proceeded to fall asleep. It was so warm and cozy under there. I came awake with the feeling of something large very close on my right. Large doe was so close that I just stuck the Win 94 out with one hand and pullet the trigger. Was so close that the hair was set on fire by the muzzle blast. That whole area is now a housing area they even bulldozed the magnolia tree. :cry:

huntsman · « **Reply #2 on:** June 02, 2004, 05:55:45 AM »

Hmmm... either one of these:

1. The terrace in an open field in NW Missouri, where I simply layed on my belly with head and shoulders at the top of the terrace. There was simply no other form of cover in the open terrain between woodlots that I was forced to hunt do to property lines. Saw some does and a yearling buck, but not the papasita I was hoping for.

2. The old chicken house in the corner of a peanut field in Texas. It had openings left and right overlooking the field. Couldn't have built a better blind if I had tried. Killed two does that year out of that chicken house.

smoky · « **Reply #3 on:** June 09, 2004, 04:27:34 AM »

This is not really a deer stand, but there is a well known story in North Louisiana of a hard nosed game warden who would hide in an old log skidder tire that had been discarded in the woods on public land, and would hop out at just the right moment to check hunters for any game and liscense violations.

Smoky

Blaine · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2004, 05:11:21 PM »

Several years back, I had shoulder surgery on my right shoulder in October. Determined not to miss hunting season, I fashioned a tri-pod out of some old ski poles and attached then to the fore end of my savage 110. With me following along behind her with my arm in a sling, my wife carried a camo-net ground blind and set it up at my favorite spot (close to my hunting camp) and I hunted from that blind all week while I was at camp. On the last day I shot a 4 point buck using only my left hand and my tri-pod (I shoot left handed anyway so it wasn't really a stretch). Have I got a great wife or what? :lol:

longwinters · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2004, 05:45:32 PM »

She sounds like a keeper. :grin:

Long

Redhawk1 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2004, 07:44:05 AM »

I have a couple of good ones.
1) I lived in North Dakota, I would get into those old hay bails and dig the center out. I would dig deep enough, so I could place a 5 gallon bucket with a swivel chair inside and only my head was visible in the hay bail. I could see in all directions and swivel into position. It was like shooting from a bench. Now these were those large round hay bales. Yes I did get permission from the farmers first.

. I shot quit a few deer this way.

2) I hunted from an old abandoned car with no wheels just sitting on the ground. There were no windows, but the seats were still in there. I would put a tarp down over the seats, because they were dry rotted. I got one deer from that old car. :-D

rickyp · « **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2004, 04:27:30 PM »

A friend of mine use to use an old Johny-on- the spot (yes the plastic out house) he cleaned it real well and did a little work to the inside to make it more hunter friendly then cut some windows and put them on a hinge. a few cans of paint and a 4 Wheeler to get it to hos hunting location.

Lawdog · « **Reply #8 on:** July 13, 2004, 01:41:16 PM »

It was a tree house that had a roof, insulated walls(8 feet), measured 10'x18' and was located 20 feet up in a Hugh White Oak. It had a toilet, sink(no running water though), electric lights and had a electric heater(lights and heater both powered by generator) in it for cold weather. Windows opened to the inside for you to shoot out of. Last I heard the owner was installing a small electric refrigerator and carpets. This guy also has a duck blind that is permanently installed and is almost as well equipped and his deer blind. Lawdog