How early to be in your stand

[luberhill]

I got in my blind at 5:45 today

6:30 is legal time 

Seems like 45 mins early is enough

[Kmartinson]

I'm sneaking in after I can see. I'll post up where I see the most sign or on some traditional spots. 

[dlgerow01]

I use one hour before legal shooting as my guide.

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[skully]

9am

[phade]

In seat 1 hr before ideally.

[GreeneHunter]

I used to be in the stand before sun up , now not until sun up !

[Just Lucky]

This year I was in my blind just before 530.

[luberhill]

On 11/19/2022 at 12:19 PM, GreeneHunter said:

I used to be in the stand before sun up , now not until sun up !

Do you see any difference ?

[GreeneHunter]

1 hour ago, luberhill said:

Do you see any difference ?

Nope .... Like I said I used to be in before sunup , but I sat there in the dark for 1/2 to 1 hour (usually freezing) and nothing ! Now if there's going to be nothing at least its with the sunup !  LOL

[bruno1]

For me it all depends on where I’m hunting. Public I’m heading in way before legal, private I may walk in at grey light. Also in some of my WNY spots it can take well over an hour to get to where you want to be

[DoubleDose]

2 hours ago, bruno1 said:

For me it all depends on where I’m hunting. Public I’m heading in way before legal, private I may walk in at grey light. Also in some of my WNY spots it can take well over an hour to get to where you want to be

Agree, all depends.  I had a spot that had you walking the side of a 45 degree mountainside that was all rock.  Walking this in the dark you risked falling and breaking a knee cap.  Only safe to walk during decent light.  Also have a spot on dead flat terrain with trails that can be easily & safely walked in the dark.

[Northcountryman]

For me, in my stand (or spot) by around 6.   before, I would try to get there as early as possible, like even as early as 5:15 but thats just alot of watsed time , IMHO; besides, you get cold quicker that way and its not even shooting light yet!!