How far do you park from your Bow Blind?

[rambler123]

Have a new setup this year and trying to figure out where to park my truck where it won't affect any deer nearby. How far do you all park away? Is 300 yards far enough, out of site?

[gonehuntin68]

One spot I have no choice so I park about 150 yards from the blind. My other spots are 300 to 500 yards.

[bsills]

Yeah as long as its not in the direction they will be coming from

[kfd82]

Good question, I'm trying to figure out where to park my 4 wheeler.

I can park right under my rifle blind, but dont know what I'll do with the bow blind.

[bowmansdad]

Yeah as long as its not in the direction they will be coming from

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[asttbe]

Right next to it. I park and that is where I start my spot and stalk trip

[Heath]

This is something I have always wondered because of two schools of thought on this.

First, park as far away from your stand as possible
- The problem with this is you have to walk through the woods longer which leads to putting out more scent and disturbing the woods more. It also takes you more time to get to the stand, could start sweating more, and it is a longer walk.

Second, park closer to your stand
- Less time in the woods as far as you walking to your setup, but your truck or atv is closer to your stand.

I don't think that trucks and/or ATV's bug deer as much as we think. I have had count less times where I walk back to my truck to have some sort of game just a few yards away from it. Right now I try to go with a happy medium. Of course my favorite is to be dropped off at my stand.

[head]

my old ag teacher used to always say that he'd park it right next to his deer stand. his reasoning was that the deer were going to smell the wheeler anyway, either next to it or on the wind... and the sad thing is, he'd usually kill a nice deer.

I choose to park at least 150 yds away, if possible more.

[salth2o]

I leave my truck at camp and walk to my stand. It is about a mile or so. I like the peace and quiet.

[glen]

I park at the closest road- if I get hurt everyone knows where to look for me.

[Hawkins]

I parks about 300 yards on both leases.

[txdukklr]

couple hundred yards at least for bow. Rifle I will park right next to the ladder as close as I can so that i can really appreciate exerting the least amount of energy that is possible.

[tvc184]

Maybe 100 yards. My ATV is well out of my sight but I have seen deer come from almost right on top of it.

[Hollywood]

I agree with Heath, I have 2 parking spots for each bow stand. Morning or evening, & North wind or south wind. Animals will be transitioning differently with their travel corridors from morning to evening. I try my best to stear clear of bedding areas for morning hunts. I think 200 - 500 yards is plenty.
But I also love being dropped off. This eliminates walking in on & spooking bedded porkers. The vehicle will scare them off & give you time to get in & settled before they come back.

[glrae]

I park as close as possible but far enough away as to not spook them. We have enough live oaks in clusters that I am usually 100-200 yards away and well hid.