Stand placement question

[150class]

How far do y'all like to keep stands away from each other? Asking out of pure curiosity.

Whether they are several of your own stands or other peoples stands.

I know there are several factors that can play into this but was just curious.

I try to keep about a minimum of 500-600 yards away from others if possible for reference.

[Sit-n-Sleep]

I like the 500-600 but it seems in East Texas 300 is the magic number. And I'll try and sneak somewhere in the middle with a pop-up or brush blind and catch deer sneaking around the known blinds

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[texashunter56]

What is the deer density and cover like? I prefer to keep them 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile minimum when I can.

[Electrican]

1000 yards is what we use.

[Abcdj]

I looked ours up on some kind of app that I saw on tbh. Ours were all accidentally around 900 yards apart.

[mikemorvan]

Not too close, not too far apart. Big help i am.

[lakefork]

We had a deer that was killed 2.5 miles from another stand where he was on camera a week earlier. Deer range a lot more than most think. If you're asking for safety, that's one thing. If you're asking so that you're not hunting each other's deer, then you need A LOT of acreage. It all depends on the area, acreage, cover etc.

[Fishndude]

Bow or rifle?

[150class]

Bow or rifle?

Whichever or both sir.




Unrelated to quote:

Also to clarify we hunt in the hill country and I have noticed when we hunt down south the stands tend to be further apart (600-800 yards) at least.

That's just another factor that plays into effect as mentioned in the original post.

[ColinR]

Our lease rule is minimum of 500 yards but most are over half a mile between them.

[JW]

We had a deer that was killed 2.5 miles from another stand where he was on camera a week earlier. Deer range a lot more than most think. If you're asking for safety, that's one thing. If you're asking so that you're not hunting each other's deer, then you need A LOT of acreage. It all depends on the area, acreage, cover etc.

Deer density dictates a lot of that ranging. Hill Country bucks won't normally travel as far as an east Texas buck will due to the number of doe.


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[150class]

We had a deer that was killed 2.5 miles from another stand where he was on camera a week earlier. Deer range a lot more than most think. If you're asking for safety, that's one thing. If you're asking so that you're not hunting each other's deer, then you need A LOT of acreage. It all depends on the area, acreage, cover etc.

More of a safety and curiosity/not getting to close to other hunters question.

Had a deer on our current place walk 1.5 miles from one stand to another in one day and then the following morning a TBH'er, on another piece of property, killed him a couple miles away. No doubt they travel

[lakefork]

Ragin I don't know a lot about east Texas bucks but I'll bet the buck/doe ratio is about the same as the hill country or lower.
As to the OP, for safety a bullet can travel a long ways. So I say the further, the better.

[NAVY CHIEF]

Public land bow only...within 400 yds. So can help each other track and drag!!!

[tradtiger]

For safety, terrain and orientation are key. Could be quite close or need to be very far away depending on possible shooting angles or hills between stands.