I hunted my treestand last weekend and saw about 25 deer. The bad thing was I didn't do quite enough research and I ended up setting up in an area with mostly Does and yearlings. The only way in my opinion to do it is to hunt over a good mineral lick or water source. Believe it or not sometimes the mineral lick is better, if it rains they can drink anywhere and will, they'll always hit a mineral lick. I used Deer Co. Cain. It is phenominal stuff. I set it up in June and they've been hammering since then. Like I said though, I'm seeing only does and fawns. I set a trail cam on it for 2 weeks, I got 87 hits on my trail cam, 24 pics were taken, all Does and slow elk (cows) except for 1 little unicorn buck. If you find a good spot with a local bachelor herd, you should do very well. I had does within 5 yards of my stand. The same should apply for the rut, but then you want to be in an area with a high concentration of does. I'll hunt this stand in Jan. during the rut and I should do well. We'll see though. Muleys have such great hearing that it will requir you to be able to draw your bow veerrry slowly. I practice a little with some of the does that came in and they picked me up almost every time I drew except when I did it very slowly. I took my poundage all the way down to 60lbs just so I could take a long time to draw, and I mean a long time. Even with rest silencers they picked me up. Its quite a thrill to be in such close quarters with that many deer, it was a great learning expirience.
Give it a try... you will not regret it!!
Good luck
Donnie
