Urinating at the stand

nedfig · October 29, 2001, 05:58 PM

What do yall do when the 5 cups of coffee you drank on the way to the lease has finally made it to your bladder?

CD1 · October 29, 2001, 07:04 PM

I carry a 32 oz GatorAid bottle with me. Its the perfect size for my treestand (Old Man Vision stand). Its the perfect size for getting everything in the bottle and it holds a lot. Its rare that I go more than 32 oz in a morning, it happens, but its rare. I've heard people say that urinating doesn't spook the deer, but its easy enough to carry the bottle and not have to worry about it either way.

M1911 · October 29, 2001, 07:46 PM

I've started carrying a bottle. Of course, since I've started carrying a bottle, I haven't had to use it

M1911

biganimal · October 29, 2001, 08:06 PM

I just let it rip. I do it where I don't have to stand or walk in it. I shoot a deer every year. Two years ago I shot a 4 pt buck while he was sniffing my puddle.

C.R.Sam · October 29, 2001, 08:42 PM

And to think, some folks pay good money for store bought buck bait.

Sam

Kingcreek · October 29, 2001, 11:24 PM

My stand is directly over a creek. It gets diluted and eventually reaches the ocean.

Poodleshooter · October 30, 2001, 12:04 AM

Why, I bring along a Mountain Dew aka "Panther Piss" bottle. Doesn't everyone else?

What a topic.....

nedfig · October 30, 2001, 09:01 AM

What about "solid" waste?

Paul B. · October 30, 2001, 09:28 AM

It is my understanding that solid waste will not spook and animal, but urine will. Kind of like a dog marking it's territory.

Paul B.

Robert the41MagFan · October 30, 2001, 12:50 PM

Bed wetter! Run out of Depends diapers!

Been doing the tree stand deal for over 20 years. And if there is one thing that I have learned is that if your quarry has not come within the 5 or so hours that you are sitting, it ain't coming and you're in the wrong spot. Think that any grown man can pinch off his pecker (squeeze the cheeks for the ladies) for 5 hours. And it is not the pee that's the problem, it's the noise. Supposedly, your animal is coming from upwind. So if the location is a one time deal, pee smell is not going to matter. But if you do pee, like Paul said, you just marked the territory. Strong foreign smells and game animals don't mix well.

Robert

Spectre · October 30, 2001, 02:19 PM

I take a 32 oz Gator Aid bottle. Sometimes I take more than one...

I drink A LOT of water!

dZ · October 30, 2001, 05:41 PM

i go on a little still hunt expedition and mark someone elses territory

with enough terrain knowledge you can scent mark a drive line that forces the deer right into your truck

one of the prefered deer stands at camp is the outhouse

aerod1 · October 30, 2001, 10:15 PM

I whiz right there. I harvest at least 3 deer a year. The deer seem to pay no attention to it.
Jim

Seronac · October 31, 2001, 12:12 AM

To those with Mountain Dew or Gatorade bottles:

Be careful not to drink from the wrong bottle!

:barf:

KYE-OAT · November 2, 2001, 12:14 PM

...........I have used the same tactic to spoil a competitors' trapline before, as well.....

Kobra · November 2, 2001, 01:39 PM

I drank 19 beers the night before a big deer hunt on my uncle's farm and needless to say the sun chased the deer sausage out of me after about 3 hours in the stand with some decent ralphing...oops

Saw three deer and then the next weekend, my uncle shot a big buck out of that same stand.

He asked if I would come up there sometime and "bait" all of his stands...smarta$$..

JosephBoeckner · November 2, 2001, 08:30 PM

kobra-sounds like u know what ur doing :-p

cnimrod · January 6, 2010, 12:29 PM

with my own urine, haven't shot a deer over one yet but have found deer tracks in them.
It is easy enough to do.

http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/d...5/e09sp717.htm

Brian Pfleuger · January 6, 2010, 12:34 PM

I've heard before that deer pay no attention to human urine. There was a website/blog that I saw a couple/few years ago where the guy actually studied it out and he claimed that the deer reacted to his human urine scraps just the same as they did to the real ones. Ever since then, when I'm on stand I just "let it fly".

johnwilliamson062 · January 6, 2010, 12:49 PM

I don't even climb down. Of course I have only been deer hunting two years and my only deer was a fluke buck we woke up/startled while chatting on our way back to deer camp on a very very cold day. Three guns, 15 yards and 5 slugs. Poor thing. At least they were all boiler room and forward.

Tamara · January 6, 2010, 01:02 PM

Deer were hunted to near-extinction east of the Mississippi by guys with muzzle loaders and iron-sighted leverguns who stank of coffee and lye and pee'ed wherever they wanted.

Y'all guys are lucky.

I just make sure I take care of business before I go out, and silently thank my dad for all those long roadtrips with no stops when I was little that taught me the bladder control of a Spartan.

troy_mclure · January 6, 2010, 02:10 PM

i used to haul a 32oz bottle, but i had a doe walk up to within 5' of me while i was takin a leak on the logging road.

i dont much still hunt anymore tho.

Old Grump · January 6, 2010, 02:58 PM

Possible kidney infection and pain or let loose, easy decision. Don't drop your load in the creek though, laws against it and we have enough pollution problems. Just don't dribble where you stand, I hate muddy feet and it won't smell right when your boots warm up at home.

22-rimfire · January 6, 2010, 05:25 PM

Bottle comes in handy. I honestly don't think it matters if you urinate by your stand but I would prefer to error on the conservative side. Anything thing that reduces the amount of movement is a good thing on a stand.

fisherman66 · January 6, 2010, 09:30 PM

I used to carry a big Gatorade bottle, but still waters run deep so I switched to a 4 deep tennis ball can.

October 29, 2001, 05:58 PM	#1
nedfig Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2000 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 263	Urinating at the stand What do yall do when the 5 cups of coffee you drank on the way to the lease has finally made it to your bladder?

October 29, 2001, 08:06 PM	#4
biganimal Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2001 Location: south carolina Posts: 435	I just let it rip. I do it where I don't have to stand or walk in it. I shoot a deer every year. Two years ago I shot a 4 pt buck while he was sniffing my puddle. __________________ Other than That, Mrs Lincoln, How was the play?

October 30, 2001, 09:28 AM	#9
Paul B. Senior Member Join Date: March 28, 1999 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,802	It is my understanding that solid waste will not spook and animal, but urine will. Kind of like a dog marking it's territory. Paul B. __________________ COMPROMISE IS NOT AN OPTION!

October 30, 2001, 02:19 PM	#11
Spectre Staff Alumnus Join Date: October 23, 1998 Location: ATL Posts: 3,277	I take a 32 oz Gator Aid bottle. Sometimes I take more than one... I drink A LOT of water! __________________ John Wandering Thoughts

October 30, 2001, 05:41 PM	#12
dZ Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: Exiled, Fetid Swamp, DC Posts: 7,548	i go on a little still hunt expedition and mark someone elses territory with enough terrain knowledge you can scent mark a drive line that forces the deer right into your truck one of the prefered deer stands at camp is the outhouse __________________ "O tell the Lacedomecians to damn the torpedoes." BOTR, Chapter V: Some Monsters

October 29, 2001, 07:04 PM	#2
CD1 Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2000 Posts: 320	I carry a 32 oz GatorAid bottle with me. Its the perfect size for my treestand (Old Man Vision stand). Its the perfect size for getting everything in the bottle and it holds a lot. Its rare that I go more than 32 oz in a morning, it happens, but its rare. I've heard people say that urinating doesn't spook the deer, but its easy enough to carry the bottle and not have to worry about it either way.

October 29, 2001, 07:46 PM	#3
M1911 Senior Member Join Date: March 28, 2000 Posts: 4,055	I've started carrying a bottle. Of course, since I've started carrying a bottle, I haven't had to use it M1911

October 29, 2001, 08:42 PM	#5
C.R.Sam Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: Dewey, AZ Posts: 12,858	And to think, some folks pay good money for store bought buck bait. Sam

October 29, 2001, 11:24 PM	#6
Kingcreek Senior Member Join Date: October 29, 1999 Location: rural Illinois Posts: 590	My stand is directly over a creek. It gets diluted and eventually reaches the ocean.

October 30, 2001, 12:04 AM	#7
Poodleshooter Senior Member Join Date: August 7, 2000 Location: Floating down the James River in VA Posts: 2,599	Why, I bring along a Mountain Dew aka "Panther Piss" bottle. Doesn't everyone else? What a topic.....

October 30, 2001, 09:01 AM	#8
nedfig Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2000 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 263	What about "solid" waste?

October 30, 2001, 12:50 PM	#10
Robert the41MagFan Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 1999 Posts: 1,233	Bed wetter! Run out of Depends diapers! Been doing the tree stand deal for over 20 years. And if there is one thing that I have learned is that if your quarry has not come within the 5 or so hours that you are sitting, it ain't coming and you're in the wrong spot. Think that any grown man can pinch off his pecker (squeeze the cheeks for the ladies) for 5 hours. And it is not the pee that's the problem, it's the noise. Supposedly, your animal is coming from upwind. So if the location is a one time deal, pee smell is not going to matter. But if you do pee, like Paul said, you just marked the territory. Strong foreign smells and game animals don't mix well. Robert

October 30, 2001, 10:15 PM	#13
aerod1 Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2000 Location: Garland Texas U.S.A. Posts: 734	I whiz right there. I harvest at least 3 deer a year. The deer seem to pay no attention to it. Jim __________________ NRA Life Member, TSRA Life Member, C&R 03 FFL, Texas LTC Recreational Reloader U.S. Navy Veteran (USS Midway V-1 Division)

October 31, 2001, 12:12 AM	#14
Seronac Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2000 Location: Utah, in the Good ol' US of A! Posts: 316	To those with Mountain Dew or Gatorade bottles: Be careful not to drink from the wrong bottle! :barf: __________________ * "In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children" * "It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two... And those who have not swords can still die upon them." JRRT, LotR Bk. 6, Ch. 5.

November 2, 2001, 12:14 PM	#15
KYE-OAT Senior Member Join Date: July 6, 2001 Location: AR Posts: 121	To dZ......... ...........I have used the same tactic to spoil a competitors' trapline before, as well.....

November 2, 2001, 01:39 PM	#16
Kobra Senior Member Join Date: January 17, 2001 Location: LA - KY (Cajun Hillbilly) Posts: 338	I drank 19 beers the night before a big deer hunt on my uncle's farm and needless to say the sun chased the deer sausage out of me after about 3 hours in the stand with some decent ralphing...oops Saw three deer and then the next weekend, my uncle shot a big buck out of that same stand. He asked if I would come up there sometime and "bait" all of his stands...smarta$$..

November 2, 2001, 08:30 PM	#17
JosephBoeckner Junior member Join Date: August 25, 2001 Location: KS Posts: 159	lol kobra-sounds like u know what ur doing :-p

January 6, 2010, 12:29 PM	#18
cnimrod Senior Member Join Date: September 24, 2009 Location: NJ/NY Posts: 152	I've made mock scrapes with my own urine, haven't shot a deer over one yet but have found deer tracks in them. It is easy enough to do. http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/d...5/e09sp717.htm

January 6, 2010, 12:34 PM	#19
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	I've heard before that deer pay no attention to human urine. There was a website/blog that I saw a couple/few years ago where the guy actually studied it out and he claimed that the deer reacted to his human urine scraps just the same as they did to the real ones. Ever since then, when I'm on stand I just "let it fly". __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

January 6, 2010, 12:49 PM	#20
johnwilliamson062 Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2008 Posts: 9,995	I don't even climb down. Of course I have only been deer hunting two years and my only deer was a fluke buck we woke up/startled while chatting on our way back to deer camp on a very very cold day. Three guns, 15 yards and 5 slugs. Poor thing. At least they were all boiler room and forward.

January 6, 2010, 01:02 PM	#21
Tamara Moderator Emeritus Join Date: March 11, 2000 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 16,002	Deer were hunted to near-extinction east of the Mississippi by guys with muzzle loaders and iron-sighted leverguns who stank of coffee and lye and pee'ed wherever they wanted. Y'all guys are lucky. I just make sure I take care of business before I go out, and silently thank my dad for all those long roadtrips with no stops when I was little that taught me the bladder control of a Spartan. __________________ MOLON LABE! 2% Unobtainium, 98% Hypetanium. The Arms Room: An Online Museum.

January 6, 2010, 02:10 PM	#22
troy_mclure Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2008 Location: gulf of mexico Posts: 2,716	i used to haul a 32oz bottle, but i had a doe walk up to within 5' of me while i was takin a leak on the logging road. i dont much still hunt anymore tho. __________________ There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."

January 6, 2010, 02:58 PM	#23
Old Grump Member in memoriam Join Date: April 9, 2009 Location: Blue River Wisconsin, in Posts: 3,144	Possible kidney infection and pain or let loose, easy decision. Don't drop your load in the creek though, laws against it and we have enough pollution problems. Just don't dribble where you stand, I hate muddy feet and it won't smell right when your boots warm up at home. __________________ Good intentions will always be pleaded for any assumption of power. The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern will, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters. --Daniel Webster--

January 6, 2010, 05:25 PM	#24
22-rimfire Senior Member Join Date: February 19, 2005 Location: Tennessee Posts: 5,323	Bottle comes in handy. I honestly don't think it matters if you urinate by your stand but I would prefer to error on the conservative side. Anything thing that reduces the amount of movement is a good thing on a stand.

January 6, 2010, 09:30 PM	#25
fisherman66 Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2005 Location: The Woodlands TX Posts: 4,679	I used to carry a big Gatorade bottle, but still waters run deep so I switched to a 4 deep tennis ball can. __________________ la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!