okay i went get my trail camera today and its been out all week. i had over a thousand pictures. the he deer never left my feed pile they stayed there for 4 days straight never left. the problem is if they are staying all the time when do i go to my stand without spooking them. my stand is about 50 yards from my feeding area. its not really a problem that the deer are there i jus want some help on how to get there without them knowing.

Wind, terrain, weather, etc all play a factor in what you are asking.

That is illegal here in MN so no experience there. Looks like you might just have to sleep in the feed pile.

We can feed in the Carolinas, but they tend to come in in the evenings at "prime time" to the food sources, usually just before dark. It may be difficult to access in the AM without blowing them out of there, but I imagine you should have a window either midday or early afternoon.

When do the deer return after you place the camera or re-feed? That should give you an idea of how tolerant they may be to your access...if so, you could have someone else drop you off at your stand in the same fashion you feed.

Go quietly when the wind is right. I used to have a stand that I saw deer every time I walked in the field and would just take a seat on the ground about 150 yards away, most of the time it wouldn't spook them and I could continue when they finally left the field.

this has never happined to me either they ussually just come once or twice a day at dawn or at dusk,but my camera has a picture of the deer every 4 minutes all day and night

If they are that attached to the feed...they will spook but they will come back I think.

Dan

I have to agree, mess with the feeder and then climb in your stand while your buddy leaves. We have to do that ALL the time at my grandparents.

If they are that attached to the feeder you can push them out and they will return.

This will work but there is another way to do it if you are alone.
MAKE A LOT OF NOISE, the more the better. Bang stuff, no talking. I used to go to a stand where I would spook the deer. I had the stand with me with a chain in using a binder. I beat the chain on the wood all the way in. I kept it up as I climbed the tree and set the stand. I only got quiet when settled in and an arrow on my bow.
The noise ran off the deer but in no time, a buck would walk right under me looking for the source, step out 20 yards and I would shoot him.
You will NEVER sneak in on a deer, forget it. I have run off deer sneaking in in the dark and had them come back within 10 yards to watch me climb the tree. That will be the end of your hunt. They do not fear you in the dark and will watch you. Too many times I had deer walk past me in the dark, sometimes so close I could reach out and touch them. If they see you climb, they will not go near your stand.
Once in PA I had a deer spot me. She would come up the trail and without looking up, turn and move to the next trail only to come back to the original trail after passing me. I set a dummy in my stand, put another on the other trail. She walked under me and I had meat.
Deer are so easy, I have been in the middle of a herd many times, all of them feeding. I could walk around, kneel down, knock an arrow and get a shot. WHY, because I had them thinking I was just another deer, I fool them. I have had deer standing at my side looking at the other deer, paying me no attention.
Sneak, freeze, NOPE! Act like a deer, stamp your foot, MOVE, never freeze like a predator. Do everything that you see a deer do to you.
Don't walk like a man in the woods either. Learn to walk like an Indian. Walk like a deer. Make the right noise, you will not be quiet.
Once I bumped a deer from her bed. I fooled with her by stamping my foot, moved my head back and forth. She came back to her bed, laid down not 10 yards from me. She was licking her side while I looked at squirrels all around.
I had to go to work so I walked past her, she jumped up, looked at me and I said "HA-HA," I fooled you. Once I left my stand and came upon a herd feeding a field. I acted like a deer, stamped at them, moved. I followed them within 40 yards for 500 yards. I decided to see what they would do so I put down my stand and all of my stuff in the field. I ran like a deer off to the side, breaking branches and snorting or squalling like a deer. I went back for my stuff and the deer were all still right in front of me, feeding.
I learned the deer my very first year hunting them, wrote a book and was rejected, not a famous name! Watch your videos, none of them know the animal. You really need a deer 10 feet from you with no concern to understand.

YES, YES, YES, now you have what I have been saying. Never SNEAK. Make noise. They expect that. They will move clear and ignore stuff but will come back.
So many of you understand, that is good.

Jim, I now know your "secret" for being so successful at deer hunting - you have several herds of retarded deer on your property.

When you pass yourself off as a deer during the rut - you better keep checkin 6.

Mud, unless you're on public land or have a problem with thievery, I would invest in a feeder with a timer on it so there isn't corn there 24 hours a day. It's far easier to slip in to a stand an hour or so before the feeder goes off. Once game is conditioned to the time the feeder activates they will generally be in the area but won't be right in the middle of your stand until after it goes off.

430 man if that works for you then by all means keep doing it.

430 man how many times has that method worked for you ? haha that sounds like a crazy idea to even try not saying it wouldn't work. i'm not saying anything bad about it im jus wondering what made you even think of trying that

You need to come to Mississippi!!!!!! Our deer might give you a challenge! I'm not doubting your methods, but would love to see it work on a Mississippi deer.

Those deer must not have a nose on them.

At the risk of having my sanity questioned (more so than usual) I admit that the same thought has often occurred to me. The deer over, esp sambar, evolved with tigers as their primary predators. All their instincts are around silent creeping predators that may spring at them. Go any of us think we move through the bush more silently than a big cat stalking prey? I've also spoken with a lot of forestry workers who all say that when working with machinery, chainsaws etc, they often have deer walking past totally unconcerned.

Despite all that I still try stalking deer as silently as possible. Its just so counter-intuitive to do anything else.

As suggested in a previous response, I would user a feeder if legal in your state. I set a morning and evening throw which has basically trained the deer to make their morning and early evening visits. My feeder throws enough corn to keep the deer around for 30 minutes or so. My set up is positioned away from any bedding area so the feeder location encourages the deer to move on after the corn is gone. Allows me plenty of time to change out a camera card or maintain the feeder.