How long you sit?

How long you sit in the treestand ?  Let's assume you've seen no deer and wind, weather are good.
 
For me, the first week I stay as long as possible.  I get a little jumpy around 11 but always try to stay until 12.
 
Mid-season, I try to stay until 11, sometimes I get down earlier.
 
The pre-rut, rut, I try to stay as long as possible.  I can make it to about 1:00 or until I'm completely oblivious of my surroundings.  What's the secret to staying in a tree all day ?  There are very few guys that stay up from daylight to dark.  We got any here? 

Early season I tend to hunt till about 9:30 in the a.m. and back out about 4:30.
 
Early november I hunt all day (I take a week off).  If a stand is hot I will stay in it all day or until the wind changes.  If the action is so-so I usually move to another stand at midday just to break up the boredom, but I stay in the woods all day.
 
How to sit all day??  It is tough to do.  No secrets just do it.

The first 2-3 weeks of archery, I will usually sit from 45 minutes before daylight until around 10am. I'll go to my parents' house, take a nap, shoot my bow, and get a bite to eat, take a shower in scentaway soap, and be back out by 4:30-5:00pm.
 
Last week of october and early nov., I usually start staying out the majority of the day, although I still go home, to get a bite to eat, and take a shower (my parents house is a 15 minute fourwheeler ride from where I hunt).  If I dont take a break, I get very distracted and have a lot of trouble focusing. Not to mention I nearly always switch to a different stand in the evening anyway.
 
What do I do to stay alert in the stand to avoid boredom? Well, anticipation of what may come by helps. Other than that, I dont do much except some calling. I watched "the truth about bowhunting 4" a few days ago, and noticed that one of the guys was reading a book a few minutes before he killed a nice one. Maybe I should try that one this year. But, then again, I usually fall asleep after reading; so, it may not be a good idea.

i usually sit till about 9:30 to 10 AM, and get out usually around 3:30,4 in the early season but in the mid season and rut i stay out as long as i can. Its hard because i have school everyday and football most weekdays but i get my time in ne way i can. I have the advantage of having my best stand a  5min walk away from my house so i sometimes only get out 1.5hrs to and hour....but so far for the three whole years of archery i have had i have gotten 2 does so its not that bad.

Those are about the same hours for me.. You can always try a little stalking and calling to break up the boredom of mid day..I usually don't see a lot of deer movement in the middle of the day. With one exception the last week. I swear these mature buck around here go almost totally nocturnal this time of year. You have a very small window in the morning and evening. I prefer the morning hunt. I think you have a better chance at catching him getting back to his bedding area late. During that last week or two when they are running around with a woody all bets are off. We all know how stupid we get when running around with a woody..lol

Early season, mornings suck ill stay till about 10. Then Ill come back about 3 if the weather is cool enough.

last week of oct on, ill stay all day. I do have a comfortable treestand which helps me stay, rather then taking a nap at home or eating lunch at home, I do both in the tree. You wouldnt believe how many bucks I shot waking up from a nap in the tree. Last year, I opened my eyes just as the buck was coming down the drag line. First buck I ever shot, I opened my eyes cause i heard leaves crashing.

One thing I have in my backpack is a small handheld blackjack game. Need to buy a few others, they help take up time. Its camo'd with tape, I camo everything from water bottles to scent killer bottles. Its the details that pay big dividends!

Since I hunt both MD and PA I have started my archery season.  It is normally real hot yet in mid Sept and early Oct so I sit from 1hr before daylight to around 9-11 depending on movement and temperature and bugs.  Then I go back out again depending on weather anywhere from 4-5:30 on work days until dark.  As it gets cooler I will sit longer and normally see more movement.  I try to sit all day come prerut through the rut but sometimes change locations around lunch time and eat my carry in lunch.

Good luck out there, I have alreay passed on two easy shots to get bigger deer, love this time of year.  Got to run, heading to the woods right now.

Came home this weekend to do some scouting. Crawled up my tree about 6am (2B) no bow, although I have a tag, too hot.  I was equipped with a camera, first light I saw a mom and 2 fawns.  Anyways, 7:30 comes and I see a guy walking through thickets, making an insane amount of noise, carrying a cross-bow.  I decided to sit for a little longer and at about 8:15 another one comes walking by me(at least he was on a trail) carrying a cross-bow.  The second one looked kinda like elmer-fudd....I wish those 2 would have read your guys posts and tried to sit for at least 2 hours.  I dont know what they thought but your not gonna stalk a deer in woods that thick especially with how green everything is.  Im not gonna be too happy if these clowns do the same to me next weekend when I have a bow in my hands.
 
P.S. Normally I would have stayed til about 10