To me the proper heighth for a deer stand is one of two things, the heighth that you can see all the trails/field you want to is the first, and second is as high as you are comfortable with. I have hunted out of a stand that was 40 ft up that was overlooking a field and a nice runway and was fine with that, but it was a well built permanent stand. In a climber or portable stand due to not being able to stand and walk a little bit I don not like them any higher than 20-25 feet. High is nice as long as you are not worried about slipping or falling when taking a shot, if you feel safe in a stand than it is at the right height. Always wear a safety harness, more than half the hunters killed this year in Va. died from falling out of a stand.
The Tazman