RE: How high is too high?
Personally.. I like to stay between 12-15 feet.. I have always felt comfortable there. I guess its because a lock on I was hunting in slipped at about 22 feet and i was dangling from a tree. Damn big maple tree. However. If i do hunt in a lock on, I make sure that the stand is secure to the tree and then i add an extra rope ratchet to the bottom of the platform that goes around the base of the tree as well.