ORIGINAL: mobowhuntr
I hunt a property that has a few permanent stands, but I RARELY use them. Others do, but not me. I may be making this up, but I think the deer notice a change when someone is in it. Maybe not, but that's my theory. I just think the deer become conditioned to avoid permanent stands.
For the time and money it takes to build a good stand......why not buy a comfortable climber, say a Summit or such, and be more versatile, stealthy and not educate the deer.
You know mobo, we could build permanent platforms and put our Double bulls on them. or we could just