ORIGINAL: MossyOak722
I personally have both. I have an older API climber and 3 or 4 hang out stands. A month or so ago i bought two hunter's view razorback stands and a 20 climbing stick(one for me and one for my gf to sit with me in haha)...i love them. if you have an area where you see deer consistently its nice. you carry it all in once and can movie it if needed. it only takes me like ten-fifteen minutes to hang the sticks and the stand and its pretty quiet. i love the stands bc they have a large platform. i likemy climber tho. if you are in a situation where you will be moving alot then its convenient. but remember ud be hauling something extra in on ure back eachtime. to and from the woods. they can be loud. take time to put up. also i noticed i sweated a lot more carry it in which is a problem with scent. but it gives u the option to explore different parts of the property without the halse of moving stands each time...thats what i see as the ups and downs of both...hope that helped
Sounds like solid advice. I think maybe I'll go check some spots real quick and make sure there are some trees that have few enough branches to work with a climber. Then I'll probabally get the $50 climber. If I use it and decide I want a hang-on or a high-quality climber, hell, I'm only down $50, and I'll have a spare climber that I wouldn't worry too much about being stolen, and a free safety harness.
Oh, and I'm just going to leave the climber at the base of the tree where I hunt. The spot is actually only a couple hundred yards from my house. If someone wants to risk getting caught in order to steal a $50 stand, oh well... They had better hope they don't get caught
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