Height of your stand is personal but alot depends on available cover and wind direction. I have taken deer with my bow from the ground to twenty five feet up. If I have alot of cover I often don't climb as high. Late in the year when most of the foilage is gone and the woods are skinny, I'll climb to between 18 and 25 feet. You gotta play the wind, the higher you go the more your shot angle increases on your close range shots. Remember, if you can see the deer's eye, they can detect you. Sometimes deer will spook and we are not the cause, often we are, play the wind and use your cover. Have a great season. WEAR A SAFETY HARNESS!!!!!