I have two APIs...There are 2 reasons an API is a better stand for a gun hunter...

1) The rest, mine both have a removable, padded rest that is a rail tye rest...
Several years ago, Summit had a dinky Y-type gun rest, but you couldn't change the elavation like you can on the API...

2) It is easy to lock an API to the tree...Buy 4 long shank locks, remove the pins that go through the climbing chain and replace with the locks, if someone steals it, they have to cut the chain or the frame of the stand...