If you want something sturdy.... this is built on 4x4 posts and then left over deck material. I built the platform big enough that I could put a cloth blind on it. I added the side 2x4's and rails so I could lean against the walls of the blind when I fall asleep in the chair I carried up there. Then you take your shooting sticks up there and basically sit concealed and protected from the wind. I had deer walk right under the ladder of that platform and never knew I was up there.

This is not something you want to move around. I used the winch on my 4 wheeler to raise it into the tree where it then locks in place to the tree. So for me it was the cost of the two 4x4 posts and each board is attached with liquid nail adhesive and then deck screws so they do not squeak or make any noise.

This spring we took it down before the rains and moved it to my friends farm on the edge of a hay field. So it should be an interesting stand as deer constantly move across that field in the late afternoon...