I would buy a climber, and forget hanging stands. PM me if you need some inside info on that. I love hunting places unscouted. It's not as hard as you think. Learn to read tracks. Forget the scraps and rubs, learn the tracks. It's very easy to do go to a state park a few days in a row and scout for the deer. Go back the next day and study the tracks you saw for the deer the day before and look for new deer. Then repeat for as long as time allows. learn what new tracks look like, 3 hour old track, 12 hour,24, 36....It really does work wonders.