RE: free standing stand to shoot from
[align=left]Thanks for the welcome, you guessed right I'm not a hunter, more like crazy country girl with camera.
I dont think I can sit atop a step ladder for very long, my rear isn't that small any longer. I'd be willing to pay the $ in the low side of the range to feel more secure than a I would on a step ladder.
The Monarches like a particular place in a certain tree in the yard. If I could hang about 10 feet out our upstairs window I'd be in the right spot. If I could sprout wings that would help too... lol
I have a 70 - 200mm zoom and I can get an ok pic from the ground, but the angle is not the best. What got me thinking about using a hunting stand was the tree stands they sell at our local menards, but there is not good place for a tree stand in the yard, and I dont imagine my husband will want anything more permenant in the yard all year just so I can shoot butterflies for 1 or 2 weeks a year.. (I doubt I'd want anything more permenant either)
After I got thinking about a stand I got to thinking about there would be a few other uses I'd have for something like that too, I just wasn't sure what to look for, I just knew who to ask.
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