i leave my climber in the woods most of the season. this way it doesn' t pick up any unnatural scents in my apartment. i have a magnum buckshot. its great. i bought the locks and the only way u can steal this stand it to cut the arms off, making it useless. sometimes i take the seat out of the woods but not often. it makes it a lot easier than trying to set up the stand early in the morning in the dark. rains wash any unnatural scent away and i put branches over it too...just for some more camo.....goodluck this season