Man, if I don't get at least 25 foot up in a tree I am way too low. Where I hunt is very open and big tall pines. The humidity makes sure that your scent gets to the ground quickly and there is a good bit of short underbrush so I must get up high enough to shoot down into this stuff. My pull up rope is 30 foot long and I climb until it is tight. Many times I wish I was 40 foot or higher so I could see down into the brush better and shoot over the short shrubbery. If I only climbed 15 foot I would feel like I was sitting on the ground.


FYI, soft bark trees are far easier and safer to climb. The stand bites into soft bark, like pine bark, much much better than hard bark like birch, hickory or oak. If you climb a big pine with thick bark you can dance a jig in the stand and it won't move and shift on you.