I take mine off once I get settled in the tree stand. I bought an extra mount for my Kwikee Kwiver Kwik 3 and mounted it on the side of the tree stand right at my fingertips. One time when I used to hunt with it on the bow and as I came around for the shot, one of the arrows hit a bare part of the stand and that was all it took for that deer to take off. But I think it is pretty much up to each hunters preference.