I've have always used hang on tree stands or ladder stands. I thought about buying a climber for my upcoming 2011 bow season in Kansas. Are climbers a great stand for midwest type trees. Most tree are bare all the way up. Do you guys that use them just cut the limbs off with a saw and just come back to that place with your stand? Or do you just find a good placeand go I'm gonna climb it and hunt there? I 've never used a climber and not sure how technical they have gotten with the modern climbers. Do they have ways were you can go around limbs and what not while your climbing. I just think that it would easier to find a tree that a hang on can fit and just put your sticks/steps and place it up there. I dont know. So pretty much just want to know the pros and cons of a climber more or less vs a Hang on. Im getting my tax return in so I'd like some input. Thanks Daniel