Originally Posted by
cayugad
I was in the city the other day and looked at a real nice ladder stand. It held 300 pounds, and weighed 42 pounds and was 15 feet up. Where I live that is all that is needed. Best of all was the ladder get off platform. It had rails to grip and spin into the seat. Very handy for old knees when they have to turn on snow covered platforms. It was under $200.00 and looked nice. I could even picture the tree to put it in. But these new ground blinds I bought after season are so nice to just put up and sit.
Good luck to you in the part of the season you decide to hunt. And if your area is like mine, even though its posted land.. better chain that thing down good.
On our land pretty much all we use are ladder stands - most of them 15 - 17 feet high, and we have one we call the "Cadillac Stand" that is 20 feet high and comfortable enough to sit up in it all day, nap, etc. I believe we have 5 ladder stands right now plus 1 clip-on. If you have your own land, they are the way to go IMO. I would agree about chaining them down too - even though our land is posted, we had one ladder stand mysteriously walk away on its own one year...