Definitely get a stand that is portable. You will want to be able to move where the deer are and you can't do that with a permanent stand. Just think of this....you're sitting in one of your permanent stands on opening morning and you see all the deer in the area using a trail 70 yards from your location. Other than using a ground blind, you're stuck. You want the mobility to move around on your hunting grounds. Two years ago I was hunting in my climber in my favorite spot. I didn't do any pre-season scouting because I know the area like the back of my hand. But for some reason, the deer were detouring around my stand site. Around lunch time I got down and did a little snooping. Here a big tree had fallen down right across the trail and this forced the deer around me. I moved my stand for the evening hunt and took a nice buck. If I hadn't been able to move my stand, I'd be cursing the hunting gods today.