Guys,

I purchased an API Baby Grand Slam and set it up today. It turned out that I have Oaks near my feeder so I went with a fixed position stand. Now, here are my new questions <smile>

I spent the day clearing a shooting lane to my feeder and removing all branches around me. The tree itself is pretty thick but barren of cover so I am quite visible -- especially since it directly faces my shooting lane/feeder. Do I care about lack of canopy cover if I am well camo'd and use scent elimination?
Also, the tree reaches about 10 feet in height before it forks into two new thick limbs. I set up an 8ft ladder (the box says they're climbing sticks) on one side of the tree and then set up my stand to the ladder's left -- how I get on the stand is another story. This means that my stand is about 8-9 feet off the gound. Do I care about the shortness of height? No other tree offered the straight-ness nor line of sight to my feeder as this one. You guys have been very helpful before and I hope you guys can help me again.

Thanks all


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