I spoke with Del Austin at a hunting show, he holds the P&Y non-typical world record. He said his stand was about 6 feet off the ground when he killed that buck. The reason being that he didn't have a ladder and that's as high as he could reach to hang it.

My point is that yes, it would be nice to be able to get higher but if that's the best spot on your lease to see deer and that's as high as you can hang it at that spot then there's nothing more you can do so just hunt. Let us know how it goes.