Stand Height
 

How high do you hunt when "chasing" whitetails?

Ah yes, the off-season polls, dont'cha love them?

Me, I hunt between 15 and 20 feet.

I hunt from a ground blind as well, but I prefer treestands.

RE: Stand Height
 

"How high do you hunt when "chasing" whitetails?

Ah yes, the off-season polls, dont'cha love them?

Me, I hunt between 15 and 20 feet.

I hunt from a ground blind as well, but I prefer treestands"




Icouldnt have said it betterI also hunt from a blind but stands seem to work better.

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15-20 ,you really dont need to go higher theres enough cover in my area as long as your scent free and dont move alot i see no reason to go any higher in my opinion

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Jamie, that's why I love hunting in Washington.

More often than not I have too much cover in my trees and have to cut out a lot in order to see.

Man I love the Evergreen State. :D

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The higher the better for me just can't high enough l o l.
Really it depends on the tarain like if I'm between two ridge lines then I'll set my stand as high as 32 ft.
I know it sounds crazy and the shooting angle might be in question, I try to avoid that kind of thing.
Some times it might be the only tree or spot you have to work with.

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Usually 20-25' when foliage and lay of land allows.

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I usually go up to 12-15.

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try to get about 22 feet off the ground when in a tree

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It depends on the tree canopy/terrain/obstructions. I've hunted White Oak flats that you needed to be close to 30' high to be out of view. Trees were like telephone poles with a 50' leaf canopy - wide open with no undergrowth.

There are other places where I can be completely hidden at 15' in a double- or triple-trunked tree. Every stand placement is different - and you have to make sure that you have an unobstructed shot, and can see into fields/hollows/benches/etc... Sometimes those intangiblesdictate your stand height as well.

On average, I'm about 21 feet from platform-to-ground. That's when my usual gear retriever runs out of rope. (24 ft, hooked to my waist).

RE: Stand Height
 

Got everything from 6'up in anapple tree, a 10' highplatform, a 15' ladderstand, a 20' platform, to a 35' platform.

The 6' is just a tie-on seat in a dense apple tree. Really nothing more than a blind on the edge of a swampy area.
The 10' is my "regular" stand, set on the edge of a ridge and overlooking a gully. Any higher and I'd only see treetops in 3 directions.
The 15' goes where it needs to, depending on weather.
The 20' is in mature, opentimber and overlooks a brushy area.
The 35' is in old timber and overlooks a field, brush field, creek, etc. and anything less than 25' would leave about a 50yard range of sight. (yes, it is a rifle oply stand. depending on direction, you can see up to 450+/- yards)