johnl

nice looking stand ,but , nails will loosen after time but if you use lag screws it won't loosen

heeze gutshot shortee

thats slick

the kidd

hey hunter i give you props for that satnd very nice and looks very sturdy one thing though you might want to get some screws in there for extra support but that is a very nice stand do you have like a blue print or instrutions , more piks of that stand because im planning to make one my self and i can use all the help that i can get. good luck and safe hunting

maytom

If you hunt in snowy conditions, one word.....YES!!!! I've been hunting out of home-made ladder stands for years, before finally going to a metalgrating platform to stand on. The snow falls through and you don't get those "little ice balls" on your platform like a wood surface gives you. Then when trying tomake a move, "crunch" one of those little suckers!!
We also build ours out of pressure treated wood to last many seasons.

livbucks

I once made some portable wooden ladder stands for use at my father in laws camp. They were good as long as you hauled them in with a truck. Commercially made ladders are well worth the money because they come apart for packing and last forever if you take care of them. Sometimes, re-inventing the wheel isn't worth it when all is considered. Buying a quality stand is always worth the money compared to other alternatives. Plus, nothing invites trespassers like a permanent stand saying: "here's a good place to hunt!"

Hoythunter1000000

Here is a side photo of the stand. This doesn't tell you much because I had to crop it to get it under 100KB.

MOmightymite

Looks good. I hunt out of one kinda like that for rifle season.

Rack-attack

Must be a red neck thing...................

I wouldn't hunt out of that if you payed me.....................lol.........

The deer around here will walk way around a tree that is scared from a climber............they see it.

That thing stands out like UFO............landing in the lockness

I wouldn't see a deer out of that for 15 yrs

Hoythunter1000000

MAN where I hunt. I may have to push the deer out of my stand just to get in. They couldn't careless about a stand like this. they might be a little leary at first but once it has been there for awhile it's they don't think twice.....

uncle matt

That stand may be VERY SAFE right now cause it's fresh. But there's a really goodreason I only use wood as platforms on my steel tube frames, and won't go in any wood constructed stands......................












WOOD ROTS TOO QUICK!