Do you get HIGH?
 

What is the highest you will go ( have hunted ) in a tree stand. Is there a minimum height you will hunt from before you consider the stand useless?

I'm talking climbing and hang on stands.... not towers.

I usually hunt at about 20-25 ft. But I will relate this story to you all. Here in Arkansas we have a mountain called Mt. Nebo. My cousins belonged to a deer club that leased land on the side of the mountain. They invited me to hunt with them one year and upon arriving at camp they immediately took me out so I could put my ol' man climber on a tree, mark it with my GPS and find my way to it in the dark the next morning. I picked out a tree on top of a ridge, marked the location, and we left. They dropped me off the next a.m., still dark, and I made my way to my climber. I got settled in and started climbing and stopped when I figured I was high enough. Imagine my suprise when the sun began to rise and I am almost in the clouds. I had, in the pitch dark, underestimated the rate at which I was climbing. I was dang near 50 feet above the ground. I had deer milling around directly under my tree. I was so high that when my cousins came to get me, I kept my mouth shut, and they thought they were in the wrong spot and left to go find me.LOL BTW. yes, it did scare the bejezzes out of me initially.

RE: Do you get HIGH?
 

15-18 feet max.

RE: Do you get HIGH?
 

No, not really it's illegal, just kidding.:DI usually don't go past 20ft, I don't like too much angle.

RE: Do you get HIGH?
 

My utility rope is 20 ft long and i climb until that runs out of slack so 20 ft i guess.

But I have a couple of 15 ft ladder stands. but i really dont like being that low.

RE: Do you get HIGH?
 

I'm usually in the 20' range. Monday night when I put a doe down, I was probably 27-30' simply because I was kinda in the open and there was no canopy to hide me.

RE: Do you get HIGH?
 

All my loc ons hang between 20-25 feet. When I use my climber I climb until I feel the bow come off the ground using my 25' tow rope. Of course this is if the terrain and foliage allow.

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15 feet

RE: Do you get HIGH?
 

Some where in the rang of 20-25ft

RE: Do you get HIGH?
 

20-25 for me as well. Sometimes a little higher if necessary.

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my sticks are 20 feet and my seat is at the top of the sticks so my platform is probably 18 ft.