hang on and climbing sticks
10-22-2006, 12:42 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,200
RE: hang on and climbing sticks
I just got done haging to stands with climbing sticks. I always hang my stands about 2 weeks before I plan on hunting them, but there is a little noise to them. And if you have to walk to far, then the stick will get real old after a few hundred yards.
10-22-2006, 12:47 PM
#3
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: White Plains, MD
Posts: 77
RE: hang on and climbing sticks
All mine are hangons and climbing sticks except for twoladder stands that I inherited from a friend, I've got about 15 altogether...enough. SportsmansGuide usually has good 20' sticks for about $35, then at the end of the season I'll usually find good stands on sale for $70-$80....I've been buying about 3 a season but will probably stop after this season since I have enough for my needs......I just need to repalce the last two really crappy stands I had bought at Dick's Sporting Goods that were $25 each. Then I also have two climbers, one of which is a cheapy Ascent that I usually leavein the woods (I only hunt private property) ....sometime's if I've been busted in a stand I'll use the climber 20 yards away and a little higher......
10-22-2006, 12:56 PM
#5
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: White Plains, MD
Posts: 77
RE: hang on and climbing sticks
I've never used them to be mobil, a climber will get you 20-25' up in a fraction of the time it takes to put up a stick and pull up a hangon and get it fastened. And unless you have an ATV or two people, hauling a stick and a ladder is two trips. I'll scout and find a good spot and put up the stand, which is over a food plot, a feeder or a travel route. If it's a good location I'll leave it there from season to season, just loosend it up in May or Apr and tighten it back down and freshen it back up in Aug unless it needs to be adjusted, I've also adjusted several from 10 to 30 yards from where I initially put them within a season. I 've usualy taken one or two a year down and move them somewhere else. You can usually find a cheap climber on sale for $99
10-22-2006, 01:33 PM
#6
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: IOWA/25' UP
Posts: 7,145
RE: hang on and climbing sticks
ORIGINAL: spur0701
I've never used them to be mobil, a climber will get you 20-25' up in a fraction of the time it takes to put up a stick and pull up a hangon and get it fastened. And unless you have an ATV or two people, hauling a stick and a ladder is two trips. I'll scout and find a good spot and put up the stand, which is over a food plot, a feeder or a travel route. If it's a good location I'll leave it there from season to season, just loosend it up in May or Apr and tighten it back down and freshen it back up in Aug unless it needs to be adjusted, I've also adjusted several from 10 to 30 yards from where I initially put them within a season. I 've usualy taken one or two a year down and move them somewhere else. You can usually find a cheap climber on sale for $99
I've never used them to be mobil, a climber will get you 20-25' up in a fraction of the time it takes to put up a stick and pull up a hangon and get it fastened. And unless you have an ATV or two people, hauling a stick and a ladder is two trips. I'll scout and find a good spot and put up the stand, which is over a food plot, a feeder or a travel route. If it's a good location I'll leave it there from season to season, just loosend it up in May or Apr and tighten it back down and freshen it back up in Aug unless it needs to be adjusted, I've also adjusted several from 10 to 30 yards from where I initially put them within a season. I 've usualy taken one or two a year down and move them somewhere else. You can usually find a cheap climber on sale for $99
10-22-2006, 09:59 PM
#8
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location:
Posts: 69
RE: hang on and climbing sticks
I just got the lone wolf sit and climb and I love it. How much does that weigh hardcore? I think the best atvantage would be being able togetdown quickly and quietly if you wanted to go after something or if you droped somethin. a climber makes this a big deal even if it can climb quiet. actually now that I think about it I don't know why I diddn't just do that instead, crap.
I wouldn't wanna try that with screw in steps though.
I wouldn't wanna try that with screw in steps though.
10-23-2006, 11:18 AM
#9
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: White Plains, MD
Posts: 77
RE: hang on and climbing sticks
I stand corrected....how much does the whole setup weigh? How many feet is the climbing stick? When I install a hangon I sorta winch it up and tie it off with a rope...do you do that or is the wolf light enough to just carry up?
