AR Bowhunter

20 feet or more.

nodog

They hate me too. D*** things.

nodog

Come on man there is no set hight. What ever it takes to drill the beast your after. Most of the time it's up there but if you always go by that you may screw yourself. Situation dictates.

What ever it takes, what ever it takes. Good hunting!

Matt/TN

i HATE being lower than 20ft. But thats just me

ash2042

I like to be around 18 feet, but if the cover is there I will hang the stand lower.

archer58

If you can't find anything but a naked tree, I go about 18-20 ft.
If I have background cover , especially in a pine of some type, 12-15 ft. would be fine. A pine also provides season long cover.
The trick to a lower stand height is breaking up your outline and moving slowly when u draw.
Try a pine w/ lots of low limbs if you're affraid of heights.

bloodcrick

IM a 20 footer, but my son is still leary of heights yet, and he hunts 12' in ladder stands with no problems at all and kills deer. If you have a good background it helps alot as well as brushing in the stand as well. as mentioned hills are an issue as well.

Dr Andy

12-15ft. my area has a lot of low lying cedars,if you go much higher you might not see the ground!

bowtechcommander

it all depends on what im hunting if im deer hunting i like to be about 12 feet or so for bow hunting and about 9 feet for gun depending on the wind and situation also. when i bear hunt i like to be right in close. this past year i was in a ladder about 8 feet off the ground while bear hunting. and i sat there for about an hour and had a real big sow probably 325#+ she was huge and she had two cubs with her. definatly real up close and personal its kinda of a scary feeling. but its your personal prefrence were ever you kill more animals

demoIL

I say 15ft. min. But I don't have one ladder stand that is below 20ft. I usually push my climers higher than that.