how high?
#22
RE: how high?
Usually 15 - 20 feet. It depends on the area and the cover situation. I've gotten busted at 15 feet, especially when I was in a tree without much cover. 18 - 20 feet seems to be the best height most times - low enough that your shot angle isn't too extreme, but high enough that you usually won't get busted, especially if you got some cover.
#24
RE: how high?
I hunt in a wooded (oak, hickory and pine, mostly) mountain area and hunt anywhere between 10' and 18' to the platform, using my Lone Wolf stand and sticks or a Summit self-climber, depending on cover, location on the mountain, where the deer are likely to come from, etc.
#25
RE: how high?
Someone bring this thread back from the dead from last season???
15-20 ft.
Did hunt once at 10 ft, yeah it was crazy, but it's all I had in a spot that produced DAILY, so I dealt with it. Really wasn't too bad, really didn't get busted at all. Hunted it for two years until it was stolen.
15-20 ft.
Did hunt once at 10 ft, yeah it was crazy, but it's all I had in a spot that produced DAILY, so I dealt with it. Really wasn't too bad, really didn't get busted at all. Hunted it for two years until it was stolen.
#30
RE: how high?
For the exception of one ladder stand all of mine are at least 20 ft. I have one that is about 28ft. The tall one is located at the bottom of a ridge in a creek bottom so I have to be extremely high not to get spotted by deer coming down the ridge.