Concealing ladder stands...
 

just wondering if the majority of people who use ladder stands brush in the ladder or just leave it exposed and if you think it really makes a difference?

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I would deffinantly brush it in. At least the first ten feet or so.

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I leave mine in the open and have deer walk right next to the ladder. It probably does help that I try to put my ladder stands in the middle of a group of trees so the other trunks help hide the ladder.

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Brushing in the first 10' or so, would take me right up to my seat. LOL!!!

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You can buy some really cool magnetic 3D leaf strips at Bass Pro for pretty cheap. Click the link.

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I take and cut off small cedar trees or branches and run them up each side of the ladder and attach with wire ties. I brush in the top too. It looks like a birds nest when I am done. Breaks up my outline pretty good. Also the cedar and pine boughs that I use help as a cover sent.

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Get yourself some heavy duty zip ties or rope and affix smaller branches up the ladder to help break up the outline. Just be careful it doesn't impede climbing. Also, 10 feet up should work if you have the right cover but, last year,I felt naked when hunting from my two man ladder standwhere the platform is 13 feet off the ground and I had decent cover. So this year, I've folded down the shooting rail and put a 3d leafy skirty all the way around. It shuts out the opportunity to make real close shots. But I figure I'll get more opportunities this way.

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I brush mine in with limbs attached by zip strips.

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I was thinking about using some of that fake vine stuff that they use is floral arangments…..you guys kow what I’m talking about? I think they sell it at Michael’s or in the craft department at Wally Word? Anybody ever use this stuff to brush a ladder??

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I try my best to brush all my stands up as good as possible!!

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Oak leaves stay on the longest.

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what you can do is find some old plastic xmas trees and zip strip the stems to the ladder stand. I was always goign to do this and you can sometimes pick some up at garage sales and stuff pretty cheap.

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I set my ladder stand back behind 2 tree's and mounted it on the 3rd tree and you can hardly see it there,I also left most of the lower branches on the 2 front tree's to hide the stand even better.I have had several deer walk right past the stand when I was Turkey hunting and Coyote hunting at different times of the year...Oh yeah and my trail camera is only about 20 yards away from it and I have had plenty of deer pictures too!

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i've onlyhunted 1 season with my ladder stand (last year) and didn't have it brushed in at all. i've had deer walk within 10 yards of me, practically right underneath me several times. i think the trick is to have it in place well before the season so the deer get used to seeing it and don't consider it a threat. it's an inanimate object and as long as you don't get it all scented up, it probably won't phase them.

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I don't brush them in at all and have deer under it and next to it constantly.. Got to put it in long time before opening day though so they are used to it.

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I used to camo paint them but now I do nothing and I have never seen a deer that it bothered. Ladder stands is all I use. I have 12 out on my 135 acres. I don't pull them at the end of the season. The deer are just used to them I guess. Killed 2 P&Y's last year out of newest one.

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camo paint mine but i feel the more brush the better due to the fact that lastyear i moved my stand to a new location with less brush around me and i saw less deer and i feel that the stand stuck out like a sore thumb so its moving back to the old spot where i have had deer walk under it o and its a huge 2 person stand so i burlap the top of it