Determining Height
09-17-2007, 10:42 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern MD
Posts: 2,520
RE: Determining Height
I have little markers tied every 10 ft on my pull-up rope so that I can measure from stand to ground. Not that it matters a whole lot as I am only going as high as I think I might need to for each given situation but that is how I do it.
09-17-2007, 10:50 AM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,716
RE: Determining Height
Here's how I do it.
I'm 6' tall, so I stand up next to the tree, and ballpark mark my height. Then, I back up 10 yards or so, andhold my hand out in front of my face (arm extended), usingmy fingers to make agap that's"six feet" tall (put your thumb where your feet were, and your index finger where the top of your head was). Then, I just kinda keep "stacking" my gap, and measure how many 6' increments there are - between the ground and where I want to be. 4 "stacks" is 24 feet for me.
Easy to do, hard to explain. Gets you in the ballpark really easy.
Sometimes you get in some good, tallpole timber, and you might THINK you're 18' up, but then you realize that your 25' rope is too short, and your bow is already dangling below, and you're STILL not in the canopy. LOL
I have a 25' rope, so I like to be between 18-24' - I do the finger trick, and map out where I want to hang - usually there's a knot or branch or something to use as a visual reference. Just hang the stand on, and climb to that point.
I also mark my pull rope, so I can get an accurate measurement once I'm up there.
I'm 6' tall, so I stand up next to the tree, and ballpark mark my height. Then, I back up 10 yards or so, andhold my hand out in front of my face (arm extended), usingmy fingers to make agap that's"six feet" tall (put your thumb where your feet were, and your index finger where the top of your head was). Then, I just kinda keep "stacking" my gap, and measure how many 6' increments there are - between the ground and where I want to be. 4 "stacks" is 24 feet for me.
Easy to do, hard to explain. Gets you in the ballpark really easy.
Sometimes you get in some good, tallpole timber, and you might THINK you're 18' up, but then you realize that your 25' rope is too short, and your bow is already dangling below, and you're STILL not in the canopy. LOL
I have a 25' rope, so I like to be between 18-24' - I do the finger trick, and map out where I want to hang - usually there's a knot or branch or something to use as a visual reference. Just hang the stand on, and climb to that point.
I also mark my pull rope, so I can get an accurate measurement once I'm up there.
09-17-2007, 02:02 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Middletown PA United States
Posts: 3,625
RE: Determining Height
I use a 20' rope to haul my bow up as this is as high as I care to go. All I gotta do is look at it as I climb to see how much slack there is. Depending on where I'm at I only go 15'. Looking at that rope is pretty easy to guage. Been doing it this way for many many years. And I leave the rope attached to the treestand all the time. Just wrap it around the base.
