10 reasons why I only use one stand all year
02-18-2008, 06:09 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
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RE: 10 reasons why I only use one stand all year
ORIGINAL: hardcorehunter
Here is some NM pics for you. Where do you think the biggest elk in the world are; certainly not MI. Touche.
ORIGINAL: Sliverflicker
Ha Ha , I thought you was going to say because you live in NM now, and could only find 10 trees to hang it in
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Ha Ha , I thought you was going to say because you live in NM now, and could only find 10 trees to hang it in
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02-18-2008, 06:23 PM
#23
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 106
RE: 10 reasons why I only use one stand all year
you also forgot take down time but i won't factor that into this if you want to just double what i come up with.
15 minutes per hunt
100 hunts per year
1500 minutes wasted on each stand setup per year
=25 hours " "
approx life of a safe permanent home made stand 5-7 years
175 hours for hunting in 5 years
100 permanent stand is more than enough for any acrage of land (except public)
time to setup permanent stand for me - about 15 min. or 50 stands for 30 minutes each.
=1500 minutes/ 25 hours wasted one year and none for the rest of the life of the stands about 5 years
alot less sweat and alot more stealth i'd say especially when you can put your stands up in the offseason
i can understand this for public land but i'm gonna stick with permanent treestands for now.
15 minutes per hunt
100 hunts per year
1500 minutes wasted on each stand setup per year
=25 hours " "
approx life of a safe permanent home made stand 5-7 years
175 hours for hunting in 5 years
100 permanent stand is more than enough for any acrage of land (except public)
time to setup permanent stand for me - about 15 min. or 50 stands for 30 minutes each.
=1500 minutes/ 25 hours wasted one year and none for the rest of the life of the stands about 5 years
alot less sweat and alot more stealth i'd say especially when you can put your stands up in the offseason
i can understand this for public land but i'm gonna stick with permanent treestands for now.
02-18-2008, 06:33 PM
#25
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 106
RE: 10 reasons why I only use one stand all year
I know me too we have 35 on a 120 acre parcel and 10 on a 40 acre parcel and i tagged out before i visited all of them. Also some stands don't need to be moved. We have one that has produced a 140+ deer 4 out of 6 years we only hunt it maybe 3 days during peak rut but does it ever produce and withuot a deer knowing it. Besides most deer only live to maybe 4-5 years longer if ur lucky.
02-18-2008, 06:38 PM
#29
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: westchester, ny
Posts: 678
RE: 10 reasons why I only use one stand all year
I just dont see one single plus to use this "portable" ladder and stand combo. Maneuverability? A climber and minimal searching always produces a suitable tree. Not educating the deer? See previous. Ease of tree selection? Not worth the effort imo. I have fixed stands set up in some of my spots and the effortlessness of just walking in and climbing up is awesome. If I have to move them once or twice during the season, its better than every time I want to hunt. In season scouting/hunting is more than adequately accomplished quietly and with minimal education to the deer with my climber. But to each his own. I guess if you have a system it might not be as bad as it seems.
02-18-2008, 07:03 PM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Damascus MD
Posts: 2,751
RE: 10 reasons why I only use one stand all year
I use bloth climbers and lock ons but I have to say I especially agreewith #1 and 8. I can use sticks and a lock on in many more trees/set upsthan I ever could with a climber.