How many stands do you place?
 

Just wondering how many stand most of you place around your hunting grounds and if you find yourself using them all or just a select few.

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I use my Summit climber so I don' t need to set up a lot of stands but I do pick out several trees in each hunting area and climb them to clear limbs and find the right height and shooting lanes. I like this method because I don' t think you can have too many stand sites but you don' t want to be hanging a ton of stands around plus this would be very costly. Just my 2 cents worth.....

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I have 5 loc-ons and a climber and I use all of them! I wish I had five more though.

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I have 9 fixed position chain on stands and one climber.....I use them all and could use some more......I will probably add one more some time this year.

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I am with Parker, I use a Summit Climber. I have 3 other stands put up other than the climber that I use. I have found the climber to be very successful for mobility. I do have a couple of spots that I know I will be wanting to hunt and that is where I place my ladder stands or hang on stands. I am thinking about a couple more hang on stands for the ease of getting in the woods without having to carry my climber all the time. It is nice to carry in a light load without carrying the climber some of the time.

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My partner and I have close to 30 trees prepared on the
two areas we hunt. We prep all trees during this time of
year, which helps to keep our areas fresh for the fall[:-].
Though we have a dozen hang-ons, the majority of the
time we pack in our stand and hunt it that day, rarely
hunting the same tree more than 3-4 times during the
entire season. Not only does this keep the deer on their
toes...but it helps keep our stands from getting stolen[:@].

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I feel the most important ingredient to a successful bow season, is having as many quality trees set up and ready to go long before the season begins. I now use a climber 90% of the time and like Two Beards, have close to 30 quality locations set up. Just added another great looking stand setup this weekend.

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I also use a summit climber stand and like the other guys pick my trees out before the season opens.this year I got my buck in my 3rd tree not the one I thought I would have good luck in. It was a morning hunt with my son and I being a good dad gave him the (best tree) and sure enough I got the deer. We only had about 3hrs to hunt that day around 7:20 Am it came right up to the stand and looked at me then walked away I had to turn completly around in the tree but got a good 35 yrd shot. He ran right toward my son and went down about 15 yrd from him great day for a short hunt.;)

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I have 4 hang on stands maybe 5 this year. And my brother inlaw and I built 7 permenant ladder stands. We hunt them all depending on time of year and deer sightings.

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I have 10 to 12 permanent stand I use to hunt from. I try not to over use any one stand but at different times of the year, certain stands are hotter than others.
It is tempting to go to that stand time and time again, but you have to give it a break. I am very carefull going to and from my stands. If I bust a deer heading to a stand I may not attempt to hunt from that stand for a week and will try a different approach.

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I have 3 lok-on stands and a bear river climber i use my climber alot but i like the lok-ons so i don' t always have to carry my climber.

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I have seven hang on stands, and they are all up one month before the season.

I usually move a couple of them around during the season.


The majority of nice bucks I have taken were killed the first time at a new stand location.

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We run 12 stands plus my climber. Mostly use ladder stands. My daughter doesn' t like getting in and out of hang ons. This gives us the oppurtunity to not over hunt stand locations. Keeps it interesting too!

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I mainly use a climber, if I' d leave stands out on the places I hunt, they' d walk away. I have one hang on I put out back as a safety net stand if I don' t have time to get to one of my normal places.

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i have 7 perminate stands out now and just got done welding up 2 more. i will be putting them out next week. i also use my climber when i travel.

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I have 11 stands and I use every one. I scout for areas during the late season and winter. I mark the areas on my gps and set all my stands up in late spring for the following bow season in Sep. This way the deer are not disturbed during the actual hunt. By having alot of stands available and set up, you can move according to how the deer are moving with minimal disturbance.

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I use a climber and have 11 trees I use through out the season Sept. -Feb.

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I have one climber and one loc on. I use the climber for bow hunting only. I' ll place the loc on in a good gun spot and leave it. I like to bow hunt in many different places and like the flexability I have with the climber.

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I have a few permanent stands set up and a latter stand, this year im going to get a couple loc on stands though.

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I use a climber 99 % of the time. I do hang some stands for quest and when I' m feeling lazy but they probably don' t get hunted more than once or twice a year by anyone. I pulled 4 from the woods today. I still have one up and one hanging on a tree in the Adirondacks.