RE: Climber phase?
 

Climber is by far my favorite,way more comfortable than hangon, but they both have there places

RE: Climber phase?
 

I really don't mind packing in my API climber. It's pretty light and goes up pretty quick. It's still a lot of work setting up hang on stands, and then if it's not in the right spot you have to take it down and set it up again.

I have a few hang ons out there, mostly in spots that don't have a good climbing tree like around the edges of my food plots.

I also feel safer in my climber than I do in hang ons. Always a doubt in my mind about the steps breaking or a strap tearing in half. Just ask Germ about that last one.

RE: Climber phase?
 

Willie I still have the one you want.:(
I am very bad. Money just has been tight right now.
But it is heavy and thats why I dont use it.
Still want it for a deer call?

RE: Climber phase?
 

Love my climber. I own about eight hangon and a ladder that I never hung this year. I prefer to take my time and set up somewhere different all the time.

RE: Climber phase?
 

IMO climbers are great for when you find that smokin hot sign and you don't want to mess things up by taking the trouble to hang a stand. But I too agree that it gets pretty tiring hauling that thing in and out. I've had several different climbers over the years and my final opinion at this point is Lone Wolf is the easiest to pack in and out but Summit is by far the most comfortable.

Blessings.....Pastorjim

RE: Climber phase?
 

With the exception of two ladder stands, all I use is climbers. I have two Summit Vipers and I love them, but I've hated having to lug them in from the start. It's a price I'm willing to pay, though. I have one "quirk" that prevents me from using hang-ons, and that is that once I've been spotted by any deer, I like to relocate, even if it's only a few yards in any given direction.That's just me, though.

RE: Climber phase?
 

I love my climber.:) It's very compact and light, I can pack it formiles with no problem, I hardlynotice its on my back. If I take my time and go real slow, it takes me about 5 min. from my back, unpacked, on the tree and 20 feet high. I can do it in 2 min. if I get in a hurry.

RE: Climber phase?
 

It's all part of the experience. lol. Seriously, climbers aren't even that much work. Imagine you're me,and will NEVER hunt witha climber(climbers seem to keep me just outside of bowrange everytime) and so therefore have to haul in a portable, treestep system, gear, and bow in the woods every time. In addition, I only hunt public land, so I have to walk 1-2 miles minimum every time I go out to distinguish my efforts from that of the over-crowded, over-hunted part of the woods.

I wish my climber worked for me. Then again, I do wish I had 12 seperate setups like you mentioned...

RE: Climber phase?
 

I have the Summit open-shot, which is very small, light and compact...
I too like the ease of going into your hunting spot and traversing a tree, it sure is convenient!

However, as I gain more spots to hunt in my suburban style of hunting, I find myself preparing more tree's for the climber in my suburban style of hunting.
It has less visual impact for neighbor's and other hunter's running around these small tracts of land.

RE: Climber phase?
 

This is the first year I've used a climber and although it is a workout getting it in I absolutely love it. I figure with all the trees I've sat in this year I would have to buy roughly 30 ladder stands to sit in all of the trees I used. I've actually went to an area, cut my shooting lanes and some limbs on the tree I climbed and had 4 bucks and 4 does under my stand at first light. I don't worry about the noise if you get in there early enough.