RE: Ladder Stands
 

ladderstands are gr8...if you want to buy about 30 of them and go to all of the work of lugging them out and setting them up...you should zip strip evergreens to the ladder rails and brush them in though...too many people just put them out and they look like hell just sitting there. Yea..sure deer get used to them..but how about the big buck cruising through the woods in the rut and sees one not blended in? A handful of zipstrips and some limbs and brush attached is the way to do it imo.
But the way to do it is to Get a hangon, sticks, a linesmans belt, and it is a safe way to hunt, and the way to be a deer killing machine.

RE: Ladder Stands
 

I have always hunted from the ground, stalking and sitting, just waiting for that buck to show itself.
This year I will be trying out a ladder stand and i do not think it will be to bad of an idea.. Time will
tell next hunting season though..;)

RE: Ladder Stands
 

im with hardcore, get some pine branches and blend it in. ladders are work, but worth it.

hang-on's are nice, but i leave"nothing" in the woods. only exception is deer guts.

RE: Ladder Stands
 

i only use ladders but a hangon is in my future because of the $$$

RE: Ladder Stands
 

You can brush them in if it makes you feel better but it doesnt matter in the least. I've hunted out of them for years and I've had deer walk under the ladderand all around many, many, times. A ladder doesnt mean anything to a deer.

RE: Ladder Stands
 

been using Ladder stands sinceI don't know when. When I can't get them close to whereI want with my JeepI have a 2 wheel deer hauler I strap them to.I have ladders 8' to 15'& they all work great-lower you just have to move a little slower. I've killed 2 Whitetails in Iowa this year at 10 feet up (1 at 25 yds 7 one at 5 yds) & 2 Hogs in Oklahoma at 15' (1 at 10 yds & 1 at under 10 yds.).I have taken several Whitetails at 10& 12 feet.I don't worry about the platform-I always shoot sitting down. i have a couple double stands & they are great-you can lay all your gear next to you orI have one of my kids go with so they can enjoy the hunt also.
Idon't brush them in & I have no problems with ANY deer walking close.I filmed a small buck walk 10 feet past me (10 feet up) to another small Buck 15 yds. from me & filmed them fight. Wind was pretty stedy from me to them-If it's not swirling, I have little winding problems.I have hang ons& findI don't put them more than 12 feet anyway.

RE: Ladder Stands
 

Biggest thing is use what you are comfortable with. I love lock ons and ladders.

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What do you guys do to keep people from hunting out of your ladder stands when you are not there? I gun hunt as well out of tower/box stands around field edges or cutovers and I have had to put locking doors on all to keep people out when I'm not around.

RE: Ladder Stands
 

I like em all. I brush mine in with zip ties and cedar limbs. Doubt it matters, cedars popping up there over night are just as odd as a ladder there. I think ladders are easier to use personally. I can set one up and have it hidden in no time.