How high do you sit?
#13
Early season when there is still a lot of foilage I hunt between 18 -25 feet up.
After the leaves fall, I go up another 5 feet. I beleive the higher you can go up the better chance you have of the wind currents displacing your odor.
After the leaves fall, I go up another 5 feet. I beleive the higher you can go up the better chance you have of the wind currents displacing your odor.
#15
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Southern Maine
Posts: 20
My stand this year is 26 feet up, but the trail I am hunting over is up on a incline so I am realistically only 15 above that. I was tempted to go higher but... I am going to see how this goes first. I should have the wind in my face most the time in that stand anyways and its a 30 yard shot to the back side of the trail.
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 320
It all depends on the amount of cover and expected range of my shots. Most of the areas that I hunt have heavy cover and since most are publicly owned, I'm unable to do a lot of lane clearing, etc. So I usually sit 15-20 feet up. If I went higher than that I wouldn't be able to get a shot (would be shooting through nearby tree canopies).