Treestand height for archery
01-19-2012, 01:14 PM
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Montana
Posts: 750
I think you just need to try a comfortable height for you. The deer will let you know if you are high enough. If you keep getting busted, move your stand a little higher. Of course once a deer does catch you, they will be looking for you next time in same tree. Where I use to hunt in Iowa I swear the deer would fall in a hole if you dug one in the trail since they all seem to walk around looking up.
02-20-2012, 04:57 PM
#16
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 7
Like bronko said, depends on the cover. Here in the northeast I usually sit about 14 feet. Any higher and the tree cover blocks out most shooting lanes. I will even sit at ten feet if that's where I have the best shots. Situations dictate the height, and only experience will be the best answer.
02-21-2012, 01:28 PM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 113
My lowest stand is 22 foot and that is a skyscraper ladder stand. When im in a climber I never sit anything less than 25 foot moslty for scent control and cover. I very seldom get pick off while hunting. Although the most important thing is sit at a height were you feel comfortable and safe!
02-21-2012, 02:59 PM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 1,462
All depends on cover and background. One of my best stands is a 15 ft ladder with a 6 ft diameter oak behind me. The deer come in right up to the bottom of the stand but with the solid background I have yet to be busted. I prefer putting my stands on or close to Oaks. They hold their leaves well past hunting season in my area and keep my covered up quite well. If you are using hang ons or ladders, I'd pick trees that have branches going in all directions. Oaks are really good for that with knots and such on them. If you are using a climber I'd rec'd going a little bit higher since you wont have the limbs to be breaking up your cover. If you can find some cedars or smaller oaks near some bigger trees that is your best bet. I love cedars in front of my stand, they really help you blend in. Just my two cents....
02-25-2012, 03:17 PM
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Helenville WI USA
Posts: 900
I have noticed a lot of people dont set there stand height appropriate to the distance of the shot.
Some guys always hunt high, or always hunt low rather than thinking about where they are best concealed, have the proper air current, and most of all, where they will perform the best shot placement.
The higher you are in the tree, and the closer you are to the deer, the more severe of an angle, and the more likely to achieve a dreaded "one lung hit"....
Some guys always hunt high, or always hunt low rather than thinking about where they are best concealed, have the proper air current, and most of all, where they will perform the best shot placement.
The higher you are in the tree, and the closer you are to the deer, the more severe of an angle, and the more likely to achieve a dreaded "one lung hit"....