How high is high enough?
 

How high do you usally hang your tree stand? Do deer ever see you up in your stand? Do the deer in your area look up? Is it heavily hunted?

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If the tree allows me I like to get at least 20' high.

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I usually hang mine anywhere from 14 to 20 feet. Much higher and you create difficult angles to complete a shot.

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I also try to keep my stand between 15'& 20' because of the shooting angle,though I have on occasion hung them above 25'. The amount of cover around the stand to break things up is a determining factor as to how high I hang a stand.


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Howdy Makoto.I let the paticular hunting situation dictate how high I will place my stand.Where I generally do most of my hunting,it's pretty heavy with foliage during early season.Getting up pretty high will decrease my ability to see deer coming in until they are nearly on top of me.Therefore,early on I will often hunt lower than most of the season.As leaves drop and the canopy begins to open up some,I tend to climb/place my stands a little higher.There are pros and cons to consider concerning height of stand placement.The higher you get,the chance of a deer winding you as he comes into bow range decreases and the more movement you will be able to get away with.The downside of increases in height is that it creates a much sharper angle to shoot at,which may make a double-lung hit near to impossible without the arrow hitting heavy bone.
All this being said,I generally place my stands at a hunting height of 15-25 feet(with 18-22 being the most common).Hope this helps.Good huntin'.........whack<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

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18-25 feet the deer look up especially if the get wind of you.

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When I hunt from a treestand I'm usually anywhere from 18 to 25 feet. The trees I will be in are tall pine with mixed oak. I try to pick out a tree that I can get just under the canopy and my outline is broken up by surrounding trees. I also don't want to be in direct sunlight as the sun makes it way across the sky.
And yes, I've been made by deer/elk in my stand. It's occurred when I have not been prepared and excessive movement on my part blew my cover. For the last ten years or so I have practiced being able to shoot accurately from a sitting position, and now most of my hunting shots from a tree are taken in this position. It all depends on the situation.

&quot;Hunt smart, know your target and beyond&quot;

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I like to hang my stands between 15 and 20 feet high, depending on the stand site.

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I like to hang my stands between 15 and 20 feet high, depending on the stand site.

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This past year was my first so i didn't like going that high but i'm getting used to it now so i take it about 17feet maybe because the deer look up here because they are smart very smart

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20 ft I find is the max I will go with a bow due to shot angle and the canopy, for gun the higher the better as long as the canopy does not interfere. The canopy is the most important consideration for bow.

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My hunting partner and I have always hung our stands much lower than those posted above. I like the flater shooting afforded by a 10-12 foot high stand. You do have to be carefull about movement but I don't think I can get high enough to avoid that and still maintain optimum shooting angle. I have taken sereral deer at eye level. I just prefer shooting at the side of a deer as opposed to down on the top of the back. Stand height like alot of bow hunting is a matter of personal preference.

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i would have to say 12 to 18 ft

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I hang anywhere from 12 to 20. Yes, deer look up! More than once we have played, who moves first. Movement and scent control and wind are the biggest factors in my opinion. I hunt in a moderate hunted area. Deer check any new stand hung from my experience. They tend to notice things humans don't. Remember, they live there we don't.

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get up above the lower level of the canopy, the bottom trees with a decent amount of leaves and start there......thats the simplest. Went way up high in a aspen tree once...heck even a slight breeze was spooky bad...dunno if I would have even thought about shooting for fear of falling out of the treestand and that was with a saftey belt!!!

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For me it depends on the situation. I`ll go up 15' if that is where I need to be because of cover. I prefer to get up much higher if it is possible. I prefer 25-30' when possible. Even at 30', if a deer is 10 yards away from your tree, that is only a 45 degree angle. Not that bad, you still have a big target area to catch both lungs.

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I usually setup no more than 15 feet.

I have one stand in a crook of a tree that is only about 3 or 4 feet off the ground. Great cover due to large tree trunks and some brush. Also it's a good funnel area. No need to be any higher.

The situation and personal comfort should dictate the stand height.

-Mike

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It mostly depends on the cover that I get. If I'm in the big hardwoods without much cover I'll go higher, not more than about 20 feet though. In thicker, more cover situations, such as a pine, hardwood cover, I'll stay a little lower, maybe 15 feet. Never less than about 15 feet though. And personally, I don't like going higher than 20 feet. And yes, deer have seen me at 20 feet. Especially those damn leading does!!!<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

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I let the situation dictate. I'm most often between 20-30' unless canopy/terrain/weather get in the way.

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I like about 10 to 12 ft with good back ground, we don't have alot of taller trees in my area.

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I hear ya BobCo...Nothing worse than an old nosey doe.

I like to be at 14+ feet. I've killed a few deer at 10', but cover is necessary. I used to go up to 25' when I used a compound. Now I'm using a recurve and like to stay lower.

I have a friend that killed a 13 pt this year in Ohio. He shoots a longbow that's 64&quot; long. He could almost lean his bow against his stand. It was less than 7' off the ground. He shot the buck at 12 yards. It's not the first time he's killed a deer from that tree at that height. Goes to show you that cover and scent are pretty darn important.

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I pick my trees according to cover. If theres ample leaves/limbs/background, I'm fine at 15'. If theres a better spot at 25', I'm right there baby. I killed my best deer at 12', stuck on a side of a HUGE sycamore tree, no cover at all - I stood out like a sore thumb, but there was literally no where else to put a stand. It worked :)

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i like to be at least 18 feet, bet prefer 22-24. I hunt heavily hunted public property, and the later in the season it gets the more likely you are to see deer looking up.

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I like to climb about 20-25 feet with a good view of the surrounding area.

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