How early to put portable stand up???
 

I was getting restless and thought I might put my climber up or at least clean up a tree, Im pretty sure the area I want to sit in and since my stand is on private land I might go ahead, how early do you guys put up your stand.

RE: How early to put portable stand up???
 

Just before I climb with it. Kind of defeats the purpose to pull it up after I've climbed the tree...:D

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Most guys i know set there stand up in june or juy.

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I'm setting mine this weekend and since my opener is Oct 1 i feel that i am a little late. Just watch your scent.

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If I know where I am going to sit with my climber, I'll take it out and do all my trimming necessary. mostly though I do the trimming when I take to the woods to hunt. for loc ons, I'll be putting a few up here shortly in trees that have produced for me in the past.

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last week:D

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Um, excuse me, but how in the world do you intend to put up your CLIMBER stand ahead of season. Are you going to live in the stand til season? I thought you "put up" a climber with you in it, when your ready to use it.

As for any other kinds of stands, our farm has a whole bunch of (mostly ladder) stands that have been there for years. A few extras get popped up prior to season depending upon sign.

RE: How early to put portable stand up???
 

ah, you can put it up the day of. People make a bigger deal aboutleaving scent than there really is. Last season I hunted my squirrel dog all the way up to probably the day I started deer hunting. If my memory serves me correctly, I took my squirrel dog out in the morning and went deer hunting that evening, saw deer too. It was something like that anyway. Deer adjust to their surroundings, if you spend time in the woods, you're not going to bother the deer too much. Like I said I run the woods with a treedog, whooping and hollering at him while the hunt. He barks and makes a fuss. And I still got my deer. All my life I've hung stands and then changed them throughout the season. It doesn't typically hurt much in my opinion.

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My partner and I leave most of our ladderstands (11 of them)up all year and for several years at a time.
We do have a couple climbers and a couple hang on stands in the truck in case we need to change up.
I'm going out next weekend and put up a couple of pop up blinds. They will be out all season too.
Helps if you hunt private land.

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"Never Put off until tomorrow, that which you can do today." I moved 2 of my ladder stands a week ago. If your bored and its not too hot put it up when its convenient to you.Deer live in the woods, they can differentiate an old scent from a fresh one. Just like we can tell a fresh fart from an old one. I really don't think "Stinking" up your areamatters as much as the amount of pressure you put on your stand. Don't visit yourarea allot andjust watch your scent the dayof your hunt. Hey if hes gonna be there, hell be there regardless. Good Hunting!

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My climbing stands go in with me when I go in to hunt and come out when I am done. Hang ons I think should be put in at least a month ahead of time if you don't have to worry about them being stolen.

RE: How early to put portable stand up???
 

Put up orset up...Uncle Matt whatever is easier for you to comprehend...A climber still has to have a nice clean tree. I usually keep my climber "hooked on" at the base of the tree all season.

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this is what i do even though i hunt on private land. i might leave it on the tree from when i get done hunting in the morning and hunt hunt from it again that evening but not just leaving it up there. what's the point of of using a climber for what a hang on is intended for????

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Maybe just a bunch of us here in Missouri are weird, I know of alot of people who own climbers due to the fact that it is easy to select another area if you arent seeing much in one area. And most of the people have their own private land, I guess a person could put out a bunch of permanent ladder stands if he wanted to.

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We have put up lock-on stands the week before opening day and have shot deer when the season opens. How you get to the stand and how much scent you leave is more important than how long it has been there. Some folks say it takes time for the deer to get used to anything new in their area...this I believe to be true...however, hanging a stand 20-25 ft off the forest floor and in a not conspicuous place...should not alarm the deer. At least that is my belief based on out hunting techniques in the past.

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All of mine go up this weekend.