How high up do you climb in your tree stand?
12-19-2005, 09:50 AM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Livonia,new york
Posts: 564
RE: How high up do you climb in your tree stand?
if the vegetation on the ground is high say 6-8 ft i go just above that so i can shoot over it. if the veg is low and the floor is clear i tend to go higher.
12-19-2005, 09:59 AM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Botetourt County, VA
Posts: 203
RE: How high up do you climb in your tree stand?
I have an 18 ft. rope that I use to raise my gun or bow into the stand. Before I climb up I tie the rope to the top part of my climber. When I run out of rope or close to it I feel that I'm high enough in the tree to effectively have my scent winded up and away.
12-19-2005, 10:27 AM
#8
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Findlay, Ohio
Posts: 3,286
RE: How high up do you climb in your tree stand?
used to only go 15 feet but then after consatant harassment for my buddy I now go 25 feet. I did notice that at fifteen feet I would ocassionaly get "winded" or spoted by the deer but for the last three years since iI have went higher I don't get winded or spoted at all.
12-19-2005, 10:51 AM
#10
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: How high up do you climb in your tree stand?
ORIGINAL: MarinePride
I find that if I try to go higher than 18 ft. the limbs start to become a problem.
I find that if I try to go higher than 18 ft. the limbs start to become a problem.
Down here it's mostlytall Pine trees and in north FL,I try to find a tall Hickory. I have climbed Live Oak trees and tied the seat part of the Tree Lounge with a long rope and pulledupto install on a good branch in the tree. I like this way best! Deer have come right to the bottom of the tree looking for acorns without seeing or winding me.
