I'm looking to build a couple of ladder stands for next deer season and I've been searching for plans. I found a site with plans and pictures thatreally impress me. I wanted to share it with everyone who is interested. This stand looks roomy, safe and I bet nobody steals it.

http://tristan.homelinux.net/hunting/treestands.htm

the side will catch alot of wind on windy days but other than that it looks good

put some camo netting, that you can pull back, over the front. It will cover you a little plus block some wind. Also if your going through that much to build a stand put a roof over it to.

Agreed. Looks like a good stand, though.

"Block the wind"? I'm in florida. I was thinking more along the lines of a honda generator and a 5000 btu window air conditioner.

Looks good! Maybe in the places where wood meets wood put a piece or two of heavy roofing felt. Should help with the noise and last awhile.

Is it all wood? If so I would change that to more metal, especially the ladder. The rats would have that thing chewed up in a couple of years on my place.

You can buy a nice double stand for $100 and you can move it. Your labor and lumber costs will be much higher. The only reason i could see building one is so someone would not take it.

Nice Looking Stand! I would make sure all was salt treated lumber,everything screwed and bolted. Put some camo cover on front and some sort of cheap roof IF the stand turns out to be a good Deer producer.Make the paint/camo match prevailing cover - Blends In. My .02 - Good Luck

Nice stand. What my hunting buddies and I do is use a bunch of different bolt sizes, especially on the ladder, so it'd be a lot harder for people to mess with it. Can't ever be too safe with some of the people around here.