treestand height?
07-05-2010, 09:50 AM
#12
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: N/W WI.
Posts: 814
07-05-2010, 10:13 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pa
Posts: 4,647
try it and see what happens... Maybe you should hang your stand and make one of those scare crow dummys out off hunting close and put it in the stand and let the deer get use to seeinf something up in the stand... Then when hunting season rolls around it should be a slam dunk 
07-05-2010, 01:30 PM
#15
Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: South Central Missouri
Posts: 3,112
Several things you can do here.
#1- As many have stated, 10ft can be high enough, with the proper amount of cover. You can add cover to your lock-on by cutting thin branches and sticking them through the platform. Any will do, but cedar will have greenery any time of the season, and will add good cover scent.
#2- There is always the possibility of hanging your lock-on above the fork, facing into the fork. It may lean back a bit, but you should be able to get it level left to right. Only you will know if the lean back will be too much.
#3- If you have a climbing stand and are comfortable being on a leaning tree, use it facing into the fork. Attach a climbing stick to get you to the fork. Then attach you climber to the tree. The climber can be adjusted to hang straight once you reach your desired height. This may not work if the fork leans out too much, as the climber will have the tendency to slip around the tree.
#4- I believe it is Lone Wolf treestands that have an attachment that allows you to adjust the lock-on to where it will sit level on any tree.
At any height and any type of stand, be sure to use your harness.
#1- As many have stated, 10ft can be high enough, with the proper amount of cover. You can add cover to your lock-on by cutting thin branches and sticking them through the platform. Any will do, but cedar will have greenery any time of the season, and will add good cover scent.
#2- There is always the possibility of hanging your lock-on above the fork, facing into the fork. It may lean back a bit, but you should be able to get it level left to right. Only you will know if the lean back will be too much.
#3- If you have a climbing stand and are comfortable being on a leaning tree, use it facing into the fork. Attach a climbing stick to get you to the fork. Then attach you climber to the tree. The climber can be adjusted to hang straight once you reach your desired height. This may not work if the fork leans out too much, as the climber will have the tendency to slip around the tree.
#4- I believe it is Lone Wolf treestands that have an attachment that allows you to adjust the lock-on to where it will sit level on any tree.
At any height and any type of stand, be sure to use your harness.
07-06-2010, 05:44 PM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Middelway, WV
Posts: 435
I personally like 20 feet+...it gets me above the ground clutter, gets my scent well off the ground, and gets me high enough where I can move carefully without often getting busted.
At 10 feet, you will need to be shooting through some narrow lanes to keep from getting busted.
At 10 feet, you will need to be shooting through some narrow lanes to keep from getting busted.
