treestand height for Archery
01-08-2012, 01:16 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 5,062
I dont like heights, so all of my ladder stands are about 13' high. Granted I do get picked off now and then, but I have also taken many deer at this height and even lower. When I first started hunting, 9' was my max, and I still was able to harvest deer.
01-08-2012, 05:16 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,834
Help us all here. How does climbing higher help with scent control?
Someday, when things are slow, take a couple puff balls or better yet, a smoke bomb and climb into a 10-ft stand and 30-foot stand. See where the smoke reaches deer nose height. When we did it 25-years ago for a piece in Bow and Arrow Hunting Magazine, we were surprised. You might be as well. If you want to be even more surprised, see where the smoke goes if you are sitting on the ground.
Someday, when things are slow, take a couple puff balls or better yet, a smoke bomb and climb into a 10-ft stand and 30-foot stand. See where the smoke reaches deer nose height. When we did it 25-years ago for a piece in Bow and Arrow Hunting Magazine, we were surprised. You might be as well. If you want to be even more surprised, see where the smoke goes if you are sitting on the ground.
01-10-2012, 03:47 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: the woods of NJ.
Posts: 5,643
I use a climber and my haul line lets me get up to 18' to my seat. Sometimes I go 2-3 " higher if need be. I have 2 trees where I only go up 12-14 '. Shot deer from all of them,all depends upon the terrain and cover.
