Tree Stand Height
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: west central wi USA
Posts: 2,242
No minimal height. I hunt dense cover. My preferance is about 14-16' off the ground, depending on tree cover. I find much higher than that makes it more difficult get a double lung on close shots.
#4
Let the cover dictate you height. I have hung stands from 12ft, if I am concealed, to over 20 feet if the cover isn't sufficient. There's no need to go higher than necessary. Just make sure you are well concealed. Use the sun, the shadows, the trees, the brush, everything you can to conceal yourself as well as possible.
-Jake
-Jake
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location:
Posts: 2,186
Cover around the set-up, both front and back are as important in my mind as height. Having said that I usually set up about 15' - 20' off the ground for archery and 20'-25' for gun hunting. One thing to be mindful of is to not get so far above the understory (if there is any) as to block off a great deal of the kill box.