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I' ve been deer hunting for 20 yrs. and I' ve hunted them nearly every legal way there is. I' ve had my most success hunting from a tree stand. I mainly hunt out of homemade ladder stands, both wood and metal. Heights are 10' -16' . I also have a warren and sweat climbing stand that I use a few times each year. Usually 15' is the minimum height I climb with it. I have killed deer out of every stand I own, even the 10' ers. How high do you guys hunt? I like to get as high as I can but some areas I hunt don' t have trees that I can climb very high or the trees there aren' t big enough to support a stand taller than 10" . Thanks,
Scott Woody

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Welcome lswoody!

I' ve been hunting many moons and generally hunt around 16-18' up the tree. I do have one stand right now that is 22' , but I wouldn' t personally want to go higher because of the angle of the shot. I' ve generally found that deer look up quite a bit regardless if you are 10' or 25' . If you don' t move, doesn' t matter if you' re on the ground or 30' up. My $.02 anyway.

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Welcome.

I actually hunt deer mostly at 0 feet from the ground;). However when I do use a stand for bear and the odd time for other game I hang it 15-18 feet high. Biggest thing is backing, so don' t go to high or to low to give away your location, deer can pick off outlines and silhoutttes very good.

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I agree, I' m a 15 to 20 foot guy. I have a tough time with the angle any higher and I' m not that confident up there for some reason. I do a lot of natural ground blind hunting as well. Wind and movement are key to me!!