should i buy more stands?
 

I have three new areas picked out to hang some stands. Areas that I have stands hanging right now I dont want to remove them. Buy three new stands is a bit pricey. These areas are great to hang a stand. I dont know should I buy three new stands or what. As ground blinds go I was thinking about buying one, but they are pricey as well. Was thinking about making one out of wood. What you think?

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You can pick up hang-on treestands in the $50-$70 range these days. If you play your cards right you can probably come away with 3 of them for under $200. You know you want to do it. :D

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Why not just buy one, cut spots out in several trees for the one stand and move it when you feel you need to. I only own two stands and this is how I do things. They only take about 5 minutes to pull up and hang.

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I bought 2 hang on stands the other day from Cabelas $34.99 each . I will have 11 -12 stands this year .You don't have to pay a lot .

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I have two hang ons and a climber, since i have had that combination i have felt much more versatile. but if you prefer hang ons why not get more what the heck!!!:)

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I own 3 hang ons and a climber and was thinking about getting another this year. I'm like deer hunter, I'd like to have a stand in every area.

Wash, I've thought about using your idea but I hunt close to bedding areas and I feel I would make too much noise bringing in a stand and hanging it before I hunt. My solution is that I'm going to build a permenant stand in this one area, there's hardly any trees big enough to build a stand in so it's not like I'll be able to move it.

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Why not invest in a new self-climber?

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gorilla makes a stand for less than $40, they're not the biggest nor the lightest, but they are well made and durable; i've had one hanging for almost a year now and it has absolutely no rust on it whatsoever. i picked mine up at galyans.

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This is just me, but I'd invest in a good climber!

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This year I'll hunt from 5 stands. 2 ladder, two hang on and a climber. The ladder stands are close to home and I'll hunt them most. The hang ons are in more remote areas and my climber will roam wherever I go.

I'd also suggest a good climber. You've already got plenty of stands set up. Buy one and get comfortable with it.

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YES..............you can't ever have too many stands. I have 6 hang ons and 2 climbers and it still isn't enough.

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ive killed 6 deer in 5 years (nothin great but im just stating im not a weekend warrior) and not one time was i in a stand or blind.....i like to sit my butt at the base of a tree and wait.....we do use nature to help us.....ive taken many of those sitting in a few fallen trees that i helped brush up around me and make comfy for me........but other then that im sitting with something to my back waiting.....i like to be mobile.....climbing in and out of trees isnt so mobile......and what if something happens by your stand and messes you up? your not going to hunt there? or your going to move your stand??i have a few stands....may use one this year....i know where an old bucks living and last year was the first year noone hunted the area but me.....so i may set one up and leave it there.....or ill set up a nice ground blind thing made out of brush.....i know where he sleeps....knows where he travles.....i just have to be there when hes awake.....hes a smart ole buck....i was squirrel hunting last year when i met him....he let me walk within 100yds of him....then he snuck down the trail without me noticeing much......only thing that bust him was his snort as he was about 150yds away.....then i put it all together and noticed what i seen and where he came from......so maybe a stand will help me get him.....but i usually dont use them......i dont see how hunting from the sky helps.....unless ur bowhunting and cant be seen moving.....rifle season by the time a deer knows im there its too late......and i kill them at about 30yds average......

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Gorillia treestands are the ticket, go with them. remember, safety and being comfortable make the expierence much more satisfying

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i own 23 stands 13 hang ons, 7 ladders, and 3 climbers. i would suggest thst u go ahead ond get u 3 more stands like JZarr siad you can probably come away with 3 hand ons for under $200. but if i was u i would invest in a good climber i recomend the tree lounge.

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I have 22 to 24 permant portable (chained and locked on). I have found early season sales like at Mills Fleet Farm and sometimes Gander Mountain will sell Riversedge Bigfoot hang on stands for $49 to $54. They are big and roomy and very solid. Buy three. the other way is to buy something like a Chippewa Wedgeloc which have a hang on strap you put up and leave at each tree you want to hunt. Have 3 or 23. When you hang them it takes maybe 5 seconds and is rock solid! Alittle more expensive but you can expand easily to alot of stands and they're not going to get stolen! www.chippewawedgeloc.com

Good Luck!