" HEY GRUMPY? whats the best climbing tree stand?"
Obviously you need to ask,
best for who?,
under what conditions"
, on what tree?
at what height?
how well do you climb?
are you rifle, pistol or archery hunting?
well that answer, depends a great deal on both the area you hunt the distance you need to carry it and the type of trees it will be used on, but down south theres usually tall strait pine or similar trees in many areas....bordering fields , keep in mind the advantage is basically based on placing the hunter high enough to be above the line of sight and far enough up to greatly reduce the chances of your odor , or movement being seen or detected, from covering the immediate area, thus a height of 15-20 feet off the ground is usually the MINIMUM required
a good deal of FLORIDA SWAMPS LOOK'S LIKE THESE pictures
typical palmetto thickets where 20 -40 yard shots are the normal range, and where some areas where use of a climbing tree stand offer's you a big advantage
get a gps so you can find the areas depicted on the sat photos and take the effort to find recent satellite photos, get a good climbing tree stand.
if you get out the recent satellite photos your looking for areas that channel deer movement, between cover and feed.
ideally youll want to locate a choke point concentrating deer movement.
untill you know the area,increase your odds by finding areas deer constantly travel between cover and feed, be in a tree stand with a wide field of fire ,
up at least 15-25 feet up a tree so you command dozens of acres, if you plop down in a random area on the ground your chances of success diminish a great deal.
http://www.treelounge.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXhQGt2 ... re=related
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/where-in-hell-is-my-buck.14375/
Ive got a welder, and a limited bank balance so I fabricated something vaguely similar to this design for personal use but with several improvements, it probably cost me $80 to do that in materials but its worked great for decades
Obviously you need to ask,
best for who?,
under what conditions"
, on what tree?
at what height?
how well do you climb?
are you rifle, pistol or archery hunting?
well that answer, depends a great deal on both the area you hunt the distance you need to carry it and the type of trees it will be used on, but down south theres usually tall strait pine or similar trees in many areas....bordering fields , keep in mind the advantage is basically based on placing the hunter high enough to be above the line of sight and far enough up to greatly reduce the chances of your odor , or movement being seen or detected, from covering the immediate area, thus a height of 15-20 feet off the ground is usually the MINIMUM required
a good deal of FLORIDA SWAMPS LOOK'S LIKE THESE pictures
typical palmetto thickets where 20 -40 yard shots are the normal range, and where some areas where use of a climbing tree stand offer's you a big advantage
get a gps so you can find the areas depicted on the sat photos and take the effort to find recent satellite photos, get a good climbing tree stand.
if you get out the recent satellite photos your looking for areas that channel deer movement, between cover and feed.
ideally youll want to locate a choke point concentrating deer movement.
untill you know the area,increase your odds by finding areas deer constantly travel between cover and feed, be in a tree stand with a wide field of fire ,
up at least 15-25 feet up a tree so you command dozens of acres, if you plop down in a random area on the ground your chances of success diminish a great deal.
http://www.treelounge.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwXhQGt2 ... re=related
http://garage.grumpysperformance.com/index.php?threads/where-in-hell-is-my-buck.14375/
Ive got a welder, and a limited bank balance so I fabricated something vaguely similar to this design for personal use but with several improvements, it probably cost me $80 to do that in materials but its worked great for decades
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