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Five Seasons Grand Master

Five Seasons

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i am surprised how many of you have the perfect tree to climb with a climber.. as fo the sticks. 3 sections of rapid rails and a good aluminum stand go up in umder 5 minutes. as for lanes i have my tree picked out and trimmed before season. carry in and 5 min in the stand. no sweating climbing the tree or clanking or bark noised... climbers are nice if you have that nice straight tree and you climb to ecact hight everytime so your in your trimmed out lane. but i dont want to be in an open hardwoods my stands are in thick areas, apple orchards, edge of a field with trees with lots of limbs for cover and crooked trunks.. to find a tree suitable for a climber i'd have to be 100 yards from where i want to be.. and thats 100 yards to far away for a bow shot for me... imo a good set of sticks/rails will out preform a climber in 90 % of stand locations...

 

you're absolutely right when it comes to the area. The area I have been scouting for a while is not exactly open hardwoods but is full of tall straight trees without a lot of limbs. I agree that where I hunt on private land would make it next to impossible to use a climber. The hardwoods doesn't produce well there and the big guys are in the thick stuff and the pines.

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my light traveling stands are old (20 years old) loggy bayou hang on light,( might find one used) but the alfa 2 by lone wolf would be a good replacement. a set of aluminum rapid rails makes up the rest.. i have 5 sections and can get to 20 ft high if need be.. the advantage od a sectional system is the ability to hang around limbs and rotate around tree as well as ability to use less sections if needed (i hunt a very twisted apple tree and a climber or straight stic would be impossible.) between a new aluminum stand (around 270.00 and a good set of sticks 130.00.. the 400 dollar price tag puts it below most good climbers with whe weigt about the same 20 lbs..

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I would suggest a lone wolf assault and a set of muddy sticks. Cant beat it for light weight and mobility. can pretty much climb any tree you want and it might take about 5 minutes more to do so than a climber. Also you can do with the bottom stick and get higher with pretty much no added weight and less sticks. I can get to around 17ft with 3 muddy sticks using this method.

 

 

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I would suggest a lone wolf assault and a set of muddy sticks. Cant beat it for light weight and mobility. can pretty much climb any tree you want and it might take about 5 minutes more to do so than a climber. Also you can do with the bottom stick and get higher with pretty much no added weight and less sticks. I can get to around 17ft with 3 muddy sticks using this method.

 

 

John

Would hate to try that all geared up and wearing 800 miligram lined rubber boots

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Five Seasons Grand Master

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I would suggest a lone wolf assault and a set of muddy sticks. Cant beat it for light weight and mobility. can pretty much climb any tree you want and it might take about 5 minutes more to do so than a climber. Also you can do with the bottom stick and get higher with pretty much no added weight and less sticks. I can get to around 17ft with 3 muddy sticks using this method.

 

 

John

 

i guess my problem would be 17' isn't high enough. i need 20 to feel ok and in hang on perm stand world i'm looking at close to 25-30.

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My climber currently gets used as a platform for target practice in my back yard, with a regular ladder for access. In defense of the climber, it was foreign to me and I never gave it much of a chance, even though I did shoot a few deer from it.

With a little practice, light-weight climbing sticks and a light-weight hang-on are very quiet, quick, and versatile. Like everything else though, preseason practice is the key. Ya gotta know your tools inside and out.

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My climber currently gets used as a platform for target practice in my back yard, with a regular ladder for access. In defense of the climber, it was foreign to me and I never gave it much of a chance, even though I did shoot a few deer from it.

With a little practice, light-weight climbing sticks and a light-weight hang-on are very quiet, quick, and versatile. Like everything else though, preseason practice is the key. Ya gotta know your tools inside and out.

very true..
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I would suggest a lone wolf assault and a set of muddy sticks. Cant beat it for light weight and mobility. can pretty much climb any tree you want and it might take about 5 minutes more to do so than a climber. Also you can do with the bottom stick and get higher with pretty much no added weight and less sticks. I can get to around 17ft with 3 muddy sticks using this method.

John

For me the only aspect that takes longer is packing up the sticks and stand post hunt. I am particular in how they are located as to allow for ease the next use.

There is no comparison in the versatility of the lw setup to climbers, let alone the no noise, self leveling and pack ability characteristics. Not trying to be a fan boy (someone will quote this) but these are the best stands made overall. Then again if you don't understand proper scouting and the factors in hanging a set for a particular deer it may make more sense to have your tree stand design be cheaper short term or dictate which trees you can use.

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