Stand height?

[ATbuckhunter]

I probably hunt around the 15 foot mark, But I wouldn't mind going to 20ft. I am scared of heights so I can get a little uncomfortable sometimes while climbing up or down...especially when its dark. 

[Buckmaster7600]

First off from what I've seen most guys can't tell the correct height, on hang ons, they tend to over exaggerate the height . One guy I know said has stand was 15 feet ,I could touch it with an arrow from the ground ....

Myself I go 15 or so, like said cover is key, and in the rut the bucks are so,stupid , 5 foot and wearing a clown suit would work.

 

This is very true. I hunted a brother in laws stand years ago and he warned me that I couldn't be afraid of heights because it was high, he had 5 steps in the tree and he is only 5'3" tall I don't think I was 9 ft off the ground. I'm 6'3" and put my steps as far apart as possible "defense mechanism" and I have 1 stand with 13 steps. I call it the tower stand and can see 4 fields a swamp and a ravine, problem is its un huntable in and more than a slight wind because tree moves too much.


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[Buckmaster7600]

Yeah, I doubt I will ever do it. Look pretty silly in a stand that low. LOL

I take a lot of things into consideration when hanging stands "looking silly" has never been one of them.


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[growalot]

It's more what you do on stand and wind than cover. I got one of my bigger bucks out of a 8 ft wooden stand with absolutely no cover and on a slope with the buck coming in above me...shot him at 10 yrds. I have 3' high stands,big tower blinds just 6' and 10' high then some stands 20 'off the ground...gotten deer out of them all. It's all in how you act and play the wind.

[Doc]

All of my stands are at whatever height the ground is at .... lol. I don't do heights anymore. I have not figured out how to shoot a bow with both arms wrapped in a death-grip around the tree trunk.

Back in the olden days before I finally evolved into a ground dweller, My stands were probably averaging between 15 and 20 feet high.

[First-light]

In the past the ladder stands we bought were 16'. They are still out in the field. I have a couple of new ones that are 20' and I absolutely love them. 

[The_Real_TCIII]

As stated it all depends on the terrain and the cover. If 12' gets you into a nice backdrop then that's the correct height. Sometimes it's more. I mostly climb and try to get to at least 18' usually

[turkeyfeathers]

13 hours ago, GreeneHunter said:

I have a ladder stand at 15 ft. and wish I had another 5 too add to it !

Buy a pair of stilts

[moog5050]

12 hours ago, Larry302 said:

First off from what I've seen most guys can't tell the correct height, on hang ons, they tend to over exaggerate the height . One guy I know said has stand was 15 feet ,I could touch it with an arrow from the ground ....

Myself I go 15 or so, like said cover is key, and in the rut the bucks are so,stupid , 5 foot and wearing a clown suit would work.

 

But you shoot 8' arrows don't you Larry?

[Doewhacker]

15 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

But you shoot 8' arrows don't you Larry?

I use the same method for weighing deer, I always round up 70 pounds.

[moog5050]

Hmmm - just received this photo of Larry at the last 3d shoot (pretty crazy shoot).  Note arrow length:

 

By the way - he won!

Edited August 26, 2016 by moog5050

[grampy]

21 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

Hmmm - just received this photo of Larry at the last 3d shoot (pretty crazy shoot).  Note arrow length:

 

By the way - he won!

Good form too! Way to go Larry!

[dbHunterNY]

I've had them from 5 - 20+ feet up.  back cover and visibility good then you're probably good. 

[Grizz1219]

I would say depending on back cover, 15' - 20' is a good rule...

[Fletch]

I used to not mind heights at all but as I get older I seem to have lost that particular trait. I have most of my stands as ladder stands and they run 16-22 feet which is pretty good for me. I propably do 20-22 in my climber but it all depends on the terrain.

 

Now my younger brother has a stand out back on my property that thing sits in a creek bed so he went high to not get picked by deer coming over the tops. It must be 35 + feet. I climbed it once last year and if a deer came out I wouldn't of been able to shoot cause I was holding on with both hands!! Will never climb that sucker again!! I gotta admit I could see forever though! Even through the tears!

[moog5050]

You guys hunt high up.  I think most of our stands are around 12-14' to the platform.  We just try to find good back cover.  At my weight, I probably look like a bear in a tree to most deer.

[zeus1gdsm]

23yrds to target.

Practicing from 11 and then being 17 in the woods shouldn't be a huge difference correct? Practicing proper form shooting elevated

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[ants]

It all depends on the area and cover. Tall open, bare hardwoods you need to be high or you stick out like a turd in a punch bowl.. tighter woods and earlier in the season, when the woods are still on the thick side, you can go much lower. I have stands that range from less than 10 to around 17-18 feet.

[turkeyfeathers]

Zeus, If you truly want to be a great shot.......practice shooting off that trampoline.

New Olympic sport in the makings for 2020 ! They had archery and trampoline , why not?

[zeus1gdsm]

Zeus, If you truly want to be a great shot.......practice shooting off that trampoline.

New Olympic sport in the makings for 2020 ! They had archery and trampoline , why not?

Rofl

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[Nomad]

On August 26, 2016 at 10:10 AM, moog5050 said:

Hmmm - just received this photo of Larry at the last 3d shoot (pretty crazy shoot).  Note arrow length:

 

By the way - he won!

Id love to have half that much hair !!

bet he has "abs" too....

Edited August 28, 2016 by Larry302

[maytom]

With a hang on stand, I try to get up between 13-18', takes a lot of screw-in steps to go much higher. But, while using

my climber, I can go to 20'+. My pull up ropes are 30' long to be on the safe side. Like already mentioned, try to have some sort of cover near you. Like a hardwood tree next to a sumac best.