Whats the lowest you ever hung a stand?
6 feet.
Four feet or so in certain hedges, up enough for better limb clearance. Never high enough to be sky lined.
About 6 ft...I usually only go till I'm in cover..
16"....... My favorite height. Has a back support and a foot rest too. :goldtooth:
About 5 ft. There was a row of stunted trees that were planted before the lowland flooded. It was barely large enough to hang a very small homemade stand in it.
The grass was almost as high as the stand platform. I needed the stand in there so I could shoot down into the tall grass.
I snuck in there just before daybreak and rattled in a small buck. He went by me at about 10 yards.
About 8' to my feet, in a tripod. Once, in an apple tree fork in IN, I was just higher than the racks that walked past under me. Got a shot at the first one through, 8 point, should have waited for the last one, his was a bruiser.
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about 5 or 6 foot in a tangle of vines, just pulled myself up on the vines. and killed a buck within 30 minutes.
Somewhere around 4 feet but I normally go a little over 10 feet :archer2:
8 feet. I was bear hunting and was already slightly uphill of the bait, so I didn't want to have too steep of a shot down. Seemed like a good idea until a sow with three cubs came into the bait and didn't like me being there. With her paws on the ladder she was only about 3-4 feet below my boots.
The reason i ask is i use a hang on and climber. There are a bunch of multi trunk trees that i can get my hang on in at 4 ft and still be hidden. I was wondering if it worth a shot. Also some single trees with small pines next to them also 4 ft would be good. Thoughts?
It's worth a try.
Once I got into where I wanted to put up a tree stand for the evening hunt on a creek crossing. Had to cross the creek with hip boots to get there. When at the tree found out had forgot the tree steps. So what do I do now.
Never was good at shimmying up a tree and no branches within reach so I put the stand at about chest height, 4 1/2 feet, got up there and sat down(very small homemade stand/seat). While sitting there it started to snow lightly but enough for it to accumulate on me, my clothing, none on the ground tho. Anyway later I shot a doe at about 4-5 yards. If one doesn't move, have the wind in your favor and a little snow on your clothing to break up your outline you can stick out like a sore thumb and still get it done.
Wind direction is critical.
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5-6' my lowest and my highest is usually 10-12' its more about cover i want to be just above the brush or baby pines and height wise i want to be just inside that lower canopy..
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Wind direction and no movement. Although that little buck I referred to was so focused on coming through that tall grass he never looked in any direction except straight ahead.
I recall thinking another hunter was walking thru that thick noisy tall grass, until I saw him.
Put a stand up 4' today just for practice. I put it in a oak next to a very wide pine tree. I was surprised how "high" 4' looked. I could see a long way.
Not exactly hanging a stand but I have used a saddle on a tree for ground hunting before, just rig it where it's a nice hammock seat. Worked great in the hills where a chair would be a pain to get level. It was a dirt cheap Amazon saddle and it started tearing so I returned it before someone tried climbing in it...
Several years ago I placed a hang-on stand in a tree low enough to sit on. The platform of the stand was about 20 inches from the ground and I used it as a seat. It overlooked a persimmon tree that was getting a lot of feeding action. A very comfortable set-up.
Joe, i set mine in a tree about 12" off the ground. I could sit in the seat or stand on a level surface close to the tree. Being close gives you a slim profile. Its better then any ground seat i tried.
I shot a 160's buck from a stand in the honeysuckle that was probably only 6 feet off the ground. My stands are getting lower all the time mostly because of the much better shot angle.
My father inlaw and brother inlaw hunt on the ground exclusively.
You can't get away with much movement, but they both punch a tag every year. If I could only go 4ft, I would brush in a natural blind and stay on they ground. You don't get any advantage from your stand at that point, it just limits shooting positions.
8 ft
Saw a video where the owner of lone wolf custom gear goes 7-10'. He has shot nice deer. His favorite height is 7'.
Maybe 7 feet, I hung the stand while standing on the ground. Typically I'm around the 10 to 12 feet range. I used to be a firm believer in 18 to 20 feet until I experimented and realized that most of the time, it's not needed. I'd say give it a shot and it may surprise you!.