How many tree stands do you put up each year 3 or more?
Between myself and my hunting partner, we have 23 up this year, unless I mis-counted. It varies according to the deer movement from year to year.
About a half-dozen, plus some ground stands. Usually move a few as the season progresses and scouting dictates.
THis year I have 12 up plus one blind. The stand I killed my home place buck , i sat in only one time!
9-12 usually
Trap
5 and I have a climber.
None, I had found that keeping my fat butt on the ground keeps me in the wood and out of the hospital. :goldtooth:
7 this year........
hunt alot of public ground mainly just use 1 climber cant leave them up on public ground for more than 24 hrs around here
I keep it simple... I hunt one stand located on a funnel or saddle and vary my approach and exit... I may relocate that stand 1-3 times during the season in those locations... Been working for years... :)
I was just cheaking as I run 10 to 12 stands and thought maybe that was too many thought I was a standaholic nice to see others with many stands
7-10 at any given time, + a climber!
One portable, that gets moved around every time I'm in the woods.
7 up this year. I put up around 15 per year in the past, but don't seem to have the time or energy for that many anymore.
I put up 33 this year. As I get older, I keep forgetting where they are so I've GPSed them all.
20 - got them all placed on Google earth.
I check check what the wind is and pick the best options before leaving the house.
Steve
I have up to 15-20 spots ready to go if I need. Lots of bouncing around public land with some private land sprinkled in between.
I set Three this year and I have my climber so that I can be mobile.
I use just 2 portables and move them countless times. Sometimes I may only sit in a tree one time. Never seems to get better than the first time in any stand. I believe we get winded or spotted more than we think.
11 tree stands and two ground blinds.
I only seem hang around 7 or 8 of them anymore. I move around a fair bit with the changing deer patterns, so my Lone Wolf Assault and sticks get a lot of use. The ones I do hang and leave are in age old rut travel areas.
I hate that last couple days of season and having to yank all my stands.....another reason I like using the Lone Wolf.
None...I prefer to be mobile and use a LW climber
Up and down every sit. 10 minutes or less. I have one stand. New set-up most every sit. Virtually every encounter with a mature deer in the past 15 years has been first time on stand. I hate to go in until I am ready to hunt it. . . mature deer know you have been there.
Up until 3 years ago I maintained 102 stand sites, each ready to hunt. Some were permanent but most were a bracket hung in a tree with screw in steps or skyhook screws. My son-in-law now maintain 67 stand sites and we have done this for the last 3 years. Some of these are observation sites and we hope to narrow it down to roughly 40 over the next couple years on the 4 properties we hunt. Shawn
Wow, Shawn! That is a whole lot of work. And I thought maintaining 15 or so was hard.
QuoteUp until 3 years ago I maintained 102 stand sites, each ready to hunt. Some were permanent but most were a bracket hung in a tree with screw in steps or skyhook screws. My son-in-law now maintain 67 stand sites and we have done this for the last 3 years. Some of these are observation sites and we hope to narrow it down to roughly 40 over the next couple years on the 4 properties we hunt. Shawn
Even 40....I can't imagine the work. Are you outfitting? What's the story?
Between my hunting buddy and me, fourteen. Only half were hunted this year. Two stands are over a hundred miles from home. They were my favorite places to be during the rut. Unfortunatly I don't have permission to hunt there anymore. I think about them often and wonder about all the big buck's that have walked under them.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Shawn Leonard:
most were a bracket hung in a tree with screw in steps or skyhook screws.
I'm not familiar with this way of hanging a stand. What does it mean? Any pictures?
QuoteOriginally posted by Gordon martiniuk:
How many tree stands do you put up each year 3 or more?
I put up a Hundred or so on public land here in Wisconsin. I can't leave my stand up on state land overnight!
I wish they would require the daily removal on ALL public lands. Guys put up stands like they claim/own the spot. Its PUBLIC land. It makes it difficult as I would hate to sit where another guy was coming in. Often they are rarely touched all season though.
I think a sunset-to-sunset limit in public grounds would be great. At least you would know if a guy was serious about hunting it.
Between stands hung and trees prepared to hunt out of with a lone wolf assault portable, I normally have right around 40.
I typically have 12-15 stands up.
One Climber, and one hang-on.
Bakes
I maintain a dozen screaming eagles stands and keep another couple in my truck for new locations when I need to move during the season.
I have a half a dozen or so up and ready to hunt ( same for my partner), some of them get tweeked during the season. I use the climber some but prefer not to. Joe
4 not counting the stands you guys have set for me :p