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Ive got 6 lockons hung, 1 ladder stand,3 ground blinds built and 1 climer for roaming.
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I think I have 12 tree stands, 3 ladders, 2 double bulls, one ghillie suit and one leafy suit and several seats. My wife has claimed all the best stands so, truth be told, from day to day, I am not sure.
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3 ladders, 1 lock on and a climber. All on 20 acres. Wish I had 2 or 3 more
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I've lost count.
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One right and one left... leg.
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14 hangons, 4 ladders, 2 pop-ups, and 2 identical lone wolf hang ons with climbing sticks for roaming when the rut kicks in...I gotta buy a couple more hang-ons cause I found another spot :)
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One at a time :biglaugh:
ChuckC
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My Equalizer climber is the only one I have and use. I never cared for loc ons and sold the 3 I had last year.
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"One right and one left." I don't own any stands. I am a ground pounder.
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1> climber
1> loc-on
1> cheapo pop-up
But now living in Texas I'll be trying ground hunting more and more..
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I have 6 in place right now. I'd really like to be able to still hunt or spot and stalk, but it just is not practical where I hunt. It's super thick. I'm stubborn and will still try though.
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Lone Wolf Climber, Ol Man climber and a gorilla lock on. Going to be on ground a lot this year to with shaggie long coat.
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My personal stands: 2 loc-on Spirits, 1 loc-on Lem, 1 ladder, 1 tree suit, and 1 sneaky sak.
Caney Creek property in Kansas: 157 stands as of the end of last season. Everything from tree crotch platforms to pop-ups to 4 man shooting houses.
Caney Creek property in Alabama: 41 stands, hang on, ladder, and ground blinds.
I prefer using the Loc-on Spirits if hunting an area a couple days or more. Tree Suit or sneaky sak for pack in hunts or quick hunts. Can fit both in my hydration pack at the same time with enough steps to get 16 feet up. And they are light enough I don't really notice I'm carrying them.
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Pac that is too cool! I was wondering what to wear under the ghillie come Oct. 1, Thanks
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None
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2 lock ons
2 ladder
1 climber
And this year will try more ground hunting.
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I have 1 climber I rarely use, but I added a Chippewa and a Guido this year. I mostly hunt from the ground, but there are a few spots I want to hunt from a tree, most on public land.
I have two pop ups and 8 or 9 natural blinds set up on private land and I am sure I can find some blowdowns as the season moves forward.
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Right now I have 10 ladder stands on 167 acres. This is all big timber. There are two other ladder stands that are more rifle stands. Have 2 new ladder stands to put up this weekend. That about maxes me out. They are all in funnels, on ridge lines etc. I hunted out of a climber almost exclusively for several years but there is nothing like sneakin in and gettin up in a ladder stand. The wife asks, how many stands do you have now? I can't tell you honey. :)
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5 Lock-ons, 2 ladders, 1 climber. I don't use the climber much though because I hunt pretty limby trees.
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Only one at a time, as I spend more time still hunting and using stands of immediate opportunity it is difficult to set up multiple stands. If I had the land to do it I could see 4-5 stands and alter depending on weather and wind conditions.
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I have four hung at home, four hung on a fella's property who lets my dad and me hunt, one on some family land, and a couple others lying about just in case. But I'm still likely to spend as much time wandering around on the ground as up in the trees anyway. I'd guess it at about 50/50, or close at least. I do better in the stands, but I get bored and like to see the country.
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3 ground blinds, 3 ladder stands, & 2 lockons, and 2 ghillie suits
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I have one tree stand and it goes with me all the time. I'm liable to sit in a 30-40 different locations a year, and hunt off the ground some too.
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man i feel like im doing something wrong,i have 4 ladders and 1 climber,thats on the 150 acres on the family farm
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I have about 30 hung in different states.
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Got 2 lock on's and a recurve Double Bull. I move them around a lot.
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Last time I counted I had in the mid 30's lock-on stands. Have around 15 up now and maybe 4-5 more to hang around home in Indiana. Keeping 7-8 free for my trip to Missouri in November. Generally have around 30 trees at home here either hung with a stand or ready to jump into if necessary.
Year to year I end up not hunting at all in around 1/2 of the stands I hang in the summer...something changes or whatever...I have some stands I've hung 3 years running and never sat. Some day I'll kill a mature buck out of one of those stands, though, so I keep hanging them. Whew, this deer hunting is a full time-year round job!
Ryan
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2 hang on stands and about 50 climber locations.
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Generally between 20 and 40...depending on acerage I have. Normally, I get a new spot to hunt, then lose it. The last couple years I hunted public land exclusively, since I only had 20 private acres to hunt. This year, I've got more ground...so I have alot of stands up. This does not count the number of times I hang a stand during season. Too many options is much better than not enough.
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By the way...in many areas, I no longer actually hang a stand. This is due to the fact that each year I have stands stolen. Often what I like to do now...is put screw steps in all of my trees, and then carry my lone wolf hang on stand each time in and out. It's small and light enough to not bother me hanging it each day, and comfortable that I can sit all day in November.
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I have 3 two person ladder stands, great for taking my boys on youth hunts and for the bigger guys in camp, not to mention the wife loves the extra room. Also have 10 single ladder stands and 2 pop up blinds sitting on about 500 acres. Lots of options for the number of people that hunt the property and it leaves plenty of sanctuary spots for the deer as well.
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Questioned was posed a couple years back so out of curiosity I started counting them the past couple years.
I climb over 20 different trees a year. Very portable Windwalker stand goes in and out with me every stand. Most trees I leave climbing steps year after year (backing them out a turn or two each year to keep from embedding) although in new trees will usually use climbing sticks first. If I like the tree set-up and return, will then screw in steps leaving them except for the bottom 3 or 4 to keep out of most people’s line of sight. Then I only have to carry a maximum of four steps the next trip.
Have hundred of dollars in steps out there now in trees…8^)
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3 ladders, a climber, and about 8 hang on's that stay in place most of the year, and one Lone Wolf Assalt that I jump around with. I would have more if I could, but I get buy with those on the three places I hunt most.
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I have two lock on's and a Lone Wolf that gets me into any tree.
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i own 295 acres and have 23 stands when adding in the 3 on the ground. My friends joke, 1 for every 10 acres, well almost. I Never hunt a stand two days in a row, & I never hunt a stand with a bad wind , ever!
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It really depends on how many acres you are hunting and open pasture / crop land is included in it. Terrain also figures into it. There are only so many funnels and good spots.
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About 12 permanent, then a few portable ones if things are not working out.
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Chuck C was 'chuckling' about that - 1 at a time - but there is wisdom in that.
1. If you leave them unattended you may lose them - unless you have them on secure private land.
2. I believe here in Montana the DFW very much frowns on unattended tree stands. (What is the case in you State?)
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One- never in the same spot twice though.
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I have 5 tree stands set up and 4 natural ground blinds set.Some I hunt more than others due to wind,weather and time.
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I gotta start counting, this will take a while...
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Usually I have between 12 - 15 stands on my hunting property. 9 are ladders, the rest hang on. Behind my house at home I have 3 stands. I also have some ground blind locations set up as well. Always plenty of options for any wind direction.
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Right now I have four loc ons hung, one blind set, and another 20 or so sites prepped. Hope to be out Saturday to hang a couple more.
David
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last year 6. Two loc-ons, 2 homemade, 2 ladders. I had more out, but did not from them.
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I don't hunt from a stand. I have enough area to hunt that I could hunt a different place every day of the season. God bless us.
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3 locons hung in funnels and creek crossings. I have two climbers I use to go from one hot feed tree to another.On my loc ons I use the woodpecker system and bring the bottom 4-5 bolts out every time.RC
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I hunt from ONE, but I hang 2 or 3 and i own 4..
Joe
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4 loc ons and 4 climbers and oh yeah 1 ladder stand
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I have nearly 60 hung at various places...and move probably 15 of them each year to adjust for movement pattern changes.