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Title: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: Primative Artisan on September 19, 2007, 07:38:00 PM
What say you, do ladderstands spook whitetails more than any other treestand?  I honestly want your opinion.  :confused:
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: bentpole on September 19, 2007, 07:44:00 PM
Most of the time a hunter using a big, bulky, ladder stand usually sets them up a few days before the hunt.I don't think there are still many folks out there that go in in ther dark and set one up the day of the hunt. Once a ladder stand is in fact set up and left for a few days i have never been in one that spooked deer. They get use to them being here.
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: fxe on September 19, 2007, 08:10:00 PM
I don't think so,we put up one last year and the deer didn't seem to notice.
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Post by: SouthMDShooter on September 19, 2007, 08:14:00 PM
ya ive used them for the past two years and i set it up a couple days before i hunt out of it and ive never had a problem....curtis
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: rascal on September 19, 2007, 08:18:00 PM
Last year I placed my one person ladder stand out late morning and hunted it that afternoon, I can tell you for sure it didnt spook game since I had 3 bucks within 7 yards of the ladder that day.  In fact the one I did take , a nice 8 point, actually rubbed his antlers on the ladder before I shot him at 17 yards.

This year for the youth season, Sept 15th 2007 I did the same thing with the late morning stand setup and afternoon hunt for my son.  With in 4 hours of setting the stand up a nice 8 walked up on my son and I in a 2 person stand.  I am proud to say he made a fine shot at 40 yards on this deer.

I dont think that ladder stands spook deer, I absolutely know that they dont spook deer.
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: Panzer II on September 19, 2007, 09:40:00 PM
Not at all
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: Barry Wensel on September 19, 2007, 10:08:00 PM
I've been hunting almost strictly out of ladders for the last five years with absolutely no problem at all. My favorite is the Loggy Bayou Bowhunter with the flip-up seat. Just tuck them into forked, double trees or softwoods. If you are still concerned, you can wire or tie-wrap softwood or leafy branches to the uprights. You can also buy those plastic leafy vines in craft stores and wrap them around the uprights and rungs. The leaves never die and fall off. Works great. bw
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: SOS on September 19, 2007, 10:24:00 PM
Not unless you are dancing on them at the time....LOL.  Only caution is pay attention to the foot section.  I didn't and bought one with a small foot platform and it is tricky turning for an off-side shot.
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Post by: Gary Logsdon on September 19, 2007, 11:25:00 PM
Barry, does Susan know you've been hanging out with the ladies at the craft store again??  LOL
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Post by: Deadbolt on September 19, 2007, 11:29:00 PM
not at all...ive had one use the ladder as a rubbing post a few years back.
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: Primative Artisan on September 19, 2007, 11:42:00 PM
Thank you all for your feedback.  I came from the wide open west and am used to spot and stalk.  Learning the ambush technique.
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: Bonebuster on September 20, 2007, 07:18:00 AM
I think its interesting that some think they do not spook deer at all. Come hunt public land in Michigan and see if your opinion doesn`t change.
If it is left out long enough to become part of the scenery, it will go home with someone else.
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: fireman_3311 on September 20, 2007, 09:09:00 AM
Ask the 4 that I killed out of ladderstands last year....!!!!!
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Post by: doctorbrady on September 20, 2007, 10:26:00 AM
Nope. I am always surprised how much game I see out of my ladder stand.  It's only 12' tall, whereas my hangons are usually 18'-20'.  Just as much game at close range from the ladder.
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Post by: BobW on September 20, 2007, 10:28:00 AM
I used to hunt an area with old farm equipment and junk cars strewn throughout the place.  Didn't bother the game.
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Post by: countrygirl on September 20, 2007, 03:47:00 PM
Nope...I have shot deer from them...also when bow hunting hogs....I have had 5 to 7 does come under my stand out of season to drive me CRAZY!  :banghead:
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Post by: Nakohe on September 20, 2007, 03:54:00 PM
I have used them for years and killed my biggest buck from one. I have had deer smell and rub on the ladders.
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Post by: bowdude on September 20, 2007, 08:58:00 PM
The ladder stand itself does not.  The tresspassers who hunt your stand will.
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Post by: TBone07 on September 20, 2007, 09:08:00 PM
Nope I shot my buck last year at 10 yards from one, they're great!
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Post by: 30coupe on September 20, 2007, 10:33:00 PM
NO!

The doe I shot was within 3 feet of my ladder stand, turned, walked about 15 yards, turned broadside and waited for me to blow a snuffer through her ribcage. While I was waiting after I shot her, three more came within 15 feet of my ladder. They spooked at the bloody arrow sticking up in the middle of the trail, but didn't pay a bit of attention to the ladder. BTW there were four does standing around my stand when I walked in that morning. I walked right up on them in the half-light before dawn, but didn't get a shot.
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: kojac on September 20, 2007, 11:44:00 PM
I was huntin' w/a buddy that shot a 130's class buck at 5 yards while in a treestand less than 5 feet off the ground.  but than again, I shot a 160" deer on the ground under 20 yards, so I would say a person can make any stand work if your placement is right.

good luck!!
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: woodchucker on September 21, 2007, 06:41:00 AM
Only if I'm sitting in it   :confused:
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: sidebuster on September 21, 2007, 08:58:00 AM
Deer will get use to anything as long as it there for a while.  Lots of people talk about brushing  their tent blinds.  Yeah you have to do it if you putting one up and hunting out of itthe next day.  If you left that blind there for 2 weeks you wouldn't have to do anything, the deer would have gotten use to it. In fact you could put up just a plain camping tent and hunt out of it as long as it was there for a while.
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: Wary Buck on September 24, 2007, 12:50:00 PM
I just take extra pains to camouflage the ladder portion by tieing brush to it, double/triple trees, etc.  Best thing about a ladder stand is the peace of mind/ease in climbing in and out.  They're not as mobile, but they are very safe.

Note:  You still need to belt yourself in up there even if ladders seem more safe.  Buddy of mine pitched out of a short ladder and is mostly paralyzed below the chest because of it.
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: Wary Buck on September 24, 2007, 12:52:00 PM
Oh, I might add, I have a 'Buddy' ladder stand that last Thursday I sat both my daughters (ages 4 and 6) in with me.  Because of a weird tree situation, I had to take one section of ladder out so we're only about 8' up.  Yet we had two dink bucks and two fawns offer easy 10-yard shots during the hunt.  Unfortunately, we were hoping for either a big buck or any adult doe.  Next time.  This stand was butted up to a big mulberry tree with cedars growing alongside, and we are very well camo'ed in there.
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: Dave Bulla on September 24, 2007, 01:55:00 PM
No, it's the big blob of camo'd hunter skylined because the stand is in too small of a tree with no background cover that spooks the deer....  :biglaugh:
Title: Re: Do Ladderstands spook game?
Post by: Fletcher on September 24, 2007, 08:02:00 PM
I've only known one ladder stand to spook deer.  It was a cheap Cabelas model that came painted a light gray.  It really stood out and the deer would pick up on it quickly.  We painted it with a dull OD and that was the end of the issue.