Low stands

[BUCKY]

Whats the lowest you ever hung a stand?

[black velvet]

6 feet.

[Bowsey Wails]

Four feet or so in certain hedges, up enough for better limb clearance. Never high enough to be sky lined.

[Sapper1980]

About 6 ft...I usually only go till I'm in cover..

[Kirkll]

16"....... My favorite height. Has a back support and a foot rest too. 

[MnFn]

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.

[Wudstix]

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.

[arrow30]

about 5 or 6 foot in a tangle of vines, just pulled myself up on the vines. and killed a buck within 30 minutes.

[Duker]

Somewhere around 4 feet but I normally go a little over 10 feet 

[Trenton G.]

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.

[BUCKY]

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?

[Kelly]

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.

[Wudstix]

Wind direction is critical.

[Tajue17]

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..

[MnFn]

X2 Wudstick
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.