Hunting with recurve from stands

[boinky]

This was my first season hunting with a recurve and all my hunting was done from lok on stands.

They seem to work best for me, however I am interested in finding out the pros on cons of hunting from other types of stands: ladder stands and climbing stands in particular.

Thanks!

[Bowwild]

The side rails on the couple of ladder stands I own can get in the way of my recurve's lower limb. I rarely use them for this reason.

Lock-ons are what I use. I have a climbing summit that hasn't been in the woods for at least 10 years.

[Arrowcraft]

I have always hunted out of lock on myself ,but now as I get older I feel much more secure hunting out of climber sit and climb and ladder stands. The only downside that I see with sit and climb is practicing placing limb over climber rail. I use summit vipers sd and switched to a hazmore net seat tied tight witch allows bar to be set low enough to get lower bow limb over, but the safety it affords is very comforting , using safety harness of course. Ladders are very convenient once they are put up, a two man job ! Hope this helps
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[Joe2Crow]

I hunt a lot from a climbing stand but it's a Loggy Bayou and has no rails to get in the way.

[reddogge]

You need to learn to shoot the bow canted out of stands with rails. Then the rail will not interfere with the limb.

[Wild Bill MCP 808]

I hunt from a Summit Viper SD have no trouble shooting from this stand. I wear harness system it is safe allows you to lean out. The bar does not get in the way. If you set it to high it could. You have to find your comfort zone with it.

It is safe because your harnessed in going up and coming down. No problems

[Brock]

I have the SUmmit Viper climber..without rails.  Works great for bowhunting with longbow or recurve...though I rarely use it and prefer nice ladder types, lockons or just hunting from ground blinds.

[BAK]

I use ladder stands almost exclusively.  If they come with the shooting rail I do not install it, its for gun hunters, not archers.

Practice out of them however to learn what technique works best for your style of shooting.

[dbd870]

Out of ladder I just tie the gun rail up out of the way. My climber (Viper) I have the seat all the way up on the frame and keep the 2 halves close together so when i stand up the frame is out of the way.

If you get a ladder stand, get one with NO siderails. The siderails are a PITA that will cost you a shot if you hunt out of them enough!

I used to be a diehard treestand hunter. I had to start hunting out of ground blinds several years back because the place I was hunting had very few trees you could put a stand in (S. Tx brush). After several years of hunting in ground blinds, I now prefer them over anything else.

Bisch

[stagetek]

I hunt almost always from lock on stands. They're wide open so no issues. The only climber I have, and seldom use is a Summit Open-shot (Bushmaster). That's wide open as well. Because I prefer 60-64" bows, I would not use stands with rails.

[boinky]

Thanks guys!  Thats what I wanted to know!!

[Billy]

Same topic, different question...
What..How...Where ...
do you put your bow, to let your hands warm up, relax your arms...
The Lone Wolf stands have the "pocket" for a wheelie, but ...ideas ??
I know that some ideas work for longbows, while others work for recurves...
Some are good for quiver on..and some for quiver off.
There is not a right or wrong, just how 'you' do it...

[Paul Cousineau]

No side rails, as stated above, are best. I don't know how some people shot trad bows from stands with rails all over the place.

[dbd870]

Originally posted by Paul Cousineau:
No side rails, as stated above, are best. I don't know how some people shot trad bows from stands with rails all over the place.

I deal with that by only using double ladder stands - then there is enough space the side rails are not an issue.

[JCS]

I will be using a hand climber and my M150 this year.  I hate having any restrictions.  When I get ready to shoot the last thing I want to worry about is bumping my limbs. I want to be able to shoot all around the tree so if I'm hunting on my land it will always be lockons or a hand climber. I wouldn't bother looking into other types of  stands except for ground blinds.

Back to your question about pros and cons...
A hand climber has no rails so you have maximum mobility. It's a little more work getting up a tree, but take your time and you won't break a sweat. Also, you gotta have a fairly straight tree and preferably not too many limbs to have to cut...if any.  The pros greatly outweigh the cons for me though.

[TooManyHobbies]

Lock-on's work better and give more clearance, but all four of my trad kills have been from my summit climber. I've also done better with deer at least 10 yards out, any closer and the rail gets in the way.
This past season, I moved my seat up and even with the rail, then set the top of stand lower on the tree. So when I stand, I'm well over the top of rail. And it's just as comfortable.

[WhitetailHtr]

I hunt out of ladder stands a lot .  I actually stand on the SEAT platform to get me out of the way of the rails, and to keep my profile tight against the tree. Also gives me more height in the tree.

I will admit that the older I get, the harder it is to stand for 3 hours or so at a crack.  But is has proven very effective.

[Bvas]

Climbing sticks and lock on for me.

But learn from my mistakes!!! I had the privalidge of missing a nice buck by about six feet at a distance of fifteen yards this year.
Normally I shoot with a pretty good cant, but as I brought the bow up to shooting position the lower limb was hitting the stand tree. No biggie, just adjust the cant slightly, draw, and shoot. Right??? Wrong!!!
As I drew back, I was actually holding above the buck. I brought the bow down and turned the arrow loose. I felt a tug on my pants and watched the arrow flopping thru the air and land six feet in front of the buck. Completely baffled I replayed the shot. When I drew and let down slowly the lower limb slipped perfectly into my front pants pocket!
Lesson learned....draw right on or low and bring bow up to target. This eliminated a lot of lower limb interference problems for me when shooting down at steep angles.

Practice different cants and distances from the stand!!!

[indianalongbowshooter]

just get a screw in bow hanger and put it in tree so you can reach up and get your bow easily or put a bow holder on your stand within reach..

Originally posted by Billy:
Same topic, different question...
What..How...Where ...
do you put your bow, to let your hands warm up, relax your arms...
The Lone Wolf stands have the "pocket" for a wheelie, but ...ideas ??
I know that some ideas work for longbows, while others work for recurves...
Some are good for quiver on..and some for quiver off.
There is not a right or wrong, just how 'you' do it...