wHAT KINDA STAND YOU HUNT OUT OF MOST
05-14-2008, 01:24 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Cackalacky
Posts: 1,134
RE: wHAT KINDA STAND YOU HUNT OUT OF MOST
I posted a post few weeks ago about ladder stands
Here is how my brain has dissected what I want to do since then
In 06 I was in a hunting club on the east coast of Nc, there were 18 members hunting 3500 acres- what I can't get over and why i will stand in my beliefs is the fact that 5 members took all of the bucks - these 5 members me being one of them used climbers the majority of the time we hunted - the other members sit in box stands, ladder stands, tripods, etc
I have made my mind up to get another climber - since mine is about 10 years old and continue to run and gun - this gives me the ability to hunt a new tree - fresh spot everytime -lot more flexibility
Here is how my brain has dissected what I want to do since then
In 06 I was in a hunting club on the east coast of Nc, there were 18 members hunting 3500 acres- what I can't get over and why i will stand in my beliefs is the fact that 5 members took all of the bucks - these 5 members me being one of them used climbers the majority of the time we hunted - the other members sit in box stands, ladder stands, tripods, etc
I have made my mind up to get another climber - since mine is about 10 years old and continue to run and gun - this gives me the ability to hunt a new tree - fresh spot everytime -lot more flexibility
05-14-2008, 02:56 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Buffalo Grove, IL/Bristol, WI
Posts: 1,460
RE: wHAT KINDA STAND YOU HUNT OUT OF MOST
I mainly hunt public land so a climber is really the best option. Especially since I might have to move a few times in a day due to other hunters or non-hunters that can't read the hunting only signs.
05-14-2008, 05:50 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,102
RE: wHAT KINDA STAND YOU HUNT OUT OF MOST
Hang ons exclusively.I have 12 or 13 of them.Most of them are really inexpensive.I will be buying a Lone Wolf alpha assault pretty soon to use as a jump around stand,I'm not sure whether I am going to buy the sticks or use tree steps.
05-14-2008, 06:17 PM
#17
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where the big deer are from, seminole county FL
Posts: 1,435
RE: wHAT KINDA STAND YOU HUNT OUT OF MOST
ORIGINAL: mobow
LOL....whatever. I've shot every deer I've ever killed out of a climber, and that's quite a few. Some of us don't have the money to buy 20, 30 or however many fixed stands, climbing sticks or steps....Hell, a good fixed stand isn't cheap....Let's just figure 80 bucks for a good one. Yes, I know there are cheaper, but they are just that.....CHEAP. Speaking of noisy.....cheap fixed stands are about as loud as they come. So, if the average good stand is 80 bills, ah hell, let's go 50, just for the sake of argument. And you have 20 sets....Hell, that's $1000 just in stands, not to mention climbing stix......
NO THANK YOU. I spent $240 on my climber, and I can hunt everywhere I want to. As far as humping them in, setting them up, and taking them out.....Suck it up. It's still not as much work as setting all those stands in the spring.
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
Last year I hunted out of a climber very often, trust me...it wasnt the plan...and I didnt like it.
Climbers are too noisy, too heavy, you have to hump them in, out, set them up, break them down. All making your core temp raise which will cause you to sweat and leave scent. Not to mention the extra noise. Think you dont make noise ? BS..Things his the stand, you have to climb, things bump the stand while climbing. You pull your bow up, it hits the rail. They are too noisy, even with noise reducing modifications.
I did shoot my buck out of a climber.
They are comfortable, though. And mobile. Once I found a good tree, I left it attatched to the base, all season. If I had aqquired my property earlier, I would have had hang ons all over, like I do this year.
I have 1 ladder that is set up on a GOOD funnel.
I have, man...about 20 or so hang on sets hung already.
Last year I hunted out of a climber very often, trust me...it wasnt the plan...and I didnt like it.
Climbers are too noisy, too heavy, you have to hump them in, out, set them up, break them down. All making your core temp raise which will cause you to sweat and leave scent. Not to mention the extra noise. Think you dont make noise ? BS..Things his the stand, you have to climb, things bump the stand while climbing. You pull your bow up, it hits the rail. They are too noisy, even with noise reducing modifications.
I did shoot my buck out of a climber.
They are comfortable, though. And mobile. Once I found a good tree, I left it attatched to the base, all season. If I had aqquired my property earlier, I would have had hang ons all over, like I do this year.
I have 1 ladder that is set up on a GOOD funnel.
I have, man...about 20 or so hang on sets hung already.
NO THANK YOU. I spent $240 on my climber, and I can hunt everywhere I want to. As far as humping them in, setting them up, and taking them out.....Suck it up. It's still not as much work as setting all those stands in the spring.
