Hunt2Kill

Does any one have a good site or plans on making a tree stand?

davidmil

WHY???? With todays variety and different manufacturers you' d be a lot better off and toting a lot less weight if you just bought one. You feeling handy... work on that Honey Do List.

Hunt2Kill

spending 1200 on my bow, no money for expensive stands, make 1, more comfortable

bigbulls

For right at or just slightly over $100 you can get a pretty nice climbing stand from Cabelas bargain cave or Bass Pro Shops. I can' t imagine that you would come in that much cheaper by the time you bought the supplies that go into making one.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...=category&rid=

http://www.basspro-shops.com/servlet...&hvarSubCode=1

Buckbuster4ou

There is a book -- Bowhunters Digest, Second Edition, by Chuck Adams -- that shows how to make stands.

I can make the ladder stand shown in the book for about 25$. Instead of yellow pine, I use treated lumber.

ShadowAce

Don' t try and make a homemade climber, you can get seriously injured from those. I can' t believe I never fell out of the homemade crap I used to hunt out of when I first started. If you are a pro welder you could probably make a sturdy one but give it up if you aren' t. Besides that, they are way too damn heavy!!

Hyawatha

All those tree forts we made as kids, has paid off for me.

I have a permanent tree house that keeps the rain and wind off me. Never again will I be cold and soaking wet.

JJWIII

If you do a search for " deer stands of your choice" I think that you will be able to find what you are looking for.Try searching on Google.Regards

yajsab

I made a stand two years ago. I' m pretty satisfied with mine. I used the 1/16" thick aluminum square bar at Home Depot/Lowe' s. It costed me around $70. This year I am in the process of building one similar to the Summit. I' m using 1/8" thick aluminum square bar that I bought from www.onlinemetals.com. It costs me $55 so far. It shouldn' t cost more than $10 more when I' m done. On this stand I will have my uncle weld all the joints and only use bolts where neccessary because it will be foldable. The stand that I made was around 18 lbs. and this one will be around 15 lbs (guessing). The previous one can support my weight well (140 + ~20 backpack stuffs). I' m sure the 1/8" thick aluminum can support more than that. If you' re making one yourself and your weight is higher than mine, I would recommend using the 1/8" thick aluminum.

Of course I have to lay everything on a drawing plan before I build it. Just take a look at the stands in the market to see which one you like, and taylor your stand similar to it. Pretty much all the stand are alike in a way. When I build my own, I can build it according to my need. Good luck.

Bigpapascout

Did you take a look at pete http://ca.geocities.com/petergward/home.htmwards website?youcant use the short cut but if you copy and paste it will take you to the page