chickenrunn

I will keep it simple,, everything aside... sitting on an acre food plot in the middle of 350 acres, of solid oaks in flat bottom land with ridges, up on both sides the land kinda looks like a big U. To sitting on the ridges them self... how high do you hunt?

mfd1027

All of my hang ons are set at 20 ft. When I hunt with my climbers I might go as high as 30. Kind of depends on the canopy.

Dan

haystack

That is a very good and difficult question, one that I often have trouble with. Say if you go up 20 to 30 feet or higher, and your in the line of site of a deer on the ridge or side hill, you have'nt gained nothing, unless you can be completely motion less. I can not. So I would try to place my stand in a place were I could be as concealed as possible and still get a good opportunity to take the shot. If I was using a rifle, might even consider staying on the ground.

mossbergman11/OH

20 foot with hang ons and 15-16 foot with ladders

j2000

I usually go up 15 ft. with my climber tree stand.

NITEHAWKJS

That is a very good question as you have a lot of things to consider as haystack stated you have to be concerned of being in line of sight. I've have climbed as high as 45ft to avoid this if the canopy permits,if not a ground blind is another option.Also you must considerbedding area location and deer movement.Then you have to consider thermals to dictate setups on morning or evening hunts. Usally high in mornings low in evenings. Then there is the wind which seems to swirl in hunting hollows as you described.So all of these need to be taken in consideration when choosing a stand or blind placement

timbercruiser

In a climber I want to get as high as I can and still be able to see as far and as clear as I can whether it is 10 feet or 40 feet. I shot two bucks this year sitting flat on the ground leaning up against a tree. It is more important to hunt the wind than anything.

chickenrunn

OK I guess I want to here the average height of your stand,, not considering blinds...????

thanks for all who have imputed so far...

Remfire

I'm using a climber and try to get up 30 feet at least.Got a couple of ladder stands that go up 16 feet.

hatchet jack

20ft for me, but in the 70's and 80's I was real high



hatchet Jack