tower stand or tree stand
05-21-2009, 08:50 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 26
tower stand or tree stand
what do you guys perfer? what height do you recommend? i came across a tower standat a good price thats 7ft high is that enough? i also like thefact that it has a 4x4 base where i have room for a heater becauselast season was too cold.
05-22-2009, 04:45 AM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: tower stand or tree stand
It would depend on what kind of topography and cover you have in the area you want to put the stand. On the edge of big fields, relatively flat, it should work fine. I am usually in timber of some kind and I want to get as high as I can and still be able to see.You might be able to extend the legs two or three feet without too much trouble.
05-23-2009, 09:05 AM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Southern Mississippi
Posts: 111
RE: tower stand or tree stand
I'd much prefer a tree stand because I'd like to get much higher than 8 feet.I'm sure there are areas that I would use it.There are some places that just don't have many trees that are high enough or maybe none at all.It all depends on where you are hunting.Lots of deer get killed using tripod stands.I just prefer to get high up a tree.
05-24-2009, 03:36 AM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 473
RE: tower stand or tree stand
I like treestands for early bowhunting and the firearm season (Wisconsin) for the late ML season and Archery I use these. Have my own land for tho.
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05-28-2009, 01:03 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio (Buckeye= Big Bucks)
Posts: 333
RE: tower stand or tree stand
ORIGINAL: timbercruiser
It would depend on what kind of topography and cover you have in the area you want to put the stand. On the edge of big fields, relatively flat, it should work fine. I am usually in timber of some kind and I want to get as high as I can and still be able to see.You might be able to extend the legs two or three feet without too much trouble.
It would depend on what kind of topography and cover you have in the area you want to put the stand. On the edge of big fields, relatively flat, it should work fine. I am usually in timber of some kind and I want to get as high as I can and still be able to see.You might be able to extend the legs two or three feet without too much trouble.
05-29-2009, 01:54 PM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Cove City, North Carolina
Posts: 256
RE: tower stand or tree stand
I like to use my summit and climb somewhere between 15-25ft. I live in Eastern North Carolina and we have two types of cover here, thick, and impassable, and since I don't live in a farm I have to get in this crap and it's necessary for me to be up high, but if you're hunting relatively open fields or something and they're accustomed to seeing your stand, I don't see why a tower wouldn't work