Not enough stands!!!!

[joevan125]

I have been hunting the same piece of property for 5 years ( 1,700 acrs). This past weekend me and one of my buddies went down to our lease so we could check all our stands out. We have names for most all of these stands but we have never really put a number on the amount till this weekend.

Just between the 2 of us we have 24 lock-on stands, 8 ladder stands and 4 climbers. Every year we are always buying a few new stands and when we put them up we leave them in there year round. We check them before the start of the season and always have to loosen them up so they dont get to tight.

If i wasnt so broke right now i would buy a few more to put out in a few places we found last weekend. I dont think you can ever have to many stands in the woods so you can almost always hunt the wind.

How do you guys hunt property that you have access to year after year.

[Mr.Vic]

Folding chairs in brush piles. Cheap, won't get stolen.

[Whip]

36 stands on 1,700 acres?  You're not even scratching the surface!  I have 14 on 130 acres.  Been converting most to ladder stands over the past five years or so.  Also have some brush ground blinds built and am liking them as well.

[George D. Stout]

No stands.  Just let it as I found it.

[joevan125]

Whip  

[mscampbell75]

On my 220 acre lease. I have one ladder that I may hunt once or twice a year and the rest it's my Lone Wolf climber.  I dont have funds to invest in multiple stand. My LW is mobile and quite.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I left my stand in WI when I moved. My brother's use it and have shot more deer out of it than I have.  

I enjoy ground hunting and making the most of each new set up.  Not only is it quicker and easier, I do not have to mess with nuts, bolts and screws in the dark. I wont fall out of a tree from napping.  Granted I will not be able to see a quarter mile (where I can't shoot anyhow) but it's easier to walk that quarter mile without lugging around extra baggage.

Charlie

[longbowben]

We have stands hung everywhere on our farm.For every wind direction.

[swampdrummer]

4 stands and 5 ground blinds on 20 acres.Plus one climber to move around with.Saw deer tracks going thru my pole barn tonight. Thinking about sitting up in the rafters  :D  Or at least put a camera in there!

[KSdan]

One stand on my back- up and down every time.  Besides the economics, I never want to educate deer (my guess is deer are educated long after you leave).  Every mature buck I have encountered or harvested for the past 15 years has been first time on stand (a couple with a two+ week rest). If I had the finances I may set stands ahead of time- but there would sure need to be a lot of them.  IT would change my style of hunting too as many times, I move my stand during the day to refine the position based on wind or movement.  

Dan in KS

[Ia Hawkeye]

As Mr. Vic does,I use a folding stool and hunt  wherever I choose.

[Walt Francis]

I have 13 set up on two properties and need several dozen more.  During the season there is always a Screaming Eagle stand and a set of rapid rails in my truck to make adjustments if needed.  I have found it disturbs the deer a lot less if your stands are set before the season if you are going to hunt the same tree multiple times.  However, as KSDan said, your best chance to get a nice whitetail buck is the first time you set and sit a stand.

[Ssamac]

I climb a well placed tree with a low branch. Or else hunt from a blind which I can set up anywhere.
My favorite is to still hunt

sam

[joevan125]

Most all my stands are set up around acorn trees and in the area i hunt they fall at different times. I agree that a climber is a very valuable hunting item because of its versatility. I just like being able to slip in to one of my lock-ons and also i get really hot walking to my stand no matter how cold it is. I carry all my cold weather gear in my back pack and dress when i get to my tree and a climber makes it hard for me to do that.