Do Ladderstands spook game?

[kojac]

I was huntin' w/a buddy that shot a 130's class buck at 5 yards while in a treestand less than 5 feet off the ground.  but than again, I shot a 160" deer on the ground under 20 yards, so I would say a person can make any stand work if your placement is right.

good luck!!

[woodchucker]

Only if I'm sitting in it   :confused:

[sidebuster]

Deer will get use to anything as long as it there for a while.  Lots of people talk about brushing  their tent blinds.  Yeah you have to do it if you putting one up and hunting out of itthe next day.  If you left that blind there for 2 weeks you wouldn't have to do anything, the deer would have gotten use to it. In fact you could put up just a plain camping tent and hunt out of it as long as it was there for a while.

[Wary Buck]

I just take extra pains to camouflage the ladder portion by tieing brush to it, double/triple trees, etc.  Best thing about a ladder stand is the peace of mind/ease in climbing in and out.  They're not as mobile, but they are very safe.

Note:  You still need to belt yourself in up there even if ladders seem more safe.  Buddy of mine pitched out of a short ladder and is mostly paralyzed below the chest because of it.

[Wary Buck]

Oh, I might add, I have a 'Buddy' ladder stand that last Thursday I sat both my daughters (ages 4 and 6) in with me.  Because of a weird tree situation, I had to take one section of ladder out so we're only about 8' up.  Yet we had two dink bucks and two fawns offer easy 10-yard shots during the hunt.  Unfortunately, we were hoping for either a big buck or any adult doe.  Next time.  This stand was butted up to a big mulberry tree with cedars growing alongside, and we are very well camo'ed in there.

[Dave Bulla]

No, it's the big blob of camo'd hunter skylined because the stand is in too small of a tree with no background cover that spooks the deer....  

[Fletcher]

I've only known one ladder stand to spook deer.  It was a cheap Cabelas model that came painted a light gray.  It really stood out and the deer would pick up on it quickly.  We painted it with a dull OD and that was the end of the issue.