Bow stand names

[John Krause]

For the last few years I try to do  a thread on bow stand names. Sometimes the name is based on a location and sometimes it gets a name from success or game seen from it.  I love the great names and the explanation for it. I'll start. Please chime in, usually it's great fun. Please post the reason for the name.

Thanks

Granpa  a huge old buck was shot from the stand

Triple tree  a ladder stand in a triple tree trunk

Second thought. A stand put up after thinking about a different spot for it

Lower Mossy Knoll / upper mossy knoll.   Two stands on an above a creek we named Mossy Knoll

Spoon.  It's on the lip of a bowl.

[John Krause]

Chime in please...

[Fletcher]

The bowl: several small finger draws come together in a "bowl".
Poacher's stand: a poacher used this one to shoot a young doe.
The narrows: timbered draw comes up close to an old timbered fence row with 20' mowed area in between.
Four corners: four property corners meet here.
Below the dam: wooded draw below the pond dam.  Lots of good stand trees here.
Middle earth: small open field/plot in the middle of 40 timbered acres.  
Will likely think of a few more later.

[John Krause]

Hey Rick,

How did the stands get their names ?

[9 Shocks]

The Roost
Acorn Ridge
The Bend
Creeky
Plot Stand

[Walt Francis]

The Triple, shot three deer out of it the first morning I set it; The funnel, where a ten acre bedding area narrows down to forty yards and follows a creek (numerous bucks taken from it); The original stand, a natural funnel where I put all my friends for over twenty years, it accounted for over sixty Deer (two triples) and an elk; The Alley, an eighty yard road through some trees/bedding area connecting two hay/grass fields; The Corner, where two fields are separated by a fence and intersects another fence that boarders a bedding area.

[Red Beastmaster]

Death Trap-old rotten wood stand nearby

Toy Truck-rusted toy found at spot

Junk Car Stand-ditto

See The Truck-it was close to where we parked

Lance's Tree-my son in law always stands there on deer drives, so far he's missed three.  

I don't hunt from stands anymore. I had dozens of named spots at one time, these are the ones that come to mind.

[Pine]

Well it's not a tree stand , it's a stilt house that was on the property when we bought it .
My wife calls it "The Doll House" .
And so do I , the name kinda stuck .
It's what I hunt from when it's nasty weather .

[SC Bowhunter]

The hickory tree, for obvious reasons
The bars, next to a wood rail gate
Teh dump, next to the old farm garbage pit
The stone fence, again for obvious reasons
The knob, the highest point on my grandfather's farm
The berry patch, near a thick patch of blackberries

[Tradcat]

"Yellow Fly". I hunt in Florida and the deer flies SUCK ! (Literally). I hunted in that stand 3 years ago and needed a blood transfusion after an evening hunt. Thermacells do a great job on Mosquitos but don't do crap for yellow flies.

[Bowwild]

Cedar Fence
Oak Point
Persimmon
Crow's Nest (Piece of plywood wedged in 3-stem "fork")
Elm Tree
Hackberry
Graveyard (found homemade tombstone AFTER hunting here)
Walnut Bottom
The Island
Maple Stems (killed 265 field dressed from this one)
Connie's Possum (opossum joined friend's wife in tree)

As you can see, most of my names are based upon the species of tree (one of my degrees is Forestry)

[Anointed Archer]

Pine knoll stand
Valley stand
Buck rub alley stand
Riceburners ridge
Gut ridge
Mecca
Behind site 3
Shane's stand
Kody's stand
Grampy's stand
Grammy's stand

[RAGHORN 3]

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[Roy from Pa]

I name all my stands the same..  NO DEER STAND...  LOL

[Orion]

Spruce Thicket
Ricochet
9 bucks
Red gate
Radigan
South of the cabin
Moose Road
Some are more general areas than specific stands.

Taj Mahal - because it was a bad*** stand!

Pig Stand - because the pigs liked it

Astroblind - homemade blind made out of astroturf carpet

Mesquite Tree - because it was in a big ole mesquite tree

Front Field - because it was in the front field

The Bottom Stand - because it was in the creek bottom

Bisch

[Sam McMichael]

Tower
Number Four
Hilton
Rattlesnake
John's Stand
'83 Stand
Deer Field stand

[curlis]

The rabbit hole.

[tomsm44]

I'm calling one I'm working on this year the "Holly Stand" for two reasons.  It's a brush blind that's about 15 yards from a large holly tree that has had as many as 5 scrapes under it at one time in the past, and it's built mainly from holly limbs I cut from other smaller hollies scattered around the bottom it's in.

Some others:
The New Road - Timber company built a new 40-50 foot wide road before cutting a tract of pine.  that was 10-12 years ago, but it's still the "New Road".

8-point stand - We killed two 8 points on it the first two years it was hunted.

Woods Lane (Actually multiple stand locations) - A 600yard long seismograph lane that has been kept open for 20+ years.  It starts at the corner of a property belonging to the Woods family that borders our lease.

Camo Blind - made from a camo tarp

Missed Buck Stand - Ironically this stand has earned it's name multiple times.

Penn Oak Flat - pretty obvious, but it's only about a 40yd x 40yd patch of hardwood surrounded by thickets.

Stubby box - When we first got this lease, the previous hunters left a wooden box stand at this site.  It was a 4'x5' and only had about 3' legs.  It was built out of rough cut cedar and had I think 6"x6" posts for legs.  It definitely looked stubby.  It's no longer there, but the name stuck.

[Barry Wensel]

I have time today. I'll play:
Femoral Head- at the head of a seepage where I tore the ligaments/tendons putting up the stand.
Ringside- Saw two big ones locked up in a fight under it
Ringer- Near Ringside but better
Triple Play- three trunked tree
Threesome- another triple
Redstone- a red colored rock under it
Crossfire- a major ridge crossing
Red Pond- hidden pond in timber surrounded by red colored leaves in fall
Red Pond Knob- knob to west of R/P
Red Pond Flat- flat off SE corner of R/P
Line Drive- stand along internal line/fence
Side Saddle- saddle/flat on a ridge
Screamer- a Screaming Eagle hang-on stand
E.D.- NOT for Erectile Dysfunction but for Special Ed the landowner
Boner- Found some bones around it
Sloppy Seconds- (I did NOT name all these)named because I almost got a Booner the second time around
Yukon Ridge- a ridge off of Yukon Road
Nocked Up- a tree right beside it that has a growth on it that looks like a 9 mth pregnant women
Roadkill- a killer stand right next to the road
Rimfire- on the rim along a ridge.
Cont'd. bw