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Offline Hermon

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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #20 on: August 10, 2011, 10:39:00 PM »
5' 8" for me.  Havent't hunted in a tree for a long time
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #21 on: August 10, 2011, 10:59:00 PM »
10 to 12 ft.
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Offline huskyarcher

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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #22 on: August 10, 2011, 11:04:00 PM »
I am still young and stupid all of my stands are ATLEAST 25ft up, most are more like 30. my favorite stand is 32ft, i know this because my 30ft pull rope dangles 2ft up.
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #23 on: August 11, 2011, 12:45:00 AM »
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14-18' depending on cover and location
Yup!

However high you have to go to get to cover/branches. Anywhere from 6 feet up to 14. I personally don't like to go higher.

I was 7-8 feet up a tree last year and had a doe dead to rights but my limb tip caught my tether strap on my safety vest.....    :banghead:    She was at 4 yards and looking the other direction!
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #24 on: August 11, 2011, 03:15:00 AM »
Nevr go above 15 feet uaually stay around 12.
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Offline BowMIke

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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #25 on: August 11, 2011, 07:44:00 AM »
12 feet to 17 feet depending on terrain and cover.
Next time I go bear hunting I think I will only be up around 8 feet. (they usually know your there anyway).

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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #26 on: August 11, 2011, 07:56:00 AM »
As low as I think I can get away with and never over 20' at the highest.
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #27 on: August 11, 2011, 08:06:00 AM »
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I am still young and stupid all of my stands are ATLEAST 25ft up, most are more like 30. my favorite stand is 32ft, i know this because my 30ft pull rope dangles 2ft up.
I'd get nose bleeds that high.  On the other hand, you're almost high enough to parachute down at the end of the day!
This reminds me I should really sell my tree stand in the classifieds; it's been collecting dust for two years now.  Loving ground blinds.
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #28 on: August 11, 2011, 02:20:00 PM »
12 to 15 feet, no more no less.
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #29 on: August 11, 2011, 02:26:00 PM »
Normally I never get higher than two Lone Wolf sticks, whatever height that is.....


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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #30 on: August 11, 2011, 02:47:00 PM »
The key is to find the right tree.  One with good back ground cover, multiple trunks, etc.  No point in sitting in a "telephone pole".
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Offline Ric O'Shay

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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #31 on: August 11, 2011, 04:33:00 PM »
Butt level no higher than 10 feet. I have 3 sections to my ladder stand and never have or ever will use all three. Figure if I fall, I can hit terminal velocity from 10 just as easy as I can from 20. Besides, I believe the shot angles are hideous above 10 feet anyway.
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Offline Jason R. Wesbrock

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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #32 on: August 11, 2011, 05:30:00 PM »
It completely depends on the situation. Most off my stands are between fourteen and twenty or so feet high.
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #33 on: August 11, 2011, 05:55:00 PM »
Around 12-15 ft. Starting to prefer the ground blind in some situations. I tried the ghilli last year and had a good exeperience with it.
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #34 on: August 11, 2011, 06:15:00 PM »
I think it depends on the terrain and the positioning of the stand. If you are on flat ground and the thermals or prevailing wind is such that you don't need to be more than 10-12 ft. But if you are in the hills/mountains in a canyon where the thermals and wind makes you have to go up higher in order to get your scent up off the ground more. If the animals are coming in from uphill you will need to be up higher....just depends.
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #35 on: August 11, 2011, 06:31:00 PM »
i have to go about 15 to 18 feet because i hunt old woods and there is no low branches or cover..but i can shoot 15 to 20 yards without hitting a tree,the trees are so big i cant use a climber....
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #36 on: August 11, 2011, 06:31:00 PM »
12-16 feet
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #37 on: August 11, 2011, 06:53:00 PM »
10-15 feet normally.Sometimes I'll push it to 20, but I don't really like going that high.
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #38 on: August 11, 2011, 08:30:00 PM »
I feel comfortable from 16-18'.
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Re: How high do you go ?
« Reply #39 on: August 11, 2011, 08:39:00 PM »
One the ground mostly, my one ladder stand is 11 feet.  I fell once wearing a harness and I'm not interested in doing it again.  I sat in that ladder once last year when I put it up, not sure I'll do it again.
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