instead of ground blind, have you ever tried..

[cnorth]

Instead of hunting out of ground blind, just wondering if anybody ever tried a low hanging loc on stand.. by this I mean packing a loc on stand in and just a couple ladder sticks and hang about 4-6 feet in some low coverage about 15-20 yds off some travel routes.. I thought this may be a quick and very maneuverable set up? Been thinking about this for some time . What you think ??

[reddogge]

It would work as long as you had some pretty good cover to screen you and the wind was right.

[Justin Falon]

I shot my biggest buck ever while sitting on a plastic bucket in front of a large evergreen tree. The buck was 12 yards away and could not make me out. Luckiest day of my life!!!!!

[BOWMARKS]

I do something close to that.

I am a paraplegic so I need to hunt off of an ATV ,so I set up with some camo cloth behind me and a small tree in front.

Once I am in place the only thing that moves are my eyes

It is a hard way to hunt but I have been lucky twice !!!!!  

[Tajue17]

sure just above and behind the top of a baby pine or low bush against a tree to put the stand on,, perfect..  but this is a good idea to be out of the snow too if the snow is down,, also traveling snakes if you have them. not sure but I have stands that are up only 8' just depends on the set-up.

[sweet old bill]

I use to build with 2 x 4 by 8 foot high ladder stands and put the stand in between 3 trees. Always worked great the 3 trees block the setup stand from the eyes of the deer so it seems. I never felt that you had to be 20 foot or higher to hunt deer. I also always built a good seat in the trees.

[RedShaft]

I have done that many times if the cover is right or I'm in a group of 3 or more trees clustered together.

[ChuckC]

In the swamp, that is often the only way you can hang a stand, and it works, but you need the appropriate cover.
ChuckC

[cnorth]

I believe I am going to try it this year. I hunt narrow thick wood lots between fields and a river

[r-man]

yes I have and with great success, most times only about 5'-6',  and shimmy up a leaning log. it gets me just above the brush or in it.

[Steve in Canton]

Originally posted by BOWMARKS:
I do something close to that.

I am a paraplegic so I need to hunt off of an ATV ,so I set up with some camo cloth behind me and a small tree in front.

Once I am in place the only thing that moves are my eyes

It is a hard way to hunt but I have been lucky twice !!!!!      

You won

[The Night Stalker]

Rhododendron is great cover for this if they grow in your area.

[BUCKY]

My dad hunted into his 70's like this. It worked for him. 8' was about it for him. We used 2 4' sticks.

[Frank V]

All it would cost you to find out would be to try it. Heck it might work. The wind & lack of movement are almost as important as anything else. The worst you could do would be to waste an afternoon. No wait, time spent hunting isn't a waste it's an adventure. I vote try it!

[cnorth]

I am going to try it out this season...thanks for all the responses.. "BOWMARKS" that is truly awesome and inspirational...

[Frank V]

cnorth
Let us know your results. it's an interesting concept & might be fun to try.
Good luck.

[TooManyHobbies]

I set my climber about 6' off the ground once. Just above the high brush, but below the low canopy. Pre-trad days, but I got a shot at a buck.

[MnFn]

I tried this out of necessity a few years ago.  I found a natural funnel between two large sloughs. Lots of cat tails and small willows with tall grass. A ton of deer sign.

I could find only one tree that was barely big enough to hang a small home made lock on stand. The stand height was only about 6 ft high. Fortunately the wind was consistently blowing in the right direction. I went in a couple of mornings later and by 7:30 had rattled in 4X5 just like it is supposed to  work.
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[tracker12]

I have hunted a farm in Va for many years where the farmer has numerous stands no higher that 8 feet.  Lots of deer have been killed out of them.  I fins that it is sometimes easiler to get back cover in lower stands.

[cnorth]

Tks all for the replies