Stand options to consider?

[sdfrench]

Ok, I finally got on a lease where I can set up stands to hunt from. I have a hang-on stand and rapid rails for one setup. I'm thinking of setting up two more to handle wind conditions and not wear out one stand. there are trees big enough to support stands. Should I go with additional hang-on stands? Ladder stands? Tripod Stands? Seems the Ladder or Tripod will be most comfortable and easiest to get in and out of.

Suggestions?

[BIG RED BOWHUNTER]

We Prefer Tripods Lodged Up In A Liveoak Or Other Evergreen

[jerp]

I'm also a fan of setting up a tripod or ladder stand in a clump of live oaks so you don't lose your cover when the leaves fall. If I was hunting in the pines I'd probably use tree stands too. Check out www.gametamers.com they are a site sponsor and their quadpod is the best thing out there IMO

[lglidewell]

I have 5 hangon treestands, 3 different sets of tree steps/ladders and I now prefer River's Edge ladder stands... WOW, 1000 times easier than shimmying up a tree, hangin' on fer "deer" life trying to get the hangon's situ-ma-waited!!! I think i have the 17ft jackpine model, took me about 30 mins at the house to put it together and LESS time to get it up and snug on a tree! Paid right at $70-$80 for it at Gander... Had some sale going on that day...

[thearrower]

Tripods and Ladder stands are my favorites....I try to position them where there is cover (espcially behind) to break up my outline.

[BrandonA]

Not to highjack, but for you guys that hunt out of a tripod, what do you guys do to hold your bow and stuff. I haven't found the"perfect" way.

[jerp]

Not to highjack, but for you guys that hunt out of a tripod, what do you guys do to hold your bow and stuff. I haven't found the"perfect" way.

I like the bowholders that bolt onto the bottom of the seat and stick out to your left (or right if your wrong-handed) - whichever way you swivel the bow is close at hand. In my favorite set-ups I can hang my Catquiver on a hook screwed into the tree but that's not always possible. It is a P.I.T.A. to have to lay it down on the platform under you.

[cheez]

My favorite stand is a tripod set under a big live oak. It has a big limb hanging out over it and I built a bracket to hang my bow. It hangs just a little higher than shooting position pointed at the feeder so I can reach out, grab the bow, drop it just a little, and be ready to draw it straight back. I also built a rail in front that I hang cut cedar from to conceal my movements.

[trophy8]

i have only hunted out of a tree stand one time. i hunt out of tower stands tripod or box blinds on my places. BUT what i would do if you can afford it is set up two stands per feeder or whatever setup you have so you can play with the wind. i have done it and it works wonders. better to have a backup plan than be stuck in a stand you get busted in all day long. in mason i cant get a tripod in the areas i hunt because the oaks are so heavy. so i use brush blinds. cedar covers all my scent and is free! in crane im using a box blind and one pop up per feeder. the box blind is for rifles obviously but i have a pop up on hand at every spot i use because i dont have time to go another ten miles to my next spot. it has come in very handy for me.

brandona- get one of those bow holder that you screw in the ground and weld it on the platform of your tripod. as far as everything else goes i just wear my calls on me, my dip fits in my pocket, so does my phone, and that pretty much covers everything i need leave you bag underneat your feeder on a rope and you can pull it up if there are no deer around.

[tuthdoc]

If you have trees big enouch, then it's hard to beat a gametamer. Very comfortable.

I have a pecan tree that's big enough at San Angelo and set up a lock-on in it. I also have tower blinds surrounded by netting in mesquite and hackberry trees. they are usually 12 to 14 feet. I also bury tripods in thickets and surround with netting. Works very well. I don't set up more than one per spot because if it's a final destination like chum or a feeder, then you can't play the wind, so don't worry about it. If you have the wind blowing from the feed to you, then most of the deer will come in behind you, so there goes the play the wind thing. that's just one more thing to mess with your head.

Here are some pics of my stands, not counting ground blinds which is a whole other ball game.

Here are a couple of my tripod set ups. The Hackberry tripod is good for two ro three deer per year. I chum a mesquite tree about 14 yards from me and wind or no wind, have A LOT of deer there virtually every hunt. Big Baby 8 met his fate here about 4 years ago here.

[tuthdoc]

Here my favortie stand. It's along a "dry pond" with about 5 or 6 crossings. I chum the opposite bank and in the pond when it's dry. Shots are kept under 20 yards. Deer come from all directions, so no playing the wind here. I've had them directly under me sniffing my pack that I use to bring in chum. It's a tower that we made about 18 years ago. It's in a mesquite/hackberry thicket and the netting is about triple layer. I shoot through holes in the net. Tower 9 got his name here when I dusted him at 12 yards year before last. I hunt this stand A LOT and a good many of my pics over the years have been from this stand.











A tall tripod could be place similarly, especially one that you can put the platform where you want it and then "build" the legs onto the platform. I think the quadpods that gametamer makes can be done that way.