Tripod tips, tricks, do's and don't's

[Jesus is Coming]

Besides wearing camo and being still, what else works/doesn't work when hunting from a tripod. Anyone hunt a tripod with a "blind" covering it? Any pics of your set ups? Please share, thank you.

[dustoffer]

I pig hunt from a tripod, but no camo covering as I'm backed up into a mesquite/hackberry tangle. Never had anything but a turkey spy me out either.

[Chew]

Don't silhouette yourself...have a good backdrop.

Make your shooting window small.

Have some cover over your legs and lower body.

Draw your bow every time you get in the stand. Helps find limbs that have shifted.

West side of trail or feeder us usually safe since wind rarely blows from that direction.

[M.E.B.]

I you can wire one of the legs to something it will really steady one up even better than stakes.

Having the stand good and steady gives you a warm fuzzy when trying to get a shot off.

[txtimetravler]

Racket strap to a tree branch to secure it.
Brush in front
Brush in back.
Bury the tripod in a tree, oak or cedar.
Don't trim too much.
Hand corn 10 yards away
Hand corn behind stumps, cactus or rock piles.
Get a bow holder

[bowhunterchris]

Don't silhouette yourself...have a good backdrop.

Make your shooting window small.

Have some cover over your legs and lower body.

Draw your bow every time you get in the stand. Helps find limbs that have shifted.

West side of trail or feeder us usually safe since wind rarely blows from that direction.

X2

[tvc184]

Don't silhouette yourself...have a good backdrop.

Make your shooting window small.

Have some cover over your legs and lower body.

Draw your bow every time you get in the stand. Helps find limbs that have shifted.

West side of trail or feeder us usually safe since wind rarely blows from that direction.

All of the above and especially the backdrop.

Have a good set of hand shears in your bag to cut twigs to clear those small lanes and limbs/twigs that hamper your draw or will make noise when you bump them.

[Jesus is Coming]

Thanks guys. Helpful tips.

[dustoffer]

Here's the view from one of my ladder stands and I only hunt hogs at this feeder.



And, here's the view of the ladder stand from 15 yds away. Note the good background cover--all natural, but will put a piece of camo net between the large trunks behind me if necessary after leaves drop.

[techunter]

Here's the one I set up this year. I built the cage and camo wrap for it. I put a roof on it and blacked out the inside. I've never hunted out of it, so I guess we'll see if it works.

[Jesus is Coming]

Here's the view from one of my ladder stands and I only hunt hogs at this feeder.



And, here's the view of the ladder stand from 15 yds away. Note the good background cover--all natural, but will put a piece of camo net between the large trunks behind me if necessary after leaves drop.

I like the back drop and camo netting idea

[Jesus is Coming]

Here's the one I set up this year. I built the cage and camo wrap for it. I put a roof on it and blacked out the inside. I've never hunted out of it, so I guess we'll see if it works.

Well that guy doesn't seem to mind

[Jmh05]

I always like to stick the tripod behind cover and create a shooting hole through the brush to the kill zone. Or better stick it in the middle of a clump of brush and trim out around me.

[NTex]

I changed a set this year and moved a tripod to a new set. I backed the tripod up against a tree at 25 yards and cut shooting lanes out. Today I staked two of the legs and added another tripod behind me, so I can hunt with the kids.

[gingib]

great advice! I like the cover for it making it dark inside