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    Ideas for extra consealment for ladder stand

    Looking for few more ideas to give me extra camoflage when up in ladder stand. For those who hunt out of tree stands what are some of the ways that work for you.

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    I almost always snug my tripods up to a couple trees, then wrap some camo netting around the back side to give my profile some " breakup ". I try to wrap it around until I can only shoot about a 200 degree half circle in front of me, maybe a tad more. This has worked well for me.

    Something else that would work on ladders is some fresh, leafy limbs wired to the ladder frame. You could trim to suit.

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        #4
        If you can find artificial Christmas trees people are throwing away, they work well also

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          #5
          Back up to tree or bush in.
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            #6
            For ladder stands that have a rail in the front and for tripods with shooting rails, we wrap them in camo burlap. Zip ties work great for hanging the burlap to the rails and it provides decent concealment. This especially works great for 2 man ladder stands.

            Only problem we have is the burlap pretty much is only good for a season, so we replace it each year.

            Our local sporting goods store sells it by the foot.

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              #7
              Find a neighbor who has trimmed their palm trees, You can tie them on the rails and on the tree itself. It will last a couple of seasons.

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                #8
                I use artificial Christmas trees. All the limbs are individual pieces and can easily be wrapped around the ladder.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Drycreek3189 View Post
                  I almost always snug my tripods up to a couple trees, then wrap some camo netting around the back side to give my profile some " breakup ". I try to wrap it around until I can only shoot about a 200 degree half circle in front of me, maybe a tad more. This has worked well for me.

                  Something else that would work on ladders is some fresh, leafy limbs wired to the ladder frame. You could trim to suit.
                  This. Camo netting behind you to break up your outline and help conceal you from the deer coming in behind you. I find that is more important than having it in front of me.

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                    #10
                    Just wear a leafy suit while in the stand. Once I started doing this I only get busted if they wind me.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by BigL View Post
                      This. Camo netting behind you to break up your outline and help conceal you from the deer coming in behind you. I find that is more important than having it in front of me.
                      This!

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by mikeyb_23 View Post
                        just wear a leafy suit while in the stand. Once i started doing this i only get busted if they wind me.
                        yeah i wear mine most times.

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                          #13
                          i've seen that, fab'd up some of those from scrap tubing that i had
                          also used cut limbs from trees and tied them to stand works realy good until all the leaves die.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by 2BigMethod View Post
                            i've seen that, fab'd up some of those from scrap tubing that i had
                            also used cut limbs from trees and tied them to stand works realy good until all the leaves die.
                            I plan on buying a couple of these in both colors to try out this season

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                              #15
                              Put them in the thickest tree possible and cut shooting holes

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