ladder stand

[lubbockdave]

what is the best ladder tree stand on the market today for hunting with a compound bow? where I hunt trees are limited and on the short side so 10 -12 feet is plenty high...

[Hogmauler]

I’ve never seen a 10’ or 12’ ladder stand. Tripods yes. Ladders no sir.

[Low Fence]

I’ve never seen a 10’ or 12’ ladder stand. Tripods yes. Ladders no sir.

Leave the bottom section off. What I did in Brady

Sorry I’m no help on beat. I always had the cheap ones. They worked… but kinda suck

[ByronB]

Academy used to carry some inexpensive ladder stands that were in four pieces. I believe they were 16ft......four foot sections. I have one and use only two sections of it in order to climb in to my Loc-On stand.

[Hogmauler]

There ya go!

[dustoffer]

I’ve never seen a 10’ or 12’ ladder stand. Tripods yes. Ladders no sir.

You can always cut the ladder off on a tall one. I have built two from an aluminum extension ladder I was given. Took one half of the ladder, cut it in two, and fabricated a platform with a boat swivel seat on it.

[lubbockdave]

OK, maybe i should be asking what the most comfortable one is then?

[HeyMikey]

You can always upgrade the butt/back padding, to make any ladder stand or tripod more comfortable. As long as it's rated for your weight (plus gear), you should be GTG.

[RifleBowPistol]

Just curious, what types of trees are you planning to put the ladder stand in? If you are hunting anywhere around Lubbock, you are going to have a hard time trying to find a tree that a ladder stand will work in. If that's the case, you would definitely be better off with a tripod.

Two years ago, I built a 12' ladder stand, the place I built it for, had very tall pin oaks and white oaks. It worked great in those trees. Where we live we had post oaks and hickory trees. The post oaks are the straightest trees I have ever been around, other than that one trip to White Oak. I have took look at each tree very closely to try and find one, I can put my ladder stand up against, where it does not wind up leaning at some funky angle. The commercially available stands might be more forgiving of trees with a little bit of lean one way or another. All of trees I have previously put the stand up against, I picked the tree that was the straightest up around 12' off the ground. For the most part, it worked great. Now, I have found a better location to place my stand, but there are no trees that are anywhere close to perfectly vertical in that area. But I moved the stand and placed it up against a tree that is probably 7 degrees from being perfectly vertical. So my whole stand has about 7 degrees of lean to it. It's not horrible, but it is a little annoying.

I plan to modify my stand, so I can attach it to trees with 10 to 15 degrees of angle to them, while keeping the platform level. I finally came up with a way of doing it. I also came up with a way of attaching a platform stand to trees that are not near perfectly vertical. This spring or this coming summer I plan on working on those two.

The other part of trying to attach a ladder stand to a tree that is not very tall, is the tree trunk will be smaller in diameter and will sway much more, when the wind blows.
If you are dealing with live oaks, cedar, cotton wood, mesquite or elm trees, you are probably better off looking for a tripod to set up in some in some of the more dense trees.

[skyhawk]

I find the ones with arm rests and flip-out foot rest are most comfortable for long sits, but that makes them a bit heavier to get set up. I limit those for more permanent sets, and use the cheaper ones without those features for short hunts, like when I go to Kansas.

I never use the seat cushion that comes with the stand, buy that separate and get a good one.

Hope this helps.

[jljjdye]

Just bought a 17’ made by muddy at Atwood’s for 200 and change. It has a backrest and arm/foot rests. By far the most comfortable one I have used

[da_pepper]

I saw some at Atwoods the other day for 79.99. One man ladder stand. I think they were Muddy?