How about those ladder stands for bowhunting

[slimngrizzly]

I almost exclusively hunt from ladder stands now. I do replace the "key pins" in the ladder sections with bolts and lock washers however. Ive had and killed plenty of mature deer within feet of the stand.

[Scoot]

Maybe Scoot is just super strong!

Heck no, I'm not particularly strong. I'm in pretty decent shape, but I'm sure I'm lower than average in strength. There's a definite knack to it, but once you figure it out, it's not so hard.

I put the bottom of the ladder against a tree or log near where I want it to end up. Then I go to the sitting end of the stand and lift it above my head. After that, I simply "walk" my way up the rungs of the ladder with my hands, lifting the sitting end of the stand up higher as I go. The double ladder stands are tougher, but if I can do it, most can do it too. I think the single ladder stands are pretty easy to do this with. It just takes a little practice.

[mainbutter]

I was the guy that hunted out of hang on stands and put them 20 to 25 feet up in the tree. Until one day setting up a hang on, the branch I was leaning on decided to break

Well there's your problem! I know my stands instruct not going higher than 15 feet and to use a safety harness Ignore the safety instructions and you'll have a bad time.

A fall from a ladder stand is very dangerous too.

[FishBanker]

I have never seen a warning sign on a stand that advises not to go above 15 feet. I have never hunted out of a stand that was under 17 feet, whether a hang on stand or a ladder. I buy all 17 foot ladders to bow hunt out of.

We were all young and dumb at one point in our lives, especially if you were ever a die hard bow hunter, than you have hunted out of the kind of stands I am talking about

[Musky hunter 82]

my step dad has one that is about 35-40 feet up a huge red pine. we laugh because when ever somebody wants to hunt it we tell them not to forget the oxygen. We also named the stand "The nose bleeder" I only sat in it one time and that was enough for me.

[Meat-Run]

Scoot,

You must have a boom truck to get those 2-man stands up by yourself...uffda!!! All seriousness I prefer a 1-man ladder any day. Like someone said before me it sure is nice to walk up to your stand and be in and settled within seconds. Yes they're a little noisy at first but when in your good to go. Now I have been known to morph two different stands together but for safety reasons I can't get two specific but 1man ladder + hangon= perfect stand.

The only real concern I have with stands is you can get silhouetted if you stand up and it's hard to turn around and shoot different direction while sitting...see above for solution ^^^^^

Be safe and good luck!!!

MR