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Jesse:
 I know everyone has there own favorite but I was wondering which type was most involved in successful hunts.  ???

GregB:

For many years I hunted almost solely out of a climbing stand. I liked the flexibility it provided. Most of the bowhunters I know have been hunting their spots for quite some time in most cases. Through scouting and hunting you learn an area and are able to pinpoint the best locations to hunt. For 5-6 years now I've been using mostly lock-on stands with climbing sticks that hug and strap against the tree. I typically hunt at around 16', and try to have cover around me. We might pull in and tie off a young beech sapling against the stand for instance, or pull up cover we cut and attach to the stand/tree. Sometimes we'll place a stand in a large cedar which offers a lot of cover. But the most attention is given to the placement of the stands themselves, because we're setting up for close shots due to the equipment we're using. Natural funnels in the woods such as the woods narrowing to a bottleneck, or a ditch crossing are some of the type locations we'll hunt. We also put out food plots which we may hunt the edge of in the afternoon hunts, and between the foodplots and bedding area's during the morning hunts.

I still use a climbing stand at times to try out a new area, or maybe hunt an oak that I've found dropping acorns with feeding sign during the season. Also rutting sign will sometimes move me to a climbing stand, although a lot of our lock-ons are covering excellant travel area's that would be also used by bucks. :)

makete:
Do you want to know which stand type we have harvested game from or which type we have harvested more game out of?

DBernier:
I personally have had the most success with ground blinds. In the last 30 years probably 60% of my kills from them. I have used tree stands, fixed ( about 12 kills) and did a lot of stalking (6 kills). The ground blinds have allowed me to get about 34 deer in that manner. They were usually set up near food plots and natural funnels.

Dick

Lilmoosecountry:
A plastic bucket sprayed camo flipped upside down to set down. Good for carrying urine, grunt calls & such. Setting on a rock ledge looking down a 10 to 15 ft cliff. Bet stand sets up faster tham yours. like as fast as flipping a bucket over.

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