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H Rhodes:
You have gotten some great tree stand advice so far.  Here's some of my thoughts on the subject.  I believe in the safety harness too.  Stay hooked on from the time you leave the ground - it could save your life.  You don't have to be up high to get all the advantage you need.  I usually buy a fifteen foot ladder stand and leave off the bottom five foot section.  I don't like the shot angle provided by being higher up.  My set ups are close and if my stand is too high, it is almost impossible to pop both lungs.  That is a real factor.  The difference in putting an arrow through both lungs or just one can be measured in hundreds of yards of blood trailing.  I have also taught myself to shoot sitting down and I sit with the bow in hand and resting on my lap.  I keep an arrow nocked and have learned to get pretty comfortable in that position.  It provides the least amount of movement when it is time to shoot.  I also hunt on my own land, so the steel ladder stands are my favorite.  Before each bow season for the last few years, I have bought a couple of the fifteen foot guide gear ladder stands from sportsman's guide.   I leave them in the woods all year but replace the ratchet straps each fall.  After a few years of this, I finally have a stand for any direction the wind might be blowing.  They are very stable and inexpensive.  Good luck this year.     Oh, and if you go with that type stand, buy a decent cushion or your butt will look like you spent the winter sitting on a waffle iron. ;)     

bjrogg:
Thanks Howard, lots of great advice here. I'm actually very comfortable shooting sitting or kneeling when I'm on the ground. I've been trying quite a few of my buddies stands and have found a few I could shoot from sitting down a least in one direction, but it seems like in most my limbs hit something or I can't get to full draw. It might be that I need to learn some different techniques. I do like the angle from a lower stand also. My cousin has about 12 ladder stands in his woods and said the one that always gets the most deer is a 10' tall stand. I still haven't bought stand yet but I'm getting more of an idea what I think I want. Thanks again guys for all the tips
Bjrogg

bjrogg:
Mark one of my buddies that is hunting with traditional gear this year(FG now but he wants to go primitive), helped me put up my 1st tree stand today. I'm glad he helped me I think we got it in a much better spot then I would have put it. Its on a really nice trail I showed him on the edge of field and lane. we put it in a cedar tree. its a 2 man and I tried shooting out of it . I really like the angle and should really break up my out line it actually about 5 cedars I'll try to get some pictures up soon.
 PS Man I've really been seeing some nice Bucks this year and got some great trail camera pictures
bjrogg.

osage outlaw:
Start a new post with your trail camera pictures.   I've got a few I can post. 

bjrogg:
Yea I gotta figure out how to post them from my computer or get them on my phone. I sure love seeing them this time of year all in groups with velvet on and racks as big as there going to get.
Bjrogg

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