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Treestands?
BuzAL:
To me...treestands provide us no more advantage than cavemen had when they hunted from trees. A treestand w/harness just makes this safer than standing on a branch.
That treestand doesn't tiller your bow or perfectly match your arrows or hold the full draw-weight of it or hold the string for you or aim it for you or loose the string for you. You've gotta do all that, and more.
Its just a good seat in the woods.
mullet:
I've got two , nice lite weight lock-ons. But I get bored real quick and go hunting. I like crawling, and stalking and seeing how close I can get. And,I'm a bad shot. :)
Hillbilly:
I love hunting from trees and stalking/still hunting on the ground both, just depends on the mood I'm in. I'm sure that people heve been hunting out of trees as long as people have been hunters. Plus you see a lot of amazing stuuff that you normally wouldn't when you sit still up in a tree for a few hours.
FlintWalker:
I have around 15 hang-on stands, and one climber and bow hunt almost exclusively from them. I NEVER hunt with a gun or muzzleloader from one. I like being able to move around some while firearms hunting.
It's kinda funny though. The best buck I ever killed with a bow, I stalked and shot from the ground. ???
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
every year i make a new one and keep 2 in the woods and one in the yard for practice. i buy a 12' spruce 2x6 and rip it down the center and buy some 2x3's for rungs and 2' x 2' plywood top. so my stands are 12' tall and i enjoy hunting from them, funny thing is, i have killed more deer on the ground than in the tree but i always feel like i have more of an advantage in a tree....go figure but the very first deer i ever killed with a bow i saw it pass outa range so i got outa my stand and snuck up on it while it fed. turned broadside at 12 yards and whack...double lunged. i prefer hunting on the ground when i can but i only have access to about 25 good huntable acres and it doesnt take long to make the deer turn nocturnal by stalking everyday. nothin wrong with either in my opinion, what ever tickles your fancy i suppose.- Ryan
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