Ladder stands are perfect for those reliable hotspots that you can drive right up to with your truck or quad, and double-seat models are great for hunting with a kid or beginner. For exploring new spots off the beaten path, nothing gets you in quieter and up faster than an ultra-light, compact climber, as long as you have plenty of trees with straight, branchless trunks. For those, you want a bigger, cozier, sit-and-climb model.
Pair it with a set of lightweight climbing sticks for quick-hit hang-and-hunts and for hiking back away from the competition on public lands. For a lot of us, the only way to quickly grow our stand arsenal is to find a dirt-cheap model that does the job. Mine starts with a tough, roomy fanny pack that I keep in the bed of my truck, ready to go at any time. You can use a daypack, but a fanny allows you to swing it around in front, to keep items handy while climbing. Neither of these items fit in my fanny pack, so I keep them always handy in the truck:.
I put one on every stand I hang—high or low—and I recommend that you do, too. A life line consists of a thick rope that runs from above your treestand down to the base of the tree. Attached is a prussic-knot loop that slides up and down this main line.
You clip your harness tether to the loop at ground level and slide the knot up as you ascend. Then you slide it down when you descend. This way, you are safely hooked in from the second your feet leave the ground until they touch down again. You can buy a pre-made life line, or you can search up any number of YouTube videos that will show you how to construct one yourself at your own risk of course. Until you get good at it, the job can take close to an hour and involve several sweaty trips up and down the tree.
Step 1: Study the tree. You want to climb it so your body weight leans into the trunk, not away. Figure out now roughly where you want to position the stand. Step 2: Put on a harness with a climbing belt. Because while making the job safer, it also makes it way, way easier, giving much-needed leverage for screwing in steps or attaching sticks and for pulling up and attaching the stand.
Step 3: Strap on a fanny pack with steps, pruning shears, saw, etc. Also put on your hunting backpack if you have one. If using climbing sticks, attach the first one to the tree with your feet on the ground, then attach the others to your harness or pack, where you can grab each one as you ascend. About a foot from the stand, tie a small loop.
Attach another pull-up rope for your gun or bow. Step 8: Climb onto the two steps and install a lifeline. Now screw a step mostly in about a foot above where you want the seat of your stand. Pull the stand up, and when the loop reaches you, slip it over the step, and let go. Step 9: Attach the stand, cinching it not-quite tight to the tree.
Slide the loop off from and remove the step. Now, with the seat and platform up, lift as you cinch the strap tight. Lower the platform and pull down on the stand to seat it. Step Install one or two more steps as needed so you can step down onto the platform to get into the stand.
Hang your backpack out of the way. Install a hook that will put your gun or bow within easy reach. Then pull up that gun or bow, and start hunting. I do at least half of my deer hunting from a climbing stand. And why not? As long as there are straight-trunked trees free of large lower branches handy, a climber has huge advantages. You can easily tweak your stand locations to keep bucks guessing.
And nothing is better for exploring and trying new spots. That said, it does help to know a few tricks. Go Light: Ditch the daypack. Pare down. Use a fanny. Strap extra clothes to the stand.
Seek Cover: Straight, branchless trunks lack cover. So look for one growing in a cluster or near a leafy sapling or surrounded by conifers. Find a Fork: Otherwise, choose a tree that forks at 18 or 20 feet, which will give you a little more back cover. Get Higher: If cover is still a bit lacking, go higher. I arrowed two deer from skinny, utterly naked trees last fall.
Just get a little closer to the sky and keep your movements to a minimum. Or Stay Low: In the early season, the best cover is often lower, in form or brush and vines growing thickly around the base of your stand tree. But then what? There are no steps or sticks to get back onto. Safe as heck to hunt from, ladder stands can be a nightmare to set up. While the initial steps of erecting a ladder are pretty simple, these top-heavy stands get increasingly difficult as you tip them toward the tree.
Follow the steps below to get your ladder set firmly and safely. Never try to install a ladder stand alone. Get at least one other person, preferably two, and preferably tall. Even the shortest ladder stands are unwieldy, and more hands mean lighter work and better balance. Like so many projects, the initial steps of setting a ladder can influence the final result.
Once your stand is fully assembled and lying by the tree, measure the length of the platform. This measurement, plus another foot or so, is the approximate distance you want the legs to be from the tree trunk to ensure that the stand will lean into the tree.
Tip: If the ground is hard or unstable, drive a stake in the dirt at the base of the bottom step on the tree side. While having one stout lad behind the tree and pulling on those straps as someone carefully leans the ladder toward the tree is good, one guy on each strap is even better. Most stands have a stabilizing bar that connects the stand to the tree about head high. Get this secured to the tree before you take a single step on the ladder.
Also, this is the time to secure the straps which typically cross on the tree trunk behind the stand to the ladder at the points specified by the manufacturer. To finish the setup, have your buddies hold the bottom section of the ladder secure while you make the climb to the platform.
Keep your weight on the center of the ladder as you climb, and on the center of the platform as you secure the platform strap. Now you can climb up that ladder—without worrying about the platform tipping and pitching you out—and start hunting. The tree saddle has been called the hottest new thing in bowhunting. But if wait times on order fulfillments are any indication, a whole bunch of hunters have recently decided to ditch traditional treestands in favor of this ultra-light device, which helps you hunt from an elevated position in minimalistic fashion.
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