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I guess I'm the chicken crap of the board when it comes to treestands. I had one fall with me when I first started hunting after I had ascended about 10 feet; just slipped back down the tree when I was trying to settle the bottom. Ever since then, when I start approaching the 10 feet mark, my legs get like jello and I usually can't go any higher than 12-15 feet. I've had to adapt to using tree cover to conceal me being so low but I have made it work quite a bit. Then again I've killed them sitting on the ground with my bow at 15 yards. Just be still and blend in.
 
Depends on the tree, surrounding trees and cover, and area I'm hunting. Sometimes I might be less than 20' other times I might be closer to 30' or anywhere in between.
 
Because of the underbrush, I have a few that are at 15 feet. Most others are at 20.
 
Frequently, I am no higher than 20ft due to the areas that I hunt. Normally though I am between 14ft-18ft due to the same reason, and I pick trees that offer me the best available cover, or backdrop.
 
I hunt some pretty rugged areas very step if hunt in the lower part i get about 25 to 30 feet during bow season and muzzle loader. But when the-06 comes out i hunt as high as i can get to give me more open veiw buy putting my sent at the bottom of the ridge by spending it out very fare apart then be atleast 50yards away looking down from the top of the ridge
 
Last year was highest if ever went. I have a 25 ft haul line and when I climbed my bow was swinging in the air next to a low limb. Got down and the limb was right at eye level.

I'm 6'1".

That was pretty high for a summit open shot. Needless to say the pucker factor was pretty high that day.
 
i prefer to hunt between 20 and 25, but ill hunt what i can get. Had one spot last year i could only get maybe 12' up and it was a nasty hackberry at that..
 
im with u grow but all i use is 15' ladders and sitting on ground. i have killed way more off ground than i have in stand.
 

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