How high off the ground

[Smoked]

20-25ft.

 

[reloadxx]

20 to 30ft
i did have a lease 2 years ago in morgan county big grown up fields and hung a lock on stand in this tall tall tree i had 2 sections of 20ft climbing stcks put together and 4 climbing steps above the sticks nobody on the lease would even think about getting in my stand. we called it the sky scaper stand.

 

[W.Seay]

About 25' or but a lot depends on the cover factor! During rifle I like atleast 25-30

 

[browning glock]

20ft

 

[muddyboots]

About 15 to 20 feet with a bow. Higher with a gun after leaves are off.

 

[thejetman]

Its weird. I don't try to get to crazy up there. Just about under canopy level during bow season. During gun season, I stay on the ground.

 

[Artemas]

My ladders are 20 and 21ft. Lock on between 25-30ft

 

[Buck Assassin]

It all depends on cover. Most of the time about 15-20 feet.

 

[BlackBelt]

For the past 4 years I hunt at 15 feet. For my entire life before that I hunted 22+ feet, sometimes up to 29 feet.

I've killed SO many more deer the past 4 years at 15 feet that I won't go back to 22+ feet. One reason that I think I've been more successful is that I've become an absolute scent control fanatic, and I use great camo. But I also don't think that the extra height did me any good.

I know that the experts say your scent cone stays above the ground the higher you hunt (and I'm sure that's true), but if you are careful you can hunt closer to the ground and not alarm the deer anymore than if you are higher. It just takes paying attention to the details.

 

[-DRM-]

Ladder stands - 15ft. Climbing stand - 20ft+ (I will at least climb as high as my 20' tow line then adjust up from there if I need to go higher for a good position).

 

[KJACK]

about 20 ft is where i like to be for bow to have a good angle.

 

[J.Maples]

My pull up rope attached to the bottom of my climber is always 20 feet.

 

[spoon]

Killed my 2 biggest bucks 9-10 ft up a tree. The older I get the lower I get in a tree

 

[booth]

15-18 ft on average.

 

[UTGrad]

20-25 ft

 

[plinker22]

All depends on the canopy cover and surroundings. You DO NOT have to be high.

One of my favorite stand I only go 8 feet... but it is perfect. I have shot turkey, deer and coyote from this stand and none ever knew I was there.

 

[bowriter]

My highest 14, my lowest is 8. Most are around 10. A stand should be only as high as the background and foreground cover dictate.

 

[deerthug78]

depends on the tree and the situation, if i can i hunt high 30 foot mostly if its a had alot of traffic i for sure hunt high.

 

[tnbowhunter3]

20-25ft

 

[Hoss]

No higher than necessary.