Bare Minimum For Height Of Tree Stand(and why)

[elkbowhunter]

I like 20ft. Just seems to be a good height to get above line a of sight and some scent/movement issues. I have hunted 10 ft when thats all I had and did good. But will say 20ft overall.

[Dirtymike]

will be my first year hunting in the air. Intrested to see what yall say. I dont really like being up high.

[Bullydog]

25 is the perfect height, IMO. The extra 5 feet seem to make a diffirence. Ive hunted from 18-28 feet up (Filmed from the 28 foot height).

I hate being up that high, but once Im strapped in I feel pretty safe.

[Oz_Ag]

As high as you can possibly get, but there is no minimum. Just ask Michael about his "Killin Tree". I think its about 5ft off the ground.

[BigThicketBoy]

For me in E Tx and white tails it 20 ft but I like 30 ft. The wind swirls so much so the higher the longer it takes your scent to drop down .

[Jaybo31]

Every deer I have killed with a bow is less than 12' and no further than 16 yds.

[deer farmer]

I was at 15 last yr and got busted twice by site from 15 or 20 feet away and now I am at nose bleed altiltudes but stay strapped in

[Bweger]

I try to get 25 feet up. The biggest buck I have shot to date with my bow came in dead down wind and never knew I was there til it was to late. I havent been busted that high up yet but I sure have been busted in my 15 and 17 foot ladder stands

[billinkb]

Hunted with 12' tripod, mostly because the trees on the leases I've been on are not much taller than that and have had good luck. I wouldn't go any shorter.

[Bonesplitter]

I've killed em at less than 10 all the way up to 20. No sense in going any higher than that for me.

[TallTexan]

I use a climber, so I go to the end of my 25' pull up rope.

[Limbwalker]

20 feet!?! Holy cow!

If I hunted with a compound with sights, then yea, 20' is fine. But with traditional gear, the higher up I get, the worse my chances of making the shot. I typically set my stands between 12 and 15 feet. Never had a problem, and the shot angle is better.

John

[Low Fence]

As high as I need to be concealed/ shoot opp. In east Tx. 10'-35'. In central Tx. I've hunted from ground to 14'. Public land I've often hunted 30'-35' before the first limb. Past that and I'm not as comfortable.

[kd8jgu]

I have normally hunted 16'
A few areas 20 - 25'

[elkbowhunter]

20 feet!?! Holy cow!

If I hunted with a compound with sights, then yea, 20' is fine. But with traditional gear, the higher up I get, the worse my chances of making the shot. I typically set my stands between 12 and 15 feet. Never had a problem, and the shot angle is better.

John

when I hear of guys going 25 oto 30 feet, the shot angle seems to get a bit tricky. I think I remember a study years back that gauged like a smoke bomb going off and at 20 feet and the current was enough to get the smoke high enough that it stayed above a deers height. That sure spoke a lot to me.