From: Tembo62
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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I just had to post this pic. Is that hid or what? I put it in a bodock tree 18 yds from and above a hole in a fence I cut last summer. I got several pics of a 3 or 4 yo passing through there (and a big bobcat too,but I'd never shoot him) plus does/fawns and young bucks. It was hot Thursday after work when I hung it and I stunk the place up but we have a front coming tonight with heavy rain so it should be ok in a week or so. Y'all post some pics of your stands you're proud of. I think placing treestands is a bunch of fun, I wish I had a stack full and places to put them.
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From: fdp
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Pretty neat.
But you aren't going to be as hidden as you think you are when you climb up there. Particularly when the leaves on the tree that is visible through the fork of your stand tree fall off.
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From: Supernaut
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Good looking set up and I hope it pays off for you!
I don't have any pics of my tree stand spots to share, at least none from a ground view. I use a climber, and like you've done, always try to set up using natural cover around me and behind me. It took a lot of trial and error and blown chances by being picked off in a tree when I was younger to figure out what works. All part of the fun!
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From: White Falcon
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Cut limbs before a freeze and leaves will stay on the branch. Use them to fill in open spots.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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I've taken half a dozen bucks from this spot, beside the old walnut tree over the years. It's pretty well concealed from the left where the deer usually come from and they pass at about twelve to fifteen yards. Most of them...4 of the 6...were taken in the AM.
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From: timex
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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I'm a big fan of the climber I rarely hunt the same tree twice. Now that said I do have a few killing trees that iv killed a lot of deer from but the conditions have to be just right & when there not right the mobility of the climber can't be beat that is if ya like hanging out in the trees
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From: Supernaut
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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I may not have any pics from the ground of my spots but I do have pictures from the vantage point of the tree and here is one of them.
I took this picture and a video of this little buck 2 or 3 seasons ago. I was about 17 feet up and had a huge mass of grapevines behind me for cover. I was rattling and grunting and he came in on a string. He came right to the base of my tree and just couldn't believe he couldn't find the other buck that was making all the noise. He grunted a couple times and then laid down about 10 feet from the base of my tree and napped for about 45 minutes. It was a neat experience.
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From: Nemophilist
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Looks like you got a good hide. It will be hard to get spotted.
Since this post is about hiding in the trees here is an old picture of me bowhunting from a tree limb back in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
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From: Nemophilist
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Treestand view of spike at approx 15 yards.
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From: Nemophilist
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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View from one of my stands.
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From: Paul@thefort
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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I only hunt this stand in the late afternoon when the sun is behind me and I am in the shadows. Had produced two bucks.
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From: Supernaut
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Nice pictures Frank and Paul.
Paul, your success from that stand proves that it isn't always about "how high" in a tree you go. Using the advantage of the sun behind you I'm sure helps tremendously in that spot. Tricks like that are what took me awhile to learn when I was younger and I'm still learning tricks now. Part of the fun is learning although it stings a little learning from blown opportunities, education is expensive.
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From: Tembo62
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Nemo, if a deer busted you in that old pic...it just wasn't meant to be. That's a killer pic!
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From: Nemophilist
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Tembo62. The only time a deer busted me on that tree limb was if the wind shifted. These Pennsylvania mountains have some tricky winds sometimes.
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From: Joey Ward
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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I’ve killed a few deer out of this loc-on setup on a creek crossing. Deer getting a drink before and after bedding in some thick privet.
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From: Wayne Hess
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Good ones, Nice Hide
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From: Joey Ward
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Little buck coming down the creek. Photo from that stand. I let him pass. Fun to watch though.
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From: 782GearUSMC
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Joey Ward said: "I’ve killed a few deer out of this loc-on setup on a creek crossing. Deer getting a drink before and after bedding in some thick privet."
How many tanks of oxygen is required up there for a full day hunt?
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From: Joey Ward
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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I’ve also had some good luck from this ground blind setup in the same general area. Just a good spot for a ground blind.
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From: Tembo62
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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Here's a old LocOn we hung in a cedar thicket, it's hid pretty good.
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From: Tembo62
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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This one we hung last March, I should have hung some little cedars around it that day but didn't so it's kinds "sore thumb". Gonna have to be careful till we do.
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From: Crow#2
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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That's hid real good.
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From: bodymanbowyer
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Date: 15-Oct-21 |
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I'm going to be hiding in the trees tomorrow. I'll be sitting in my basic ladder stand. My favorite stand. Got me some new Predator fleece brown deception. Pretty sure it's what I've been look for. Plenty of background behind me and this guy. I don't want to look like a giant squirrel nest or a bald eagle nest. I know this Camo's not traditional. But I feel comfortable in it. JF
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From: Ron LaClair
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Date: 16-Oct-21 |
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I remember the days I use to shinny up a tree and stand on a limb.
Now at 85 my balance isn't good any more so I stay on the ground
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From: Ambleman
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Date: 16-Oct-21 |
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I like your chances, Ron! Good luck!
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From: Paul@thefort
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Date: 16-Oct-21 |
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Sixty years ago, tree stands were not legal in Michigan and maybe even a raised platform. Never the less, I found where a tree had fallen into the crouch of an other tree, allowing me to climb up and stand in the crouch 10 feet off the ground. Later that evening, this doe came into the clearing and ran up to the base of the tree to eat acorns. From the tip of my arrow to her back was less than 12 ft. She ran out of the clearing to be found 50 yards away. My very first deer and with the recurve. Fred Bear was looking over me. Thanks Fred. my best, Paul
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From: loose arrow
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Date: 16-Oct-21 |
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I rarely use a treestand, but when I do, I look for a cluster of trunks as well, I seems to work well.
I wish you all well in your "hide" this season!
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From: SB
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Date: 16-Oct-21 |
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Killed some nice ones from here! Massive old Oak!
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From: Joey Ward
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Date: 16-Oct-21 |
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SB, that be had to be a tough one to climb, then hang a stand in.
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From: SB
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Date: 16-Oct-21 |
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Yep...but they never see me coming from any direction! Even coming down from uphill!
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From: SB
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Date: 16-Oct-21 |
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Pic is taken from where the last 2 bucks were standing when I shot.
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From: olddogrib
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Date: 17-Oct-21 |
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I'm blessed with plenty of mountain laurel at the base of trees in the Blue Ridge to "nestle" a stand in and you don't have to get too high to do it. Using forks of trees as cover always seemed a delicate balancing act between "disappearing" and finding out later it was too tight to comfortably draw. Experience is a brutal teacher and the dang things never come from the direction they're supposed to!
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From: bodymanbowyer
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Date: 17-Oct-21 |
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This tree stand has worked great for the last 10 years or so. JF
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From: Wapiti - - M. S.
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Date: 17-Oct-21 |
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Anybody use Christmas garland to brush in around lock on stands or ladderstands.Nice set up Bodyman.
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From: olddogrib
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Date: 17-Oct-21 |
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U use the strands of artificial leaves/greenery you can get at craft stores, but I'm not so anal that I switch from green to fall colors after the leaves turn (but they carry it also), lol!
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From: Tembo62
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Date: 18-Oct-21 |
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We've killed a world of deer out of this stand, in the early morning the thermals are still going down hill and the sun is in their eyes but you have to get out when the thermal switches. In the evening with a west wind it sits on a gap in a bluff leading to a 30 acre corn/bean field,only way in or out from a 25 acre thicket. It's a killer.
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From: Lefty38-55
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Date: 19-Oct-21 |
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JOEY ... you gotta 10-yard shot just to the base of your tree!
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From: Saphead
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Date: 19-Oct-21 |
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Interesting how hidden you are changes with the time of day or the season of year. I have had very few perfect trees at all times and months. Standing on limbs are still my favorite hunts/Kill memories
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From: blind squirrel
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Date: 19-Oct-21 |
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The more limb around you the better in Wisconsin clumps of basswood work amazing I’ve never gotten pick out in them
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From: olddogrib
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Date: 19-Oct-21 |
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As I've said elsewhere it's a shame the deer woods aren't full of magnolia trees...trim a limb or two and you might as well be in a "tree cave". I'll hang a stand in a beech as a close second....the leaves turn brown, but hang on forever.
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From: Nomad
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Date: 19-Oct-21 |
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Back in my tree climbing, limb sitting days, before safety belts, killed many out of this tree.
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