Son of a.....

Dang I'm whooped. Me and Emmett hung 10 loc on's today. Well, I hung them. He supervised, tied ladder sticks and the stands on the pull rope for me. I'm getting to old for this crap.

At least it wasn't hot as balls today. I have a few I m gonna hang tomorrow.

Age makes everything harder!
But it's all worth it when your finally hunting!

I have 4 I have to hang this week. Going in the am to look at a new spot and decide if I'm going to hunt it or not. These nicer temps are motivating to get going.

I would like to buy and hang one for bow season but no idea how to and don't trust myself to secure it well and then next thing I know I'm layer out on the ground or hanging from the tree

I'd be glad to help you and walk you through the steps if that's a way you want to try to hunt. Lock ons are safe if hung properly they're just out of some people's comfort zones. PM me your number if you want to talk.

Good job

That's a lot in one day. I've got 4 hung and have about 5 more to go

I hung 3 a couple weeks back with the screw in steps and was whipped. I need to go to sticks...

Same. PM if you need some advice. I hang several every year and can usually hang a stand in 20 minutes or less. For some quick advice, I use an old lineman's harness so both hands are free.

Hung a ladder stand 2 weeks ago in 98+ heat. Took 4 hours to carry it deep into the woods then set it up. Got so many chigger bites I had to go get a steroid shot. Seriously, nearly 200 chiggers

MY GAWD you're a freakin' BEAST dude... Hanging just one s/screw-in steps wears me out ...

They make tools for screwing in steps. They make some jig that has a "t" shaped handle that makes it much easier. My uncle has one I used this year. Before that, I used a drill

About 3-4 is my limit,if I hung 10 I'd need lifesaver to come get me.

I need someone to come chisel about 10 of my locks out of the trees so I hand them in different locations. I managed to pull one down and it took me almost an hour to get it free. I know it is my fault for leaving them there but it just seems there just isn't ever enough time in the year to do what needs to be done. The next thing you know they are grown into the tree.

Ya, I've used a drill too on oaks; I *try* like heck to get up in a pine using screw-in steps but ya ...

It's not as bad as long as you've got someone on the ground helping you. It saves all the climbing up and down. If I had to do it by myself, 3 would have been my limit. I've got a pulley that I ratchet strap to the tree to pull the stands up and hold them in place. That's a huge help. Been doing this a while now and have it down to a science.

Same here. I used to struggle with it but my cousin has a tree service and his advice made my treestand hanging much easier. My cousin is like a squirrel and has so much upper body strength he can do it without breaking a sweat. I on the other hand, break many sweats.

You should have won a trophy or something.

I hung one last year and used screw in steps....that chit is for the birds. I forgot how hard it was to screw in steps while dangling off the side of a tree!

I've come to love a Millenium but still hang several a year . There is defiantly a art to it. I love hardwoods that have 2 trunks growning one base. Climb up in a claimber and hand the loc-on in the other makes it easier then go back and out you sticks up . These trees are unicorns where I want them to be

But I will say as said above a quality harness with a linemans belg makes this so much easier

^^^^ THIS is what kills me ... all the up & down ...

Recurve screw-ins are easy if you use a battery drill to put pilot holes in first. They also make a drill attachment that will spin them in. Now I only use one above my ladder to grab getting on and off my stand. I realized that if you slip on a wet one you can get stabbed falling on one. Just too dangerous. It's insane to hang Loc-ons without a lineman's belt.
One thing I'll do to stop the up and down when putting stands up is carry a 50' rope. I'm putting the ladder up. I tie one end to my belt. Then every 6 -10" I tied the next thing I'll need to the rope. the last thing is the loc-on. I just pull them up when I need them. One trip up. My racket straps are in a small pack on my back.

I know what you mean. That's a lot even with a helper!

I'm going back to screw in steps on all of my lock ons this year. Way easier and safer to me than sticks. I use to hang them in the mornings before daylight. That first time hanging one in the dark was a learning curve. Now, I don't go up the tree but once. Stand on my back and pull up rope tied to my bow. Super quick and easy.

Screw in's easier than sticks??? Now I know without a doubt that you're weird.

Lord almighty not to mention the noise

Perch, yeah the linemans belt is a game changer. It's easy to strap around the tree and tighten it if need be. I used a little jig with a t shaped handle that is really sharp and you can jab it in the tree to get a starter hole this year. Made it much quicker. But yeah, a drill is always the easiest, just more to carry

Noise? I never made anymore noise than with any other stand.

No special tools were needed, either.

I believe you. I just make too much noise hanging a lock on to do it the morning I hunt

I make a lot of noise too, especially the cussing.

There'll probably be a lot of cussing at 9500' from me next month.

Switching to EZYClimb steps was a game changer for me. I believe those things would start in concrete. Lol

That's a good idea, boss; thx for sharing! Anymore, now that I'm divorce, I'm not climbing many trees ... have switched 2 years ago to completely ground hunting, either in a man-made or store-bought blind ...

Lol I agree. I have some of those but also a good many of those blunt Ameristep crap jobs. If I don't have a drill or jig, I will use the EZYClimb steps to start the hole then actually screw in the others. It is really lazy/cheap of me but I haven't just bought more EZYClimb steps.

I will say this, there is nothing compared to the noise I make getting a climber to cooperate with them.

Recurve I bought a holster for my drill at Home Depot. Just another thing that makes it easier. The thing about screw in's is I hated to remove them. Then next year they tree has grown over them . In two years there is very little step left.

Yeah they are a booger to remove. I have one stand on our property I have hunted for several years. I usually shift the stand a few years to keep it from growing in to the tree but the steps are probably in it for good.