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Re: How high do you climb and why?
[Re: Clem]
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01/08/17 02:52 PM
01/08/17 02:52 PM
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Posts: 9,282 birmingham, al
rebelpiper
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 9,282
birmingham, al
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same I don't really need to be any higher...only time ive been busted at that height is when I did something to alert the deer that I was there...if I decide to shoot, I'm already on the deer with my finger on the trigger before they know any better
Last edited by rebelpiper; 01/08/17 02:56 PM.
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Re: How high do you climb and why?
[Re: metalmuncher]
#1983321
01/08/17 03:01 PM
01/08/17 03:01 PM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 13,712 Over yonder
extreme heights hunter
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 13,712
Over yonder
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EHH I agree and passed this thread a few times before deciding to post on it. The fact is, that I don't leave the ground without a safety harness, even when using a ladder stand. I have a couple of 30' ladders that have drawn comments concerning MY safety. Riding my four wheeler to my stand site is more dangerous than hunting high if done properly. If not so, tree surgeons would all die young, because they log a ton of hours above 40'. I once set up a 15' double ladder on the edge of a cutover on a club I hunted. I shot a couple of nice deer there and it became one of the most popular stands on the club. No one else was shooting anything much there though, so they lost interest. For four years running I shot at least one good buck there. What they didn't know was that the ladder was only a platform from which I could attach one of my climbers. I would climb the back of the tree so that it didn't tear up the bark much on the front side. I attached a couple of removable steps to get in the climber. I put the ladder up because the tree was too big in diameter at the ground to attach my climber. I was able to climb an additional 35'-40' or so above the ladder and see into a swag the deer were traveling through the cut. Even after they found rub marks from the climber I was using, only one other guy was willing to climb there. That guy was and still is a tree crew supervisor. He and I actually built a platform stand that was literally 50' to the floor of it in a huge Hickory. There was lot's of rope and rigging involved it that. This may seem a little shocking to some reading this, but I always felt safe through every minute of it. Being high allowed me to be virtually scent free and I could see the curvature of the earth. Just kidding, but my buddy and I could see WAY more of the cutovers than everyone else. We shot more than our share in those two places. Alright let those with Acrophobia and the haters start chewing me a new one. Hell yes! You and I would get along great! I would like to see pics of the 30' ladder stands. I use to have a few spots on the land I hunted in Mississippi that I wanted to build platforms 60' in some big pines so I could sit all day comfortably and watch big clear cuts. I couldn't get any body on board. Buncha candy asses
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Re: How high do you climb and why?
[Re: extreme heights hunter]
#1983373
01/08/17 03:32 PM
01/08/17 03:32 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 16,648 lat 34.09 long -86.13
metalmuncher
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 16,648
lat 34.09 long -86.13
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EHH I agree and passed this thread a few times before deciding to post on it. The fact is, that I don't leave the ground without a safety harness, even when using a ladder stand. I have a couple of 30' ladders that have drawn comments concerning MY safety. Riding my four wheeler to my stand site is more dangerous than hunting high if done properly. If not so, tree surgeons would all die young, because they log a ton of hours above 40'. I once set up a 15' double ladder on the edge of a cutover on a club I hunted. I shot a couple of nice deer there and it became one of the most popular stands on the club. No one else was shooting anything much there though, so they lost interest. For four years running I shot at least one good buck there. What they didn't know was that the ladder was only a platform from which I could attach one of my climbers. I would climb the back of the tree so that it didn't tear up the bark much on the front side. I attached a couple of removable steps to get in the climber. I put the ladder up because the tree was too big in diameter at the ground to attach my climber. I was able to climb an additional 35'-40' or so above the ladder and see into a swag the deer were traveling through the cut. Even after they found rub marks from the climber I was using, only one other guy was willing to climb there. That guy was and still is a tree crew supervisor. He and I actually built a platform stand that was literally 50' to the floor of it in a huge Hickory. There was lot's of rope and rigging involved it that. This may seem a little shocking to some reading this, but I always felt safe through every minute of it. Being high allowed me to be virtually scent free and I could see the curvature of the earth. Just kidding, but my buddy and I could see WAY more of the cutovers than everyone else. We shot more than our share in those two places. Alright let those with Acrophobia and the haters start chewing me a new one. Hell yes! You and I would get along great! I would like to see pics of the 30' ladder stands. I use to have a few spots on the land I hunted in Mississippi that I wanted to build platforms 60' in some big pines so I could sit all day comfortably and watch big clear cuts. I couldn't get any body on board. Buncha candy asses This is from an earlier post in another thread. Deer think I stink. That's why I usually hunt like this. Rarely less than 30-35 feet up, 40-45 where I can. I believe my scent flows right over their heads. And one of my 30 ft ladder stands.
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Re: How high do you climb and why?
[Re: MS_Hunter]
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01/09/17 04:44 AM
01/09/17 04:44 AM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 21,445 HSV AL
jmudler
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 21,445
HSV AL
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I have a 20' foot rope that I pull my backpack up with. When it gets tight I stop climbing.
Ditto
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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Re: How high do you climb and why?
[Re: jmudler]
#1984045
01/09/17 04:56 AM
01/09/17 04:56 AM
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Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 7,899 Huntsville AL
Rocket62
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 7,899
Huntsville AL
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I have a 20' foot rope that I pull my backpack up with. When it gets tight I stop climbing.
Ditto ^^^ DING! DING! Ditto
I don't want to pass quietly into the night. I want to slide in sideways kickin and screamin Life really is awesome ... Soak it up while you can ...
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Re: How high do you climb and why?
[Re: ford150man]
#1984059
01/09/17 05:10 AM
01/09/17 05:10 AM
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Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 6,136 Clay-Trussville area
Big Al
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 6,136
Clay-Trussville area
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I only hunt from the ground, ground blinds or shooting houses (and they aren't usually too high off the ground. I hate heights and since I messed my knee up getting into a 15 ft ladder stand several years ago, just never have cared about being off the ground. Of course, I don't hunt much either. So far this year, 0 times in the woods.
"Said I never had much use for one; never said I didn't know how to use it". -Matthew Quigley in "Quigley Down Under"
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Re: How high do you climb and why?
[Re: ford150man]
#1984101
01/09/17 05:44 AM
01/09/17 05:44 AM
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Posts: 6,621 Mobile,AL
jsh1904
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,621
Mobile,AL
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I have two pull up ropes in my bag, 25ft & 50ft. There is one place I hunt that I need to be high and I climb until the rope runs out. Otherwise I'm at 25.
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Re: How high do you climb and why?
[Re: jsh1904]
#1984585
01/09/17 02:28 PM
01/09/17 02:28 PM
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 16,648 lat 34.09 long -86.13
metalmuncher
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Dec 2010
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lat 34.09 long -86.13
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I have two pull up ropes in my bag, 25ft & 50ft. There is one place I hunt that I need to be high and I climb until the rope runs out. Otherwise I'm at 25. I thought you were gonna say you tied them together.
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