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How high do you get up a tree? I climbed to about 20 ft, and the deer I saw, when they got about 60 yds away, one just looked up at me, up went the flag, and they ran.

I go up as far as a feel safe. That is normally pushing 30 feet or better. I try to climb as high as possible to avoid sight detection. If climbing a tall pine, I will go up until I get into some limbs that I don't feel like cutting. The higher the better is my opinion.

When the leaves are still on the trees I like to get in some cover instead of just sitting in a tree out in the open. I like some branchs and leaves around me to hide my outline. I killed two does this weekend on consecutive days from the same tree. I am only about 16-18ft high but I am exceptionally well covered by branchs and leaves. I had a good 15 deer come by that tree this weekend some of them right under me and not one of them busted me. I know for sure if I would have been about 30ft high right out in the open I would have been busted by the majority of these deer. It took me a little while to figure it out but once I stared learning how to set up in cover I stared killing a lot more deer

I rarely ever get up to 20 ft.

Depends on the location, topography, and cover. I generally get no less than 20', most are 22-26'. I always place the stand on the opposite side of the tree that I think deer will approach from. That way I can get away with some movement while the deer approach or feed, and I can draw my bow or raise my gun behind the tree, and then lean out slowly to take aim. I almost never get seen in the tree.

Same here while bow huntin.
50 ft average in a pine using a rifle.

50 ft avg Do you understand lengths of measurement? That is sky scraping high for an average. You must have several super tall skinny pines in your area.

I average 25-35 feet per climb depending on the tree and landscape.

Yes sir I do understand measurement quite well, A's in Math for the most part.

I don't get high in trees. That's not safe and it's illegal.

But I like to climb to about 25 - 30' if there aren't any limbs or cover around me.

If you get too high while bow hunting, it will give you a bad angle on most shots, making it harder to get a double lung shot. Also giving you less room for error. I like to be around 20' but with some cover.

I picked out a tree today for a loc-on. It will only be about 7-8 feet high, but it's in THE SPOT. CD.

20ft.

20-25ft most of the time.

With a bow it's all about cover. It takes alot of movement to draw a bow so you should ALWAYS use cover as much as possible

With a bow i'll take cover over height anyday

YALL ARN'T GOING TO BELIVE ME, But I have killed more deer with a bow from the ground than I have in a tree. Make sure you have your wind in check and get fully camo. It doesn't matter if i'm in a tree or on the ground just blend in.

I agree, I like to climb 17-20 feet and be behind the tree when deer approach. Unless I am on a field, in that case at least 25' high. I have cut branches from around my stand and brush myself in during early season when the tree canopy in thick woods prevents you from climbing very high. I shot 2 bucks last year in bow season, 1 from 8 feet high the other about 15 feet high. Both cases I climbed as high as the tree would let me and had good cover and shot the deer at 20 yards and 13 yards respectively.

I love to sit facing tree, I have a climber I can do that in. My only problem is safety harness dont cooperate real well that way.

This will be the last thing I have to say about this.