It's hard for me to get my head around the differences of our landscapes. I don't understand the importance of the drip line. I have two thoughts. First, if you are going to build something as elaborate as the above stand, why not enclose it? That way you could have an all-weather blind. I can't really tell for sure from the picture, but I can see any number of places to put a tripod. I could see, snuggling it up to that scrawny tree in the foreground of the picture. One thing, if you buy a tripod, and it doesn't work on the field, you can always use it in the woods. They are not all that expensive. A thought; how high are the lowest branches on the bigger trees? Could you place a tripod that would put you in the branches at the edge? Captdavid


"It's not how hard you hit 'em, it's where you hit 'em." The 30-06 will, with the right bullet, successfully take any game animal in North America up to 300yds.

If you are a hunter, and farther than that, get closer!