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I've got several 2 man ladder stands in permanent locations and the are easy/comfortable, but I much prefer a lock on stand to not have to be as picky on the tree....or more picky to choose exactly the tree, location, and height I want.
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at age 70 i prefer ladder stands or nice box stands. living on a farm i see whitetails almost every day. i have a 4x6 box stand elevated 12 feet up, which i can see from my back patio. i've seen a truckload of deer eating corn and soybeans practically under that stand. like anything else in the woods, deer become accustomed to tree stands. as for climbers or lock-ons, I've used them years ago. screaming eagle are as solid as you can get, but i don't know if they are still being made.
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I prefer climbers and use the summit bullet. the ability to choose a tree due to the wind direction is important on the days when I sit from daylight to dark.
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I have used ladders, lock ons, and climbers, and nailed steps on trees and stood on a board nailed in the tree. If you are going to hunt one spot. Put up a ladder and leave it out. Change or add ratchet straps every year.deer will ignore it once it has been there a while. I tie burlap around the rail every season a couple months before season and it helps hide you. Climbers slip and fall sometimes. Or build or buy a box stand put a comfortable chair in it and be out of the weather. Derr ignore them after they have been there a while.
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Screaming Eagle hang on stands
Made in the USA For 30+ years all I've used for hang on stands is Screaming Eagle stands. My climber is a Treewalker and I've killed deer from a couple homemade ladder stands.
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Made in USA is my main decision making criteria these days. Not sitting in a chink stand. Family Traditions or Lone Wolf stands or I'll be sitting in a brush blind this coming fall. I'll take a look at those Screaming Eagle stands as well.
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Most comfortable stands I’ve ever used https://millenniumstands.com/I think they’re made in MS but I might be mistaken
Last edited by hunter4623; 01/07/21.
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Called them up. They were very nice and said they hated to send production overseas but they had to. Looking at Family Tradition stands as they seem to be US made still. Bummer on the Millenium as more options would have been nice.
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