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My platform is at 14’

Two of my largest bow bucks came from a stand where my feet were only 8 feet off the ground. That being said, I spent a good part of my hunting career as a nose-bleed cowboy at 25 feet. After I turned 45, I gave up climbers and settled into ladder stands that were no more than 15 feet high. I've had much better luck at 15 than I ever did at 25.

That reminds me of a saying I have. " The higher ya get the more you silhouette ."