How High To Hang Your Treestand 

It’s like you can read our minds… BEST informational white-tail tactician. I’m all ears every time with large note pad.

Jeff, your guidance has put me on more deer this year then I've seen in the past 5 years. I just want to say thank you and i appreciate you for your hard work and willingness to spread your knowledge. Lapeer, mi native. Vernor estate hunter

Thank you for your thoughts, Jeff. Good luck this weekend!

Shot my second buck from a 10ft ladder stand. Had good horizontal coverage with pines and it all worked out great

This is 100% facts video. Excellent. I actually chose to sit on the ground in one instance which I rarely due. Just due to cover. Ended up paying off. Deer had no idea I was there.

Great video and info Jeff. My stands range between 12 and 18 feet, with excellent background cover. My opinion is coverage around you is more important then the height. All this in comparison to how far out you expect to see the deer. All my stands have excellent background and branches & vines breaking up my silhouette. I may even use some burlap camo net when needed to breakup my outline. Anyhow, good luck and be safe out there. 🤘😎

I only go about 12-15 ft it's always worked great for me.

Hang on and sticks with a lifeline is my preferred method. Connected with a harness the second I leave the ground. 16-20 feet is my preferred height.

Thank you .. hung a stand 10 ft in the best tree on best wind day.. seen the big buck… no shot . Great day in the archery woods. Tks wish u the best. Appreciate your lessons.

I've got a few trees I climb well over 30 ft with a climber. Deer walk 360° around me without spooking. There's not much elevation change here in Florida. I also have some trees I can only climb 10-15' due to the triple canopy jungle I hunt. lol

I would say as a doctor go as low as you can. There’s a huge difference if you fall from 10 feet than 20.

In pa I climb until i reach cover, usually trees start to branch off at the 30-35ft range. I one stick with a saddle with a 50ft tether/repel rope.

Thanks Jeff

My last two bow bucks came from ground cover at 7yds and 10 feet. The big buck saw me on the ground and started walking towards me. I think deer are getting used to tree stands in pressured areas

Higher you go the less target zone. 18’-22’ seems to keep the target zone big enough. Southern Ohio I have odd winds in this hills and valleys. Great job. Thank you

In trees which offer good cover, allowing for ladder stand placement I use only 2 ladder segments in height.

As relation to stand hight...Is relation to conealment and wind...for example if there is a split in the tree...Ill try to set up at the split for concealment...Ill pick pine trees and wont have to get as high up...if there is a lot of pines around you get to high up and you loose amount of ground you can cover...you get to high up and you lose bow range and have to deal with more of an angle... Gun is obviously different...lot of variables to consider in selection...Hope all had a good thanksgiving!👍

I build my own ladder stands so 16ft is max due to lumber sizes. And I've been a carpenter for over 25 years so I feel very safe in something I've built compared to a noisy metal ladder stand. Plus around here in most areas if you went 20-25ft up your in the tree tops and limits your views, almost better at that 15-20ft area. I always wear a harness with my climber, I have a summit and I'm not a heavy guy (160lbs) and have had it slide in me on a wet tree while climbing up, talk about heart in your throat, so yah I always wear a harness with the climber . Recently got a saddle and climbing sticks but not completely comfortable with it yet, not safety wise but just getting in and set up quietly and quickly .

Thank you for all the great information! Made a lot of sense. I have property on eastern shore of Maryland (flat hunting). I have one stand that I hate sitting in because it has zero cover. Lonely pine tree coming off the swamp behind me but is set up perfectly for the typical wind I have. When the deer get into shooting distance I am out in the open and I always grab their attention, but when they see me i already know they are coming and it’s just a how long can you stay at full draw stand. always produces a good buck because of the wind!

Depends on the spot but 20 to 22’ gets you above sight. My lowest spots are 16’ and only if situation forces it.

The answer for me, as a one-stick saddle hunter, is I go to where the cover is and usually I am worried about back cover because I mostly have a tree to hide behind. Sometimes that is 15 feet, sometimes 25. I rarely go above that personally as the angles get funky with a bow. For the few times I hunt out of fixed stands I prefer hang on stands and I usually use a 20 foot ladder and then place one step above that to get in and out of the stand safely.

I have one tree stand I’m setting about 12’ to 15’. I have 4 ground blinds what do recommend for what I can do on set up. I’m still learning on set up with winds I’m having a hard to figure it out. Excellent video Jeff thank you

Jeff, thank you and Dylan for the great information like always!!!! I know that you use Family Traditions hang-on and ladders stands. I'm switching to Family Traditions hang-on stands due to the great quality, the safety, and quiet stands. What climbing stand(s) do you use? Thank you, and have a great day!!!

Shot my biggest bow buck this year from roughly 8 feet up

Holding off on a late season Giant now

40’ in the old climber is my sweet spot

Pucker factor plays into it for me . Once i start to think " this is gonna suck if i fall " , thats about where i stop .

I use a hang on with no sticks. 4-5 feet off the ground. I'm 6'2 so when standing my heads around 10' in the air. Gives me an extra 20-50 yards of horizon to look over. Plus I'd rather fall at 4' than 10'+

I know a couple guys that almost have to wipe clouds out of the way to make a shot.

Iowa deer in private land in eastern Iowa are stressed on edge. Hardly see any 3rd year, nothing older around the area I've seen

Commenting before I watch the video, but I have killed big game from 5-30ft…. I hunt archery/earlyanterless/shotgun season in MN in the SE hillsides. Assuming everyone finds a spot that is known to have deer the only factors left are shot angles and avoiding obstacles that prevents you from shooting.

Jeff, you often talk about “depth of cover,” (food - doe bedding - buck bedding), but does buck bedding have to be behind doe bedding, or can the terrain create buck bedding at depth to one side of food while doe bedding is closer, but on another side? (For example, doe bedding 200yds to east, while buck bedding is 400yds to west…)

15 to 18 for a bow and 30 for a gun! I killed my biggest buck 5 feet, high enough to shoot over the thorne bushes!

we can legally shoot 30min. before sunrise. so i like to be in 1 hour before sunrise, and depending on cover, 15 to 25 feet. lots of variables.

The higher you go the more the tree sways from the wind blowing your shot

I let the tree canopy and situation dictate how high or low I set my stands. I’ve started hunting from the ground more and just play the wind hunting corn fields and field edges

33' is a good hight for a th3 yagi. Oh wait different hobby lol to be honest I'm laying on the ground with a cave/mound style blind

For me it depends on the background. I try not to be silhouetted.

It's situational. Play the background in thick cover. I bagged a nice WI buck on public land, no bait in a thick spruce swamp only 6' high with a 15 yd shot.

I have some monsters on a swamp edge, that is very low. The wind just seems to swirl in the corners no matter what, and I don't know how to beat their nose. I normally can seal the deal, but they're whooping me where I'm at. I cannot seem to get high enough. Any tips?

Earlier than dawn is bad IMO 👍

As I get older, a 10ft ladder stand is good for me. It's easier for me to setup.

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i never go above 5ft so i dont wont fall that far

The world is not made for big guys. The hunters safety system harnesses do not work well for big guys 300lb weight limit. I'm 6'3 326 and had to by a hybrid saddle from XOP to be able to use my climber. Family tradition ladder and tree stands are only rated to 300 lbs. I had to buy the dd14 from the country smokehouse in Almont which is the double ladder stand just to meet the weight rating.

One of my best buddies hates hunting out of my stands because he killed his best buck this year out of one of mine 7 feet high killed the buck at 8 yards he hates hunting out of my stands but they work some are 25 plus some are 8 or 10 any higher you can't see shit use what works for the area one of my best I killed 15 foot just ladder stand in the wide open 20 yard shot

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Climb to the cover. Could be 10 ft or could be 30

Or instead of buying 5+ stands, sticks just get a saddle setup and saddle hunt.