This size ensures the tree is sturdy enough to support your weight and wide enough to cover the width of your shoulders.
Tree stand height deer.
Find the deer before the tree.
It seems like deer hunters are climbing to new heights.
This clear benefit leads some hunters to hang stands 25 feet or higher.
Keep in mind the effective range of your weapon.
Maybe this is the reason i left behind climbing and lock on stands years ago to the youngster hunters.
When standing on your platform with your back pressed against the tree you minimize your outline as deer approach.
First you need to consider how tree stand height can help you stay out of sight of approaching deer.
For instance one of my favorite setups is a stand high in a downhill tree allowing me to shoot into a hillside holding a trail or ridge point deer frequent wind blowing into empty space behind my position.
At the proving grounds topography can definitely affect stand placement.
My last trek.
Use those variables to determine your height along with a commitment to safety and common sense.
The ideal tree for hanging treestands is about 18 inches in diameter.
In some cases i ve hung stands 30 feet high to get myself sufficiently high to be above deer walking nearby on a ridge top or food plot.
Hunt perfect deer not perfect trees.
An old man has no business going up 20 feet into a hunting stand that is clinging to a tree by a nylon strap.
But there are downsides to extreme heights too which we ll get to.
If you bowhunt the higher you go the smaller the vital area of a deer becomes.