Hike in tree stand for black tail?

[JasonG]

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone has some suggestions for a lightweight tree stands that can be hiked in or biked in for day use on public land? Any info would be awesome. Thanks, Jason

[npaull]

I have really liked the Lone Wolf treestands. They are pricey though.

[youngbull]

Look at tree saddles

[Parasite]

Climber or hang-on?

[Special T]

Summit Viper. I own 2 and have bought a couple more for friends. I buy them used as many folks try them and then change thier mind. I've purchased for between $150-200 used. Quiet and packable. You have to have a really good spot to use them effectively, and or a specific deer your trying to kill. I've liked using mine on small private property spots.

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[Parasite]

X-stands are really light. One of my buddies had the climber and loved his. I personally use a Summit, but I don't mind the weight penalty.

If you are going with a hang-on, Lone Wolf Custom Gear is coming out with a new stand and sticks this year. This is a new company, but it's the same person who started Lone Wolf treestands.

Another option is Hunting Beast sticks and treestand. They are out of stock with the sticks at the moment, and the stand has yet to be released. I've got the sticks and they are very nice. Spendy, but nice. I'm not sure I am going to this stand yet as I want to see the final released product. I'm thinking I might go with the LWCG stand though.

[Skyvalhunter]

u looking for a climber or lock on with ladder

[smithkl42]

I have a Summit Viper, and I've been a little disappointed. It's heavy, awkward and (frankly) kind of painful to carry in and out, at least, over any kind of distance at all. I had assumed I would be able to "run and gun" with it, but it really seems to be the sort of thing that you need to position ahead of the season and remove afterwards. I don't know how I would design a better one, but I'm not sure it fits with the sort of hunting I'm trying to do.

[Parasite]

I have a Summit Viper, and I've been a little disappointed. It's heavy, awkward and (frankly) kind of painful to carry in and out, at least, over any kind of distance at all. I had assumed I would be able to "run and gun" with it, but it really seems to be the sort of thing that you need to position ahead of the season and remove afterwards. I don't know how I would design a better one, but I'm not sure it fits with the sort of hunting I'm trying to do.

If you have the steel version, I agree. However, the aluminum one is much lighter. And once you get a system in place, it's quite easy to get in, up, down, and out

[Machias]

Hands down the Lone Wolf Hand Assault climber for me!!  It is sooo light weight, packs in VERY flat, very quiet and very solid.

[WapitiTalk1]

If you're hunting in BT country, then a climber may not be the ticket as you don't normally have a good selection of limbless trees to work the climber up  .  I have a Lone Wolf fixed and the sticks to go with it.  It's a solid piece of gear, but...... I have a couple of buddies that have went with the Millenium fixed stands.  They're really nice units... lightweight, comfortable, and... Millenium has a system where you hang a base unit (mount) on multiple trees in multiple sites.  This gives the capability of taking your actual "seat" and packing it to various spots and merely climbing up and dropping it in the existing mount... Kind of a nice feature I think.   

[Special T]

most of the time if your BT hunting you know where you are going to put one up either because its a specific peice of property, or because you have lots of camera shots. I normally scout and or find/limb trees this time of year for my hunting spots.

[JasonG]

Climber or hang-on?

Im not sure just new to the idea of tree stands

[JasonG]

most of the time if your BT hunting you know where you are going to put one up either because its a specific peice of property, or because you have lots of camera shots. I normally scout and or find/limb trees this time of year for my hunting spots.

very true! I'm more worried about leaving it out and have it get stolen. That's why I was hoping for lightweight.

[Special T]

most of the time if your BT hunting you know where you are going to put one up either because its a specific peice of property, or because you have lots of camera shots. I normally scout and or find/limb trees this time of year for my hunting spots.

very true! I'm more worried about leaving it out and have it get stolen. That's why I was hoping for lightweight.

I really like the alum summit vipers as I've purchased 4 of them. I have not killed any nice bucks out of them but have a new promising spot..

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