Tree stand or Ground Blinds for Blackies?

[Skyvalhunter]

Ok your a Vajayjay(whatever that is). I could have sworn that tree stands come with a safety harness. Well atleast mine did and it does you no good sitting in your closet at home.

[Bean Counter]

I think is be okay getting in and out of one that looked big, sturdy, and secure if it had a solid ladder. Like, I were a big property owner and put a permanent one in that was as easy as climbing a ladder and sitting my @$$ down. It's those ultralightsthat I won't touch. Also, I'm young and dumb, I like to hike!

[Special T]

I fell asleep bow hunting in Arkansas adn damn near fell out.  the harness that comes with the stand sucks... Buy one of the good mesh vest ones you won't be sorry, and your neck is worth the C-note!

[upriver]

I still hunt mainly but do have a climber. I get impatient and can only stand hunt so long in the stand. I have seen a few deer in the stand but blacktails don't seem quite as routine as whitetails. They don't look in the trees when you do see them and you won't get detected by movement but you will by smell. I sat in my stand one day as I was clearing shooting lanes ect before the season. A doe tracked me to my stand and was at the base of the tree sniffing my coffee cup on alert. She sat there for about ten or fifteen minutes just scannning trying to find me. She never did and eventually went about feeding.

[PolarBear]

Call me a vajayjay buy treestands make me nervous. I see too many hunting shows of wheelchair bound hunters who fell from a stand. Ground blinds are the way to go for me. Esp in the rainy wet side

That is why I won't use a hang-on or ladder stand.  I have found my climber to be very secure.  I have my seat slung down so I sit lower in it and am practically in a cage.    I have fallen asleep to the point of drooling in my API Grandslam Super Mag and never had a fear of falling out.  The worst thing that has ever happend was my bottom platform slipped out of my boots and fell 5 feet before stopping.  Since then I connect both parts with a cord.  As heavy and cumbersome my treestand is I wouldn't trade it for anything.  As far as hunting in the rain, pick a good sized fir and set up your stand right under the boughs.  Trim it right and you have your own umbrella.

[MikeWalking]

Ok your a Vajayjay(whatever that is). I could have sworn that tree stands come with a safety harness. Well atleast mine did and it does you no good sitting in your closet at home.

A guy I used to work with declined to weld up his neighbors broken aluminum tree stand despite a lot of badgering.  He didn't think he could do it well enough.   His neighbor got someone else to do it.  His neighbor now lives in a Wheelchair..

[Alan K]

I'm a tree stand guy.  Get a hunter safety system. They're comfortable and safe.

[h20hunter]

I have used a climber for one season in the midwest. I found it easy to pack and easy to set up. I agree on getting (and using!) a good harness. Also, set it up and practice from it when bow hunting. It can be a real bi.... to draw and find you elbow hitting tree. If you have your seat and overall set up just right and you can snooze away.

[ZogTheFuzzy]

I have seen a few deer in the stand but blacktails don't seem quite as routine as whitetails.

That's why I prefer stillhunting and ground blinds for blacktails.

[Yeti]

I came from the midwest and treestands are all I know. I would rather sit in a tree the hike all around and spooking game.  I am a regular nap taker in my climber or hang on. Just use the TMA approved harness properly and you are all good.

 I am learning the ground game out here.