You make good points, a lot of hunters are lazy and don't take care of their stands in the off season, both ladder and hang on stands. If my ladder stand is in a good spot I take it down after season or loosen the straps because yes they can grow in to the tree. In my opinion the $60 dollar ladder stands are not worth using. Yes easy to put up but they sitting on one for 4 or 5 hours at a time. If your short the seat is too tall, if your tall it's to short and there's no room for anyone. I personally like the 1.5 man stands that get your back away from the tree, have plenty of leg room and comfortable seats. Relatively easy for 2 guys to hang and stable once up. We also use hang ons for different locations where on the ground isn't a option and you don't want to drag a ladder stand into the area. I think all stands have a place and a use depending on the conditions, I personally like big stands they're just more comfortable for long sits. We always use a life line and safety harness because you just never know. I think the main thing is get the best you can afford and place it secure and use a harness, safety is number 1 and you're not going to get ole mossy horns laying in the hospital with broken bones. Nice video 👍

The creaking sounds can be easily eliminated by using black electrical tape - works like a charm...

My wife hunts exclusively out of one. We also hunt together out of a double one. I got to watch her shoot her first buck and a doe out of one!

another "Pro" is you don't have to set up ( or carry your stand in with you ) every time you go to hunt. You walk to it, climb up, and your hunting. .

Wrap electrical tape on the ladder joints…..significantly reduces noise.

I like my hang ons but at 63 my family tries to keep me out of them, We have over 25 stands on our 360 acres, 4 enclosed box blinds 3 tower stands and 3 or 4 hang ons the rest are ladder stands of different size , height and brand, I agree that some of them have way to small of a platform and leave you out away from the tree to far, My favorites allow you to fold up the seat and get back against the tree with large platforms,. I have had bucks and does many times walk right up to the ladder and smell and even lick it not long after i climbed up.

I have 27 ladder stands on 5 farms, I use them as a base for my saddle hunting. I have nack for putting them in branches in the tree so I’m not standing out. I check them every summer and replace straps when needed. I only hunt private farms so theft has never been a problem. Cant tell you how many times I’ve had deer beds 3 yds from my stands, deer get use to them just like anything else in the woods..

My son will only ise a ladder stand so i have them set up all over the farm then i move my mobile set up to hunt wkth him

Several brands DO NOT have a large enough foot area. You need plenty of space so you can stand AND AND turn your feet as needed. These are better for semi permanent locations. We have 9 of various models and some have had more foot space added. Can’t remember the brand that have too small a for platform or I would tell you. These are inherently major dangerous and should have never been made and sold. Silence them in certain ways using foam pipe insulation wraps like on the armrest. I also cut pieces of skateboard grip and put strips on each step rung for traction when wet or muddy. Don’t use those stupid hole “ pins” as they are useless and noisy. Use bolts/nuts with lock washers to stop squeaks and metal popping sounds. I have also put carpet on the foot rest area with wire ties to kill the noise of boots on the expanded metal. Use a lot ties so the carpet doesn’t move at all. Thin commercial carpet or those carpet tiles work best.

I put one up by myself and brought the whole box up my mountain

At 4:00 you have a side loaded carabiner, very wrong

30ft!!!!!!!? Is he nuts..most hunters (professional) say 18 to 22 lol 30ft that is nuts 😂

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