![]() ![]() With this new stand, I’ll have yet another comfortable set up to use when the conditions are right to hunt a buck from that location.ĭIY Deer Hunter: Build a Wooden Ladder Standīelow are instructions to build the stand. As the sole bow hunter, I am lucky to have the farm to myself during the long and quiet archery season. Even though the secrets out on how good this location has been for me, the other hunters are respectful enough not to build another stand in the vicinity. By constructing it, I’ll be claiming this section of the farm as my own during the crowded gun season. I’ve got a wooden tree stand to let other hunters know they’ve entered my zone. In that time, I’ve recognized it as a forgotten and ignored gem.īucks have scrapes and rubs to let everyone know they are around. Over the last couple years, I’ve been using hanging stands to hunt a 20-acre section that for a variety of reasons, has not been heavily hunted for a decade or more. Many of the hunters have “their” stand location and have been at that specific spot for most of their lives. Our farm has a fair amount of pressure on it during the 9-day November gun season, with up to 10 guys spread out over 300-acres of woodlots, CRP and harvested crop fields. It’s not just a stand, its Dan’s Stand or Mark’s Stand or Scott’s Stand. Even though a stand built on a shared property should be open to everyone, there is a very real sense of ownership if you are the one that built it. More importantly, the permanent stand expresses just that: permanence. Maybe it’s because I grew up hunting from them, but I just feel more comfortable in a home-built stand, especially when facing an all-day sit. There is just something about wooden, homebuilt tree stands. Building A Wooden Ladder Stand For Hunting ![]()
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