Tree stands

When it comes to tree stands for deer hunting you have a variety of styles to choose from but the style you pick depends greatly on whether or not you'll be using a fire arm or bow as well as where it is that you'll be hunting in that stand. The most common stands you'll find in hunting will be shooting houses, ground blinds, ladder stands, hang-on or lock-on stands and tree climbers. Each of these possess a quality that makes them better in certain situations. For shooting houses most people have them on large fields, food plots or any place that you can see a decent ways because it is mainly used for rifle hunting. Shooting houses give you a couple of things such as a steady rest to put your rifle on to make a good shot, the walls keep you out of the wind when its cold and they also help with scent dispersal if you have windows on it. Ground blinds are basically like a portable shooting house that is not usually elevated from the ground. I personally don't prefer ground blinds because you are at eye level with the deer and I usually like to get all the advantage I can by getting as elevated as I can to avoid being seen from any movement. Ladder stands are probably one of the oldest types of stands around and are one of the best in my opinion. It's a very simple design being that it is just a ladder with a set on top that straps to a tree but it can be very effective if used properly. You can do just about anything out of a ladder because most come with a shooting rail around the seat for you to rest your gun on, so you can use it for rifle hunting or bow hunting and you can also put it just about anywhere, whether it be on a food plot or down in the woods. Lock-on or hang-on stands, these are my absolute favorite because of the versatility. These are stands that only consist of a seat the is attached to about a 24 inch by 32 inch platform and you buy a set of ladder sticks up to 24 feet tall to go with it. These are mainly used for bow hunting. The only down side to these are the safety issues, you should wear a safety harness with these all the time because a 24 foot fall could not only hurt you badly, it could kill you. Lastly the climber, I used to hunt out of mine all the time until I started using lock-on's and actually rarely use it now. There are a lot people who hunt out of climbers all the time but I mainly use mine for trying out new spots to see if I want to put a permanent stand there because of how easy it is to move it from one spot to another. Just remember, anytime you are hunting of the ground in a ladder, lock-on or climber always wear a safety harness. Below I have a couple of links for some webpages that you can view these various types of stands and also the site for the safety harnesses.