Deer Stand or The Ground - Page 3 - The Firearms Forum

Bill Sweetman · 03-13-2009, 07:08 PM

[QUOTE=tex45acp;375147]For those of you that like your stands.........equipped, here you go. A South Texas Long Range Special, With all the comforts of home!!!

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YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!!.................Catfish I didn't forget you but I endded up staying in Montreal for the deer season trying to help support a friend who lost his 4 year old daughter................so as soon as I'm back home I will get the info you would like..............

Sorry!!
Bill

Mr. Nameless · 03-13-2009, 10:37 PM

call me old fashioned but i prefer to track and shoot the deer, or sit on a hill and wait, but with a stand like that, i thnk i could adjust, but only if i had a .50 in there. that would make it all worth it

Sandman · 10-27-2009, 09:49 AM

Where I hunt, visibility is usually limited to about 20 yds. and there is a heavy mat of dried leaves carpetting the ground that makes it impossible to move quietly. You are better off sitting in a stand along the edges of cover. Now when I hunt open country like West Texas, I much prefer still hunting on the ground.

red14 · 10-27-2009, 02:43 PM

To me, sitting in a stand and waiting for a deer is like going to the Zoo and taking pictures of wildlife. Kinda like fishing from an aquarium. HUNTING means tracking and looking for game.

Lotsdragon · 10-27-2009, 05:31 PM

I still hunt on the ground tried a deer stand one year and it was so windy I thought I might have to pay someone for the thrill ride.

ski9393 · 10-27-2009, 10:57 PM

On my family's farm there is an abandoned two story house overlooking 8 acres of orchard grass. I call it a tree stand, but I think it is way better than your average treestand. If I'm not in there then I'm on the ground trying to blend in as best I can. So technically I can't give an opinion because I have never used either a treestand or ground blind.

ski9393 · 10-27-2009, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Plundering Bill

I think often it just depends on the area you are hunting. Where I am, I am in a stand in the woods...lots of tall oak trees dropping acorns and the extra visability range helps. However, when I am watching tree lines across the fields, I am just sitty behind hay bails.

For me, my first goal is to be a meat hunter. I have a large family (4 sons - used to be that was a small family) and they eat like termites. Heck, not just eat...they graze! Anyway, we take 6-10 deer and 2 - 4 turkeys per year for meat value. I do not hunt for racks, so to say. I adore a good buck, but my primary goal is to fill the freezer first. Couple that with a large garden with 30 different veggies and I do quite well!.

Where I am in VA, the tag allows 3 bucks and 3 does, limit 2 per day. You can get additional doe stamps at 2 each, as many as you are willing to pay for. I have never needed them since both my older sons have their own tags. By the way, there are a lot of deer and turkey here in VA.

There ain't no deer here in Virginia, you gotta go to Ohio or somewere. (Don't tell everyone we got deer you know how them yankees love to invade the south,they've done it before plunderingbill)

ninjatoth · 10-28-2009, 08:23 AM

I will hunt from a ground shanty.It is too cold in Michigan to get in a tree for hours.

Sandman · 10-28-2009, 09:53 AM

While not as well furnished as the stand pictured above, I went to a ranch in South Texas that had truck stands. There were pickup trucks with the mechanism from a scissor lift attached in the bed of the truck and a box stand built on top. They would drive to a likely spot, turn off the truck, climb into the stand and up they would go. The guys I was hunting with had a 25 foot lift on theirs, but the neighbor had a 40 foot lift on his. Parked on a crossroads at the top of a hill in that flat country they could see 600 or 700 yds. No need for me to see that far, but my host is one who can hit them as far as he could see them.

zkovach · 10-28-2009, 10:09 AM

I am on the fence as well. During bow season i am always in a stand. But during gun season i am in a blind mostly because i do not have my own property to build a raised platform. However i love the blind especially since i have a coffee table and shooting rail that i take advantage of!

cycloneman · 10-30-2009, 07:44 PM

Bill Sweetman that is a nice stand. I would love that in TX.

I like to white tale hunt in a stand, enclosed overlooking a good 500 yrds around me. I also like to bring my anitifreeze with me and maybe a playboy.

In new mexico it's walk and stalk. So it depends on where i am.

Angryisme · 10-31-2009, 10:17 PM

I only hunt from the ground. I may someday try out a treestand. But, so far only on the ground. And most usually I'm a 'driver' and not a 'stander'. Furthermore, most of my takes were when I was driving!

dls56 · 11-02-2009, 06:35 PM

When I was younger and much more agile I always hunted from a stand. Didn't hunt them for about 20 years (a terrible golf addiction) when I got back into it the tree stand was too precarious for my physical adeptness (lack of) causing me to be a ground guy. I do have a really nice pop-up blind that makes it easier to hide.
I honestly think the chances of me having a mishap in a tree stand now well outweigh any benefit. If I could I would though, being off the ground puts you at an advantage IMO.

Bill Sweetman · 11-09-2009, 06:24 PM

Here Catfish, as promised a year late!

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Deer Apples

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Deer Camp and Quads

Bill

lindalohan123 · 12-06-2009, 08:24 PM

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wpage · 12-08-2009, 05:16 PM

I like a deer stand...
That one looks more like a out house on stilts!

Bill Sweetman · 12-11-2009, 01:38 PM

That deer stand is old!!! I plan on taking it down and putting a better one just north of the current one...............I think I'll paint it either camo or flat black ................ the new one will be at least 4'x8' and totally insulated with good "shooting" windows on all sides and a few trade secrets thrown in for good measure.

Bill

View Poll Results: Do you prefer to hunt deer from a stand or the ground?
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03-13-2009, 07:08 PM	#51
Bill Sweetman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Port-Daniel Que. Canada..EH! Posts: 116	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground [QUOTE=tex45acp;375147]For those of you that like your stands.........equipped, here you go. A South Texas Long Range Special, With all the comforts of home!!! [IMG]http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f43/mike_seale/BDBINSIDE1.jpg[/IMG YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!!.................Catfish I didn't forget you but I endded up staying in Montreal for the deer season trying to help support a friend who lost his 4 year old daughter................so as soon as I'm back home I will get the info you would like.............. Sorry!! Bill

03-13-2009, 10:37 PM	#52
Mr. Nameless Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Coast of N.C. Posts: 1,264	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground call me old fashioned but i prefer to track and shoot the deer, or sit on a hill and wait, but with a stand like that, i thnk i could adjust, but only if i had a .50 in there. that would make it all worth it __________________ Signed ~BMP Two classifications of terrorist dead and not dead enough Last edited by Mr. Nameless; 03-13-2009 at 10:40 PM..

10-27-2009, 09:49 AM	#53
Sandman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Louisiana Posts: 556	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground Where I hunt, visibility is usually limited to about 20 yds. and there is a heavy mat of dried leaves carpetting the ground that makes it impossible to move quietly. You are better off sitting in a stand along the edges of cover. Now when I hunt open country like West Texas, I much prefer still hunting on the ground.

10-27-2009, 02:43 PM	#54
red14 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N FLA Posts: 3,916	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground To me, sitting in a stand and waiting for a deer is like going to the Zoo and taking pictures of wildlife. Kinda like fishing from an aquarium. HUNTING means tracking and looking for game. __________________ I never argue, I state my opinion, and support my position.

10-27-2009, 05:31 PM	#55
Lotsdragon Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Potosi, Mo Posts: 813	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground I still hunt on the ground tried a deer stand one year and it was so windy I thought I might have to pay someone for the thrill ride. __________________ "First comes smiles,then lies.Last is gunfire" Roland Deschain

10-27-2009, 10:57 PM	#56
ski9393 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Lynchburg,Va Posts: 116	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground On my family's farm there is an abandoned two story house overlooking 8 acres of orchard grass. I call it a tree stand, but I think it is way better than your average treestand. If I'm not in there then I'm on the ground trying to blend in as best I can. So technically I can't give an opinion because I have never used either a treestand or ground blind.

10-28-2009, 08:23 AM	#58
ninjatoth Former Guest Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sanford,Michigan Posts: 369	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground I will hunt from a ground shanty.It is too cold in Michigan to get in a tree for hours.

10-28-2009, 09:53 AM	#59
Sandman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Louisiana Posts: 556	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground While not as well furnished as the stand pictured above, I went to a ranch in South Texas that had truck stands. There were pickup trucks with the mechanism from a scissor lift attached in the bed of the truck and a box stand built on top. They would drive to a likely spot, turn off the truck, climb into the stand and up they would go. The guys I was hunting with had a 25 foot lift on theirs, but the neighbor had a 40 foot lift on his. Parked on a crossroads at the top of a hill in that flat country they could see 600 or 700 yds. No need for me to see that far, but my host is one who can hit them as far as he could see them.

10-28-2009, 10:09 AM	#60
zkovach Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,005	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground I am on the fence as well. During bow season i am always in a stand. But during gun season i am in a blind mostly because i do not have my own property to build a raised platform. However i love the blind especially since i have a coffee table and shooting rail that i take advantage of! Attached Images

10-30-2009, 07:44 PM	#61
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,437	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground Bill Sweetman that is a nice stand. I would love that in TX. I like to white tale hunt in a stand, enclosed overlooking a good 500 yrds around me. I also like to bring my anitifreeze with me and maybe a playboy. In new mexico it's walk and stalk. So it depends on where i am. __________________ Who are you going to serve today?

10-31-2009, 10:17 PM	#62
Angryisme V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Jersey Posts: 196	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground I only hunt from the ground. I may someday try out a treestand. But, so far only on the ground. And most usually I'm a 'driver' and not a 'stander'. Furthermore, most of my takes were when I was driving! __________________ Blaming guns for violent acts is like blaming the keyboard for your poor spelling.

11-02-2009, 06:35 PM	#63
dls56 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 17	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground When I was younger and much more agile I always hunted from a stand. Didn't hunt them for about 20 years (a terrible golf addiction) when I got back into it the tree stand was too precarious for my physical adeptness (lack of) causing me to be a ground guy. I do have a really nice pop-up blind that makes it easier to hide. I honestly think the chances of me having a mishap in a tree stand now well outweigh any benefit. If I could I would though, being off the ground puts you at an advantage IMO.

11-09-2009, 06:24 PM	#64
Bill Sweetman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Port-Daniel Que. Canada..EH! Posts: 116	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground Here Catfish, as promised a year late! Deer Apples Deer Stand Deer Camp and Quads Bill

12-06-2009, 08:24 PM	#65
lindalohan123 Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground Hello, I give some types of deer stands, please have a look at :/ &^%&%$&$ SPAM NOT ALLOWED Last edited by Shooter45; 12-07-2009 at 05:12 AM.. Reason: SPAM*

12-08-2009, 05:16 PM	#66
wpage Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,471	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground I like a deer stand... That one looks more like a out house on stilts!

12-11-2009, 01:38 PM	#67
Bill Sweetman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Port-Daniel Que. Canada..EH! Posts: 116	Re: Deer Stand or The Ground That deer stand is old!!! I plan on taking it down and putting a better one just north of the current one...............I think I'll paint it either camo or flat black ................ the new one will be at least 4'x8' and totally insulated with good "shooting" windows on all sides and a few trade secrets thrown in for good measure. Bill