The Most Popular Tree Stands January 21 2014, 3 Comments
We hosted several forum discussions across different sites, including Archerytalk.com, Bowhunting.com, and Huntingnet.com. We wanted to get the overall opinion of the hunting community. We asked the question “What’s your favorite type of tree stand?” The results are in! There were just under 500 responses from dedicated hunters like yourself, giving their opinion on their favorite type of tree stand, and further discussion led to talks about their favorite tree stand manufacturer and also their favorite model of tree stands.
Here are the results:
The consensus and comments on the Hang On tree stands is that they are easy to set up, light weight and portable. Hunters stated that they want to be able to set up quickly and having the ability to be mobile is a great advantage. As you can see the Hang On and the Climber tree stands won out over the Ladder and Tripod deer stands. Several hunters mentioned with the hang on tree stands they are easily hung so they are camouflaged within the boughs of a tree.
Many of the hunters mentioned that the ladder stands are too heavy and cumbersome causing them to have a couple of people to help set up the ladder stands as they come in one piece. This is understandable if you are a hunter that likes to be on the move and have several different hunting spots to find their quarry.
There were not a lot of comments regarding using the tripod tree stands, again, these stands are not portable and need to be set up and left in place. The tripod stands are great for places such as the desert or prairie where there are not a lot of trees to set up a tree stand.
As hunters know, depending on which part of the country you live in determines the taste of the venison. If you are in the Heartland the deer are corn fed making their meat sweeter, if you are in the desert there really isn’t much to eat other than sage and other brush and if you are in the North East the deer eat berries, pine and other grasses. Each area in the United States lends to a different taste in the meat.
The tripod stand being the best choice for desert or prairie hunting due to the lack of tree cover, however, hunters like to move about not only in their own specific hunting area but hunters go from one section of the country to another depending on what they are wanting to hunt. Desert deer also tend to be smaller due to the lack of good food that is available.
This was a very interesting forum and the results were interesting to see. This shows that most hunters that participated like to hunt within a wooded area wherein the wide-open spaces of meadows, deserts and prairie areas do not appear to be as popular.
The hang on tree stand was the winner’s choice which demonstrates the average hunter likes to be on the move, moving with his quarry and being able to set up quickly if need be.
We appreciate all of the hunters that participated in our survey! We would love to continue the discussion within the respective forums. If you’d like to continue the discussion with the Huntertreestands.com staff in the Archerytalk.com forum click here, if you’d like to continue to talk with us within Bowhunting.com click here, and if you’d like to keep the chat going on Huntingnet.com click here.
Thanks again everyone, happy hunting, and don’t forget, Hunt From Above!
Comments
Asutania on March 12 2015 at 03:54AM
If you ask any truly avid, safe hunter they will tell you that there is nohntig better, in terms of rates of success or experience, than opening morning of any hunting season. The primary reason is that each day of a gun season the animals become steadily more reserved.Deer are more intelligent than people give them credit for, they will lay low and move less until the shooting stops and the human scent begins to dissipate. That is one of the other major points, as human scent fills the woods deer also become more shy. To all the contributors who site the number of hunters as a bad thing I take some issue. Yes saftey should always be a major concern, however, if you are wearing blaze orange, (at least your upper body and a hat), you know the land you will be hunting, and you know that if you are on public land you need to be aware of other hunters, you should be absolutely fine. Saftey is about experience, knowledge, and common sense.I must also point out that the more other hunters move around the woods the more they will force the deer to move. Without something to make a deer move they will lay down until after dark during the gun season.The number of deer in my home state of Wisconsin (one of the top perenial buck producing states in the US) decreases drastically each day after opening morning. If you hunt with someone experienced I would say there is nohntig more exciting than hearing the first shot just as the sun begins to crack the horizon. Opening morning is a tradition and a thrill for virtually every hunter.References : Avid outdoorsman and dedicated hunter, I’ll sit for twelve hours without seeing a deer and not give it a second thought.
Blake Anderson from Huntertreestands.com on May 27 2014 at 09:26AM
Tyler thanks for the response! The type of stand (ladder, hang on, etc.) will vary depending on your geography and your preference. However, a good “feature” for bow hunting is having a 360 degree stand. So our Johnson 360 is a hang on stand for example that has that feature. Or our Millennium L360 is a ladder stand that has the feature. Have any other questions? Nice looking bow by the way!
Tyler Allen on May 06 2014 at 11:21AM
Awesome list! What tree stands would you suggest for bow hunting? I just picked up the elite integrated here: http://crossbowsforsale.com/shop/tac-elite-integrated-crossbow/
Needing a good stand to use it with!