Unread postby phade » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:42 am
Before my property access downsizing, I ran 30 ladderstands.
Some were hunted 1-2 times a season...others were hunted zero. Much depended on crop rotation, work, and proper wind/hunting considerations. Some of the ones that are not hunted every year are hedge row sets...when the corn was up, deer would funnel along side the hedge row and corn. In green field years...that stand didn't get the daytime activity. I had one stand I could count on hunting 4-5 times, but that was the only set like that and it was unique with its ability to give me the picture-perfect entry/exit and wind favorability.
I've taken some decent deer for the area out of ladderstands.
I don't the right way to ask it is 150" or larger...but more along the lines of maturity or top-end bucks for a given area.
I sure could have just used my mobile setup, but as stated, time savings was a huge deal for me since most of my sets were after work or before it during weekdays. Plus, I got most of them for $30-40 each on clearance and built up the army over the years.