Climbers

nbduckhunter said:

How easy and how noisy are the comercial climbing stands that are out there

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gonehuntin said:

i had a climber for a bit, and found that it was noise every time you used it both going up and down the tree. i have since gone to climbing sticks and hanging stands at least they are only noise when you put them up. & you don't have too have a perfect tree with no limbs.

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smitty said:

Gonehunting, what brand of climbing sticks and hanging stands do you use and are they hard to get into? The platforms I've seen look very small.

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gonehuntin said:

I like lonewolfe climbing sticks and stands super lite and strong. I found the best way to get into your stand is to go higher with your sticks and step down onto the stand.

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gonehuntin said:

i had a climber for a bit, and found that it was noise every time you used it both going up and down the tree. i have since gone to climbing sticks and hanging stands at least they are only noise when you put them up. & you don't have too have a perfect tree with no limbs.

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Bowtech said:

I have a summit climber and I think they are quieter than many other brands but any climber is noisy to use compared to a hang-on that is already there. The trees that they can be used on a very limited as the tree must be fairly straight and uniform and free of branches. It's a pain, and dangerous, to get 3/4 of the way up and then having to readjust your cable because the tree is narrowing so fast

. It's also noisy if you have to cut any limbs going up as well. I like the sticks as well but they aren't any quieter or faster to get you into a tree than a climber IMO, helps with a limby tree though. Mostly I prehang 1/2 dozen stands and use screw in steps. If I'm worried about theft then I use bolt on steps on the bottom few and take the steps off when I leave so if they want the stand they will have to do some climbing to get to it.

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