Little Giant elevated stand
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11/13/23 01:05 PM
11/13/23 01:05 PM
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Share time. Hunting a different section of the river bottoms this coming deer opener and have no "perfect" tree for the climber. But there is this large root mass with dirt that has been thrust perpendicular with the trunk pointing to three joining trails. Hmmm . . . standing on the trunk gets old and too exposed. But what about getting behind that root mass at just the right height? Tinkering with the little guy this morning. Will clamp the camo to keep it in place. Easy to carry in maybe 50 yards from the boat folded down and small. Will tie to the root mass to keep from tilting backwards in the heat of battle. Positioned so I straddle it facing the root mass. Thoughts?
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Re: Little Giant elevated stand
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11/13/23 04:00 PM
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I wouldn't waste my time with the camo and stuff to trip on. When they start staring at the glare of the ladder, start shooting. Unless of course you are using a bow and not the standard AK-57 uzzie radar laser triple barrel double scoped heat-seakin shotgun. Guys here would do 2-4 person drives in the vast cattail marshes. One guy stands on top of ladder and other guy(s) walk through a patch of cattails towards the ladder. They used to harvest lots of deer that way until they got sick of walking. I remember one year watching a guy cartwheel off the top of ladder after a deer ran into his ladder. Deer trying to escape didn't see the ladder blocking the trail in the cattails.
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Re: Little Giant elevated stand
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11/13/23 09:32 PM
11/13/23 09:32 PM
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Emergency room visit coming soon.
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Re: Little Giant elevated stand
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#7994121
11/14/23 08:20 AM
11/14/23 08:20 AM
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skip the netting and paint it camo
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Re: Little Giant elevated stand
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11/14/23 08:24 AM
11/14/23 08:24 AM
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you could rig up a ladder jack to set your height too
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Re: Little Giant elevated stand
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11/14/23 09:06 AM
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skip the netting and paint it camo Painting it was my first thought. Then I was going through duck hunting gear and found some of my old blind making camo and settled on this. Practiced going up the ladder with the camo pushed over so I'm climbing on aluminum. Once at the top I can bring it back over the ladder. The ladder will be tied to the root mass sticking up in the air, so it won't have a chance to tilt away and have me wind up in the emergency room as upstateNY predicted. We're setting camp Thursday and I'll have all day Friday to tinker with this. Anyway . . . thanks for the words of encouragement and I'll keep in mind the ground will break my fall. Good to know. With the warm temps coming this weekend will be bringing a big cooler with ice blocks already made to pack venison in. Will be cutting deer up by lantern light, hopefully. Take care out there. Coming up on 60 years of hunting deer in a few years, 'cept for the stint in the Air Force in the early 70s.
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Re: Little Giant elevated stand
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11/14/23 09:33 AM
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I'm sorry. I think what you're on to is basically a good idea. I have climbing stands and a lot of times I'll go for nosebleed heights. Only the tree or my courage limiting me. I'm sure there's times where being eight feet off the ground would have served me better than 25 or 30'. Aw, c'mon . . . that was good humor. Appreciated. Finding the right tree for the climber is getting more difficult down in the river bottoms. So many trees are dying from sustained flood events and tilting over. Now, help me out here Posco, harness or no harness? ;o)
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Re: Little Giant elevated stand
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11/14/23 09:41 AM
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Now, help me out here Posco, harness or no harness? ;o) So many places this could go. I'm going to abstain on this one.
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