Bow Season Practice

[Tete Dur]

I hunt out of a climbing stand. I started off last year hunting out of a lock on with the muddy climbing sticks. I have to say that the muddy climbing sticks work great. However, I eventually starting using my climber and I like that better for most situations because I can get higher with it....when the tree allows. One bad that about climbers is that when you hunt a swampy area with trees that have buttressing (widder at the base). It makes it difficult to climb because your stand will be pinting downward by the time you get higher in the tree to a hunting height. To help this problem I started carrying one of my muddy climbing sticks with my climber and I can put the muddy stick on the tree at the base which gives me an extra 4-5 ft up before I put my climber on the tree.