I’m mainly a bowhunter so I prefer barbell shaped with stand on either side of the “handle”. In hill country, if at all possible, put the plot as high of an elevation as possible. We have an isolated crop field wooded on 3 sides that is the highest elevation with several ridges and ditches running off the field where the deer bed. We can get in even during late season with deer bedded relatively close, and not spook much of anything. Contrast that to a field/plot in the bottom where the deer can bed above the field watching it the whole time, making access tough to impossible without informing the deer.
The two best bow stands I’ve ever sat, we’ve killed two good bucks out of each in 6 years. We leave the eastern portion in standing beans or corn, and most cool evenings, activity through the 40 yard pinch point is consistent.
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