Triple C
Well-Known Member
Last year I had the good fortune of having a well know trad bow hunter here in GA in his 70's down to my farm for a weekend hunt. He connected on a nice doe on his 2nd afternoon sit in a lock on stand that he hung earlier that afternoon overlooking a loaded persimmon tree. To my amazement, he hung the stand only 10 ft off the ground. A little backstory...First day down I showed him all of my ladder stands I had set that I thought were in good locations as I had seen deer out of all of them. All were a minimum of 18 ft high. I could tell he wasn't overly impressed with my setups. After he hunted the 1st afternoon and 2nd morning with no luck, we were having lunch and he asks me if I have a known food source that deer were using. I immediately think of 2 persimmon trees that were loaded and dropping and off we went to check them out. 1st one is on the edge of a small swampy beaver pond with a small rise overlooking it with thick cover. He spots a pine tree about 8 yds from the persimmon and surrounded by thick vegetation and says that's where I need a stand. I grab an extra hang-on and sticks from the shop and he proceeds to hang it. And to my amazement, hangs it maybe 10 ft off the ground. I'm thinking busted. Well...he proved me wrong. 1st sit and he has backstraps on the ground with his self made bow, arrows and stone point. Lessons learned:
So, I just ordered a couple of these. Hopefully it will fit the bill as a very portable, lightweight ladder stand for trad bow hunting. I'll update as to how I like it when I set em up and begin to hunt this season.
![X-Stand Apollo.jpg X-Stand Apollo.jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/19/19602-a50c007d54faf039c5b28ad781570d9f.jpg)
- Stand must be over an active food source with a shot opportunity of 12 yds or less.
- Stand must be portable and easy to move during season to adapt to food sources as they change.
- 10 to 12 ft is plenty high for trad bow hunting. Anything higher and the shot angle becomes too steep.
So, I just ordered a couple of these. Hopefully it will fit the bill as a very portable, lightweight ladder stand for trad bow hunting. I'll update as to how I like it when I set em up and begin to hunt this season.
![X-Stand Apollo.jpg X-Stand Apollo.jpg](https://deerhunterforum.com/data/attachments/19/19602-a50c007d54faf039c5b28ad781570d9f.jpg)