![]() I encourage you to place one or more double ladder stands for whitetails, even if you hunt solo. Check them out so see which one is right for you. A quick search online revealed offerings from Big Dog Hunting, Big Game Treestands, Hawk, Millennium Treestands (which also makes Ol’ Man), Muddy Outdoors, Primal Treestands, Rivers Edge Treestands, Summit Treestands, X-Stand Treestands, and others. Several companies offer double ladder stands for deer hunters. For comparison, the Ol’ Man Assassin 17-foot Single Ladder weighs 92.5 pounds price is $199.99. For the Ol’ Man Assassin 18-foot Dual Ladder (115 pounds $249.99), I recommend three people to set it. For this reason, a double ladder takes a bit more manpower to place on a tree. A double ladder weighs more than a single simply because it’s bigger. No matter which direction he needs to shoot, with gun or bow, he can quietly move to a comfortable position. The author likes the wide seat and platform of a double ladder stand for hunting solo. The problem was the support tree was directly behind my drawing arm, so I couldn’t really draw toward the primary shooting lane without doing a dance on the small platform of the single ladder. A lefty buddy of mine killed a mature buck from the ladder, but every time I climbed into it and tried hunting, I cursed the uncomfortable setup. I had a particular spot in SoDak that was killer for cruising rutting bucks, but every tree had too much lean for a hang-on stand.įor a couple years I used a single ladder stand in the spot, and it worked (barely), but it was best for a left-handed archer, and I’m right-handed. Because I’m not the sharpest broadhead in the quiver, it took me longer than it should have to realize double ladder stands aren’t just best for two hunters. No matter my destination, one thing I’ve learned after 40 years of deer hunting is treestand choice is critical that is, matching the ideal treestand or ladder stand for the situation at hand. In western Wisconsin, the deer thrive in a checkerboard of forest and agricultural. In eastern South Dakota, I’m bowhunting river-bottom and shelterbelt whitetails that move into the trees after living most of the year on the prairie. In my home state of Minnesota, I’m targeting suburban whitetails that live on the outskirts of the Twin Cities. I enjoy the challenges that come with these destinations, especially due to the fact I hunt such different terrain in each state. The guys at Out on a Limb can safely put you in a tree and you need not worry about your equipmentcfailingcand you not making it home.My typical whitetail season is spread over three states: Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. There need be no more standing at Bass Pro or Cabella's looking at their ladder and tree stand demos marked 350# and thinking you would die in one of them. Trust me, if you're a giant of a man, if you're that Viking of a human being that dwarfs lesser men, this stand was meant for you. I'm a 400# guy, I wear a 5x tall shirt and have a 50" waist and I'm standing on a rock solid ladder stand that has tons of platform to keep me stable, a seat that does feel like it's gonna give under my weight and a ladder that's solid as a rock. I'm all in, becausecI already know what the TS1 is like, so I head up the ladder and not only is it solid with my 400# on it, it's got no flex and when I get to the top, it's like they built it for me. A couple of years later I see them again and they have this new ladder stand and they pull me to the side and say, we've been waiting on you to try this ladder stand. When I wouldn't, he did! Dang thing didn't even move. Next thing you know, he's telling me to jump in and down. At that point, we had close, if not over, 600# on a lock on stand. I cautiously climbed up into their TS1 Tree Stand, only to be followed up by one of them. Not that big a deal, except I weigh 400#s. Published by Roma Loudermilk on 9th Mar 2022įirst time I ever met the guys from Out On A Limb, they wanted me to try getting on one of their stands. ![]()
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