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Angled trees. How has this worked for you?
- Thread starter PJC
- Start date
Leaners can be done. It takes experience to learn how you want to sit them and just how much they lean makes a difference on where your shot opportunities will be. Some guys like to sit the high side. Some guys the low side. I sit whichever side the situation dictates. If the expected deer traffic area is in a location that the best shot opportunities are from hanging on the low side then I sit the low side and vice versa. Generally speaking the more the tree leans the harder it is to climb and set up. Also a slight leaner can usually still be “walked” around when at hunting height but it doesn’t take much before your either stuck on the top side or bottom side because of gravity.
All that said, looking at your second picture I see a tree that starts out leaning but then goes almost straight up. Pictures are deceiving but to me it looks like that tree offers better cover and a straight tree at height. If this tree still has access to the expected shot area I would set that one up instead. As a general rule I only set up on leaners when they’re in “the spot” and that’s the only set up I feel confident with.
All that said, looking at your second picture I see a tree that starts out leaning but then goes almost straight up. Pictures are deceiving but to me it looks like that tree offers better cover and a straight tree at height. If this tree still has access to the expected shot area I would set that one up instead. As a general rule I only set up on leaners when they’re in “the spot” and that’s the only set up I feel confident with.
Scoutman
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I've hunted leaners never liked it, I usually avoid them or find another option. But I'm picky about trees regardless of stand method.I’d like to hear from guys who have set up in trees at a rather steep angle. How hard is this to hunt in a saddle? Or should I just throw up a LW?
Pics show the same tree from opposite sides.
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Peterk1234
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Was up one on Friday. The fork started four feet above the ground. Had to climb the low side and it had a couple of angle changes on the way up. I stayed low side all the way up. Set up my girth hitch on the high side and hung between high point and side point. No way that would have happened with a climber. No way I would have gotten up without the WE Steps neither. Pete 