Its one of my money spots, just had to pick a different tree because wind. In this heatwave I had 6 doe and a spike walk within 30 yards. Im just waiting and wishing for pappy to come by.
How do we maintain trees preset with bolts or screw ins? Back them out a bit at the end of season? I've got several to tend to.
I’d just leave them in if you’re gonna hunt there forever, they should be climbable for 20 or 30 years probably
Doubt they used the step that is a solid 30' up in a long time though.
Screw in's you can just back out. Bolts I like to drill new holes. With bolts if you leave them in they may grow in to the point where you can't take them out by hand even if you just prep them in the spring or summer and try to take them out in the fall. I set up a socket head on my electric drill so I can remove them if they get like this. It's worked for bolts I left for almost 2 seasons.
On some trees you would be surprised how quickly they grow in. I have a couple trees that I didn't get to backing my screw ins out and they are fully grown in around the base and onto the step. It will probably just be a couple years before they're nubs I can't even climb anymore. That's maybe 10 years. I have other trees that are slower growing that over the same time I can still back them out if I need to.
