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Poleaxe

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I love the concept of a two man stand but if they are any older than about 10 it gets cramped to get them a shot off anywhere other than straight ahead. Wonder if or why has one not been made that is a ladder stand with one seater above the other one? GIve more room for a juvi or a camera man. I been wondering about it and if I was a welder I would try and make one.
 
When my grandson got to getting older I started carrying my climber and just put it above the ladder stand at a different angle , worked great . Oh yeah I usually put him in the climber because it was way more comfortable .
 
Snake":2pbb3g21 said:
When my grandson got to getting older I started carrying my climber and just put it above the ladder stand at a different angle , worked great . Oh yeah I usually put him in the climber because it was way more comfortable .
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We do this too
 
I believe to be legal, when hunting with youth the adult needs to be in a position where they can take immediate control of the firearm, technically speaking.
 
Poleaxe":2drh4hef said:
I love the concept of a two man stand but if they are any older than about 10 it gets cramped to get them a shot off anywhere other than straight ahead. Wonder if or why has one not been made that is a ladder stand with one seater above the other one? GIve more room for a juvi or a camera man. I been wondering about it and if I was a welder I would try and make one.
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My Brpther actually has a stand like your descibing,Its a older ladder stand and I don't know the company is still going but I will call him and get dawson to text and let you know
 
hornsdonteat":2slcsukt said:
Poleaxe":2slcsukt said:
I love the concept of a two man stand but if they are any older than about 10 it gets cramped to get them a shot off anywhere other than straight ahead. Wonder if or why has one not been made that is a ladder stand with one seater above the other one? GIve more room for a juvi or a camera man. I been wondering about it and if I was a welder I would try and make one.
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My Brpther actually has a stand like your descibing,Its a older ladder stand and I don't know the company is still going but I will call him and get dawson to text and let you know
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Got your message this morning. I'll hollar one day this week.
 
pcrc":1u6va2p9 said:
I believe to be legal, when hunting with youth the adult needs to be in a position where they can take immediate control of the firearm, technically speaking.
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LOL. Hope you were saying that as a joke and didn't really think I ment one another 10ft higher than the other.
 
Poleaxe":1xxai5it said:
pcrc":1xxai5it said:
I believe to be legal, when hunting with youth the adult needs to be in a position where they can take immediate control of the firearm, technically speaking.
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LOL. Hope you were saying that as a joke and didn't really think I ment one another 10ft higher than the other.
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He has a good point. To honestly say you can immediately take control of the gun, you'd have to be side by side. That is a requirement that is in the Hunting Guide every year and if you were to be in a stand set-up that made that impossible it would leave you open to getting a ticket.
 
I built my own ladder stand and started to make it a two man but didn't. One reason was weight - it ended up nearly 200 pounds as a 1 man. The other reason was that as you make the platform wider you increase the torque applied to the anchor point where it fastens to the tree when only one person is in the stand. You can design for that of course by adding braces or making the ladder wider but both increase weight. As it sits, my stand took 5 people to safely stand up and fasten to the tree. It is by far the most stable ladder stand I've ever seen though. Commercial stands aren't even close.

444, good point about having a left handed shooter paired with a right handed shooter in a two man stand. You sure could cover a lot of ground with that arrangement.
 
Hunter 257W":ccapg1ec said:
I built my own ladder stand and started to make it a two man but didn't. One reason was weight - it ended up nearly 200 pounds as a 1 man. The other reason was that as you make the platform wider you increase the torque applied to the anchor point where it fastens to the tree when only one person is in the stand. You can design for that of course by adding braces or making the ladder wider but both increase weight. As it sits, my stand took 5 people to safely stand up and fasten to the tree. It is by far the most stable ladder stand I've ever seen though. Commercial stands aren't even close.

444, good point about having a left handed shooter paired with a right handed shooter in a two man stand. You sure could cover a lot of ground with that arrangement.
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PoleAxe, I do like the idea you have if you look beyond the need for an adult hunter to be able to immediately take a firearm away from a kid who may be doing something risky. You could have about 4.5 or 5 feet between the two seats. Might take a little thought in how you'd get into the lower seat since the ladder would need to extend on up to the top seat and the ladder rungs would be in the way of the lower seat. You could just swing around them though. They WOULD serve a dual function as shooting rails. Another plus with this idea is that you'd have better stability in that your ratchet straps would be further apart being located at both seats. It would definitely be harder to stand up though adding all that weight to the top.
 

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