Two man stand concealment question

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Gonna put a stand up in an area where trees leave me exposed more than I'd like. Just wondering about one of those camo skirts for stands or even thought of strategically ratchet strapping oak branches to the tree on the back side of the tree behind the stand to conceal the silhouette better. Or maybe I'm just overthinking this.

 

[tree_ghost]

I have found when archery hunting that a two man ladder stand is similar to a blind. They are not natural looking and draw a lot of attention from deer. IMO the best way to go is to brush it in well and give the deer a couple weeks to adjust to it. The camo skirting works well to conceal movement but without breaking up the silhouette of the stand it leaves much to be desired for me.


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[Bone Collector]

Depends on what you are hunting with. If you are hunting with a compound and have to stand to shoot, probably need to brush it in some and put some sort of material around the stand to conceal as much of your body as possible. If you are shooting a CB and can simply sit and shoot off the rail, I'd still use a skirt of some sort, but as long as the deer have gotten used to it being there, and you don't move erratically then you will probably be fine.
All my ladder stands stay in the woods. I change the ratchet straps and support straps pretty regularly. They all have burlap wrap, which gets changed as needed. The deer are used to them. That being said, the ones that are in the open and don't have a lot of concealment, do not get hunted during bow season. Of course i hardly hunt my private spots during bow.

 

[Mike Belt]

For whatever type of hunting a blind will help to conceal movement inside that blind. If there is no other cover available and you're just sticking out on the side of an open tree, even if your movement is concealed, you're still going to be a blob sticking out from that tree. As your deer move through the area in your absence they are going to see that. They will probably become aware of it's presence. Any sign or scent you leave behind while hunting it may reinforce that.

 

[rem270]

I would go with oak limbs and not a skirt. A guy who hunts by me has a camo skirt on his and can be picked out from a mile away.

 

[csi-tech]

If you leave it there long enough they will eventually ignore it. I find the skirts to be useless. When it moves in the wind it spooks them and if you put it up when you hunt and take it down they will nail you in it every time. Maybe they make this in a two man,

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[hitek7]

We typically use a skirt of some sort and brush ours with cedar limbs, we have plenty of cedars around to freshen it occasionally. We use them as a background also. Plus, it makes a great cover scent.

 

[Crosshairy]

I use camo netting as a base layer "holder" for other stuff that I attach/thread through it. I generally use this for ground blinds, but the principle still applies. I think camo netting by itself on a wide open 2-person stand with no other cover during archery is probably not the best setup, but it's probably easier to start with that material and then expand it with branches and such. The camo stops light and movement from being seen through the leaves/branches that you put outside of that.

Just a thought.

 

[cecil30-30]

I leave mine out year round and just use the camo burlap that walmart sells. Kill deer out of them every year.

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[landman]

I've hunted with a friend in IL who would use old ground blind material to wrap his ladders, bow hunting the deer didn't seem to mind

 

[Ken45]

Get artificial Christmas trees,take the limbs off ,put them on the rails with zip ties,if you need to spray paint them to make them blend in,they last for years

 

[Crosshairy]

Get artificial Christmas trees,take the limbs off ,put them on the rails with zip ties,if you need to spray paint them to make them blend in,they last for years

That's a great idea!