peckl1 Report post Posted July 13, 2007 As I was glancing through... WON'T SAY SHOPPING.... in the Cabela's catalog, an IDEA came to me. If I bought one of these portable stands that could raise me up 17' above the ground would it be legal,ethical, or useful to pull off the road and set it up to get above the trees while mule deer hunting???? What are your thoughts?? Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azpackhorse Report post Posted July 13, 2007 I have often thought about the portable stands myself. I would imagine they are legal but not sure, they would definately be useful and as far as being ethical as far as I am concerned it aint no different that put'n one in a tree. Legal and useful is enough for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ichiban43 Report post Posted July 13, 2007 Add effective to your list--very effective in the right location. http://www.sportsmansguide.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missedagain Report post Posted July 14, 2007 Are you talking about those tripod stands? That is how they hunt them in Mexico, and Texas. If it is legal then it is ethical? If it is effective then they will probably make it illegal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peckl1 Report post Posted July 14, 2007 Yes I am talking about those tripod stands. Would you need to get them 1/4 mile in from the road? Lee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted July 14, 2007 I hunted a herd of deer down in unit 32 for years and years after a couple monster bucks that ran with them. Each year i killed one of the smaller dumber bucks the last day of the hunt. I would set up on the hill top and watch this herd move from ther chilly pepper fields to the apple orchards then back towards the hills evry day, All the while hunter driving the roads past them as the trees were thick all along the road. The hills were so far away that not many people would glass out as far as the fields. I would watch local boys push them out of the fields into the high grass and lose them in it and the trees. One year a saw a guy pull up to the spot and get out of his truck. He then proseeded to pack a few arm fulls of stuff about 100 yards from the road into the thick trees. I then watched him build this tower. In my mind i kept saying wow that is a small wind mill he is putting up. Last but not least i see him climb up into what then looked like a lawn chair. About an hour later i see the local boys do there daily drive to try at one of my monster bucks about 2 minutes latter kaboom thud. I see this guy climb down and walk a hundred yards or so away from his windmill with the lawn chair on top of it. I see him doing some work on the ground and then relize he is dragging a deer back to his truck. he took down him tower and by this time i was driving up next to him and he had taken in one day the bigger buck i had tryed for years to conect with. I say go for it and good luck. Just make sure you do as this guy did and get the legal distance from the road and do not shoot across the road your truck is on. People will be watching and may take ofense to you doing this and cause you some trouble. In my mind it is a treeless tree stand. I see no issue with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
