1.) DropzOfWild - 02/14/2015

any one have any of these 20' sticks? I actually came across an awesome deal, well I think it was awesome ... 2 sets for $40 plus tax. I hope they are worth it ... seen some decent reviews

2.) Swamp Fox - 02/14/2015

I think OhioBuckhunter told me he uses Ameristep ladders. He recommended them. Yours seem like an extra-good steal.

Sportsman's Guide usually has an inexpensive ladder for about $35-39 each. They might be Ameristep or a clone.

I haven't used them, though, except maybe a used set or two that I have [I]might[/I] be Ameristep.


As long as you have enough room between the step and the tree for your boots, they probably can't screw them up, even for $20 a set. :wink

3.) ARCHERXP - 02/14/2015

i found a really good deal on a new lone wolf portable on eBay.

i don't have any experience with ameristep though.

how heavy are they?

4.) DropzOfWild - 02/14/2015

23lbs I seen the same sticks for $70 a set..... what'd you give for your wolf portable? I love lone wolf and search all the time for good deals

5.) ARCHERXP - 02/14/2015

23lbs isn't bad for 20ft

i got the hand climber combo ii for $189. made sure it was the made in usa one. =)

i think i lucked out. i haven't found a deal like that at all.

6.) ARCHERXP - 02/14/2015

it was brand new too =) best part about it

7.) Swamp Fox - 02/14/2015

I'm gonna have to start shopping where you all are, LOL. Those are some smoking deals.

I need 25 feet in a ladder most places, so anything I buy has to be extendable. OBH told me his were (also told me the straps were crap and that I should count on buying decent rachets).

I like the Rivers Edge ladders (extendable and light, especially to have full horizontal steps, i.e., not staggered) but they're $70 a set on sale (20 ft.), and you can't find them until close to the season, I'm learning. I really don't want to be setting stands in July....Waaaaaa!!!! :rage: :bang:

8.) DropzOfWild - 02/14/2015

holy smokes ARCHER! lost for words..... that's probably close, if not $200 less than actual selling price

Swampy..... I always have my stands out in June/July ...season starts for us here Sept 15th and one of the best ways to get a nice'n is to be on the early feeding patterns. I go in and place cams in easy to get to spots(regular for me now) and watch once a week to check for big prospects(starting March/April), if nothing prevails I move the cams, I keep doing the weekly checks on a regular pattern that way they know and I know we won't surprise each other until I find that one, then I back off the cam to make em think that I've left and moved on placing a set 30-40 yards from the travel area in a good ambush spot no limb cutting if possible then leave cam placed and slide in close to opening day evening/morning which ever is best set up and look at pics from cam while I sit in stand.... almost all my big huge ones fall off grid a week before I hit the spot (they know)
Not that you wanted all this lol
Keep searching for sticks ... I do almost daily .. I don't have to be more than 16' for the areas but I've been more successful @ 20'+

9.) DropzOfWild - 02/14/2015

My main goal was to get 4 sets so that my scardey cat buddy could have a top and bottom section (8') and I could use the 3 middle sections one for each set and make 24 footers for my bottom branch locations for late season .... extendable is the way to go but nothing beats my mobile hang on with sticks

10.) ARCHERXP - 02/14/2015

[QUOTE=DropzOfWild;29681]holy smokes ARCHER! lost for words..... that's probably close, if not $200 less than actual selling price[/QUOTE]

you're tellin me! I couldn't press "buy now" quick enough.

i spend a lot of time on eBay and amazon when sitting in the porcelain palace lol

11.) Swamp Fox - 02/14/2015

A 25 ft ladder is a little harder to raise by yourself than a 20 footer is, especially in the woods, but that's what I need.

I've noticed that fewer guys want to climb screw-in steps these days, especially as stand height or hunter age increases. I like the ladders for setting up in hot weather or in-season, too. Otherwise, most of my stands are done with screw-in steps well-before it gets too hot.

Or at least that's the game plan, LOL.

12.) DropzOfWild - 02/15/2015

[QUOTE=ARCHERXP;29684]you're tellin me! I couldn't press "buy now" quick enough.

i spend a lot of time on eBay and amazon when sitting in the porcelain palace lol[/QUOTE]

I'd been double tapping!

13.) DropzOfWild - 02/15/2015

I don't do screw in steps... I've tried a few times and they just seem too much of a pain in the rump and I
m concerned with tree health also. I try to minimize damage and I think that's another reason I have a hard time cutting a lot of branches for shooting lanes

14.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

I fell from a tree once and my buddy had a tree step snap..

15.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

I'm always telling my buddys to be safe before we go hunting..just to etch that in there mind..

16.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

In 25 years, there will be an electric hoist so you can snap into a hook and line and it will wind you up into your tree, easy peasy.

As you approach the stand, you'll be able to activate your Ozonics machine from 300 yards away with the special remote, too.


:wave:

17.) DropzOfWild - 02/15/2015

I fell off a ladder stand one time taking it, out about 10', didn't seem that bad at the time but it did hurt & knock the wind outta me. I don't hunt anywhere with no one knowing where I'm at and shoot my wife or buddy a text every 30 minutes for safety... they don't get a msg they send me one.. no reply they come to the set I'm in... happened twice cause of service failure but better to be safe then sorry

18.) DropzOfWild - 02/15/2015

ozonics .... i wouldn't mind trying that someday..... when the price drops

19.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

I have this one stand in the woods for about 109 years 9times out of 10 i'm not wearing a harness..i always check it for weight by putting pressure on it while holding onto the tree..lol I think i'm done being stupid .. it only takes a second..!!

now days if I fall its going to hurt..

20.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

my time when I fell I was building a stand out of 2 by 4's and plywood..i was swinging around like a monkey from one side of the oak tpo the other..i should have put more nails into the 2 by 4..needless to say the 2 by 4 broke loose and I fell on my back..my buddy said I screamed..but I still challenge him that I didn't scream..

all seriousness i'm lucky there wasn't a stick that I fell on..

21.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

Some of us are glad you're still with us...


:-)

22.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

well.. you do no I turn 50 this year...i'm lucky to be alive right now... I can imagine how billy feels..

23.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

i'm on the down fall of my life..

24.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

all the girls think i'm in my 30's.. billy hopefully a girl will say he's maybe 60...and that's being kind....lol:pray:

25.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

lol..

26.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

LOL...


It's probably the gluten.

27.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

who am I kiddin 50 years ...do you no how fast 20 years can come and go?? when I turn 70..billys going to be like 120 years old..

I really need to be nicer to people..

28.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

I really never thought I might die one of these days.. I guess its going to happen to all of us ...

29.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

....

30.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

:tu:


My goal is to make up for the last 30 if I get another 20...:wink

31.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

you think in life on how you can become a better person. my goal in life is to help the challenge people like swampfox... if I can make one person smile then my goal is achieved..

32.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

:dig:

33.) ARCHERXP - 02/15/2015

[QUOTE=DropzOfWild;29734]ozonics .... i wouldn't mind trying that someday..... when the price drops[/QUOTE]

i haven't gotten to do as much stand hunting out here in the west

although apparently, ozonics does really work

wins in dog tests and everything

34.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

I hope I die in my sleep.. that or get mauled by a grizzly.. at least I would be out in the woods..

35.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

what were we talking about anyhow??

36.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

[url]http://forums.bowsite.com/TF/bgforums/thread.cfm?threadid=368659&forum=2#2736553[/url]

37.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;29780]I hope I die in my sleep.. that or get mauled by a grizzly.. at least I would be out in the woods..[/QUOTE]


:tu:


Two words for you:


"Legends of the Fall"

38.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

that's 4 letters..

39.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

I was having a JOe bIDen moment... :wink

If I'm gonna go around 70, I might like to try an Ozonics just so I can tell y'all about it.

If I'm gonna last til, like, 85, then I think I can do without.

40.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

youre reaching for another 10 years.. its screwed up.. when I turn 60 i'm thinking 10 more years..when i'm 70 i'm thinking 10 more years... sooner than later i'm going to run out of years..

41.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

when I turn 65 i'm going to be old its right around the corner.. all these years crackin on billy wont seem as funny..

42.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

can you imagine alex when he's in his 70's??

I mean I have my set ways..alex will be like 74 and mike 72...

43.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

Right now I'm going for a lot more than just ten more years...


My liver is in relatively good shape, though...



:wink

44.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

can you imagine alex at 72 years old.. that's unthinkable... I sure hope i'm on here..

45.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

my friends crack jokes about my liver when I was in my 20"s

46.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

I think two of them are dead right now..

47.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

You're probably a medical miracle...

48.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

i'm in good shape believe it or not.. I can watch tv for hours..

49.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

another one of my buddys has pacriauis cancer its been 4 years and he's still hangin on.. I don't no whats keeping him alive he tries and golf with us.. its sad I don't no what to say to him..he no's he going to die he is the strongest man I ever met in my life..

50.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

how about bullzi?? you no his arms are getting flabby...

51.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

bullzi arms ant what they used to be,,i'm not afraid no more...

52.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

lol..

53.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

You no you are...

You're just whistling past the graveyard....:wink

54.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

I have my plot already my ashes will be released in the river of my choosing..i will be one with the river..

55.) Swamp Fox - 02/15/2015

Don't you think you should tell people which river...just so they have some warning?

56.) crookedeye - 02/15/2015

that and a deck of cards will be placed in my left demin jeans..i always wanted to go in a pair of bluejeans..

57.) Swamp Fox - 02/16/2015

You know I have dibs on the Irish wake and a Viking funeral...

I set aside money for alcohol for my AW/BC/HC buddies, but now I'm thinking of tapping it for a new flippin' stick and a Nosler rifle...

58.) DropzOfWild - 02/16/2015

lol tap away.... maybe getcha a set of 25' climbers

59.) luv2bowhunt - 02/16/2015

[QUOTE=crookedeye;29800]I have my plot already my ashes will be released in the river of my choosing..i will be one with the river..[/QUOTE]

I heard you can get a better price if you get cremated ahead of time, plus you'd have that out of the way.........just sayin'.

I haven't heard anything bad about the Ameristep sticks, Bob Peck would be the guy to ask, he's tried everything more than once. I'm done with screw in steps, except for the first 3. Always use screw ins and then take them out with me for the first 3 steps.

Why are you so concerned about tree damage in relation to shooting lanes DOW? If you watched me in Feb. or Mar., you'd be in tears. I show them no mercy.

60.) bluecat - 02/16/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;29803]You know I have dibs on the Irish wake and a Viking funeral...

I set aside money for alcohol for my AW/BC/HC buddies, but now I'm thinking of tapping it for a new flippin' stick and a Nosler rifle...[/QUOTE]

LOL!

61.) Swamp Fox - 02/16/2015

[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;29807]I heard you can get a better price if you get cremated ahead of time, plus you'd have that out of the way.........just sayin'.

[/QUOTE]


LOL...

62.) bluecat - 02/16/2015

[QUOTE=luv2bowhunt;29807]I heard you can get a better price if you get cremated ahead of time, plus you'd have that out of the way.........just sayin'.

[/QUOTE]

Well that and you could provide some snack food for your wife or significant other.

63.) crookedeye - 02/16/2015

you can actuall get youre ashes loaded into a shotgun shell and shot off in the air..that sounds exciting... theres all kinds of potential out there if you look hard enough..