Next we bought a bundle of heavy duty zip ties.
Homemade tree stand concealment.
The result will be more successful hunts and more meat in the freezer.
After we hung our climbing sticks we screwed the eye screw into the tree directly underneath where our treestand will be placed.
A great big oak tree with numerous gnarly branches is a perfect place to hide a treestand as those branches can easily mask a human silhouette.
That way you still have cover around you even if you have to clip off a couple of branches to get the ladder up.
Our treestand concealment strategy began by visiting our local hardware store and purchasing some 4 inch eye screws.
Or how about a great big cedar tree trim away some branches and you can almost tuck yourself right back into the needles and become invisible.
Yet another factor of tree stand concealment is to be aware of the foliage both in front of your tree stand and behind it.
With just a little bit of effort and ingenuity and a minimal monetary investment you can effectively conceal a tree stand from alert deer and overcome their highly developed natural defenses.
For instance choosing a tree with other trees adjacent to it that has limbs that are positioned between your treestand and the ground helps to create layers of foliage between you and any approaching deer that help to.
Just a helpful tip that i have found over the years is that when i put up a ladder stand i try to put it in a large clump of trees or else on a straight tree that is right next to a pine tree.