A change of heart: Making the case for ladder stands

For years, I vowed that I would never use ladder stands while deer hunting. I simply felt that they were too big and would be too obvious to get most deer in close for archery shots.
I felt like I had to be perched in an ultra-small, compact hang-on platform in order to be effective at getting close to the more mature, wary whitetails. This thought kept me from using any ladder stands for the majority of my past deer hunts. This thought is also wrong, upon further review. a couple of things made me eat my words and give ladder stands a try.

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