Big reasons on why treestands are good..obviously a better view.a better view gives you more time to prepare for a shot.sometimes you can evan give a quick equipment check.check scope ,maybe tuck your call in or evan give a few more seconds on finding a more comfortable brace.you may evan have to turn behind you for the shot.
while this is happening someone on the ground is still scanning for the coyote to appear.to make matters worse when a coyote does appear when approaching a caller on ground level he's usually all eyes.He's in hunting mode expecting to make a visual, making slower more dilliberate movements.
hunting from a tree you get to see something different.you get to see them in travelling mode.where they're more concerned about closing the distance.whats easier to see a coyote trotting in , covering ground? or one scanning the terrain for movement?
here's a situation that happened to me last year..Last season I did a setup in rolling hardwood terrain.from the ground I would have had about 60 yds visibility.But using my treestand I almost doubled my visibility.by seeing over slight rises in the terrain to my front.about ten minutes into the set I clearly spotted an approaching coyote 80yds out.he was moving from my right to my left.the key thing here is that the yote was on the other side of the rise previously mentioned.totally out of sight if I elected to hunt from the ground.
I could have taken the shot with confidents if I stopped it. but had good wind.and decided to hold off for a 100% kill.he circled to my left and slowly came straight at me over the rise stopping at about 60yds out.here he would have presented a frontal shot just at the edge of my sight .Or quite likely the yote would have spotted me and left.
while this was happening 2 more dogs were coming in from the left at about 100yds.the first dog ended up moving back to the right using the rise in terrain where I decided to take him him at 70yds.
if I ground hunted this situation I would have been offered a respectable frontal shot at one coyote twenty minutes into the set.IF i spotted it before he spotted me.
From the tree I had multiple shot offerings spotted the yote ten minutes into the call instead of twenty and also spotted 2 more coyotes that I never would have seen if I was on ground level.
Main things I've found out with treestands If your going to use one only bring it if you know the exact tree and setup.if your going to hunt new terrain leave it at home.but remember good climbing tree's for next time.and obviously Pick a light quiet easy set up stand. comfort isn't important.
