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.
Homemade tree stand concealment.
Yet another factor of tree stand concealment is to be aware of the foliage both in front of your tree stand and behind it.
After we hung our climbing sticks we screwed the eye screw into the tree directly underneath where our treestand will be placed.
The result will be more successful hunts and more meat in the freezer.
Our treestand concealment strategy began by visiting our local hardware store and purchasing some 4 inch eye screws.
Using tree stand concealment branches can be done in two ways.
The first is to collect some actual branches from near your stand preferably live ones with leaves still on them for deciduous trees oaks tend to hold onto their leaves longer than many others or coniferous branches for a coniferous tree.
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.
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.
Next we bought a bundle of heavy duty zip ties.
It will make a huge difference in your tree stand concealment.