To make this easier, I waited to screw in the floor boards until after I had secured the stand to the tree and ran the braces. You’ll need to bring along climbing sticks or a ladder to assist in placing the bolts, since the base of the platform will be 6-10 feet off the ground. The platform is anchored to the tree using 2 lag bolts. You’ll tighten them up as you get the stand in place. It’s going to take some repositioning of the stand itself to get it just right, so leave the bolts that hold the stand together just a little loose. To get the stand standing, I brought my brother along for help and we were easily able to “walk” it from flat on the ground, to up against the tree. With the stand in position, attach the braces between the ladder and the back of the platform base.Besides holding the seat base up, the eyebolts can be used to tighten a ratchet strap around the tree for added stability and support. Bolt the rear of the seat base to the upright using a eyebolt.Bolt the uprights to the platform and top rail. They should be level with the top of your treated 2x4’s. They will tie the ladder to the rear uprights. Bolt the front of the seat base to the ladder at your desired height above the platform. The seat frame consists of two, 42-inch, 2x4 rails running the length of the platform with 4, 32-inch long 2x4’s strung between them to make the seat itself.Screw in a step every 18-inches or so until reaching just below the platform base. Cut 2x4’s at 32-inch lengths to use as the steps for your ladder.Cut 1圆 decking and attach to platform using screws.On the back of the platform, pre-drill two holes for lag screws to be threaded through when mounting the stand to the tree. Install a 2x4 floor joist in the center to help support the floor boards. The overall width of my stand is 32 inches, so the floor frame works out to be 29 inches wide by 42 inches deep. Build the platform base so that it will fit inside of the span created by the ladder.This is where the platform will bolt on to. Drill a pilot hole in each 2 x 4 at this location. Decide how tall you want the side walls of the stand platform to be and measure that distance down from the top of the treated 2x4. The treated 2x4’s will run the entire height of the stand.Know the limits of your carpentry skills, and the potential risks involved in constructing your own stand.Ģx4 lumber for steps, stand platform, seat base and braces, uprights and railsġ4- 5/16 x 4 hex bolts, with nuts and washers to assemble the standĢ – 6-inch eyebolts with nuts and washers to attach a ratchet strap to.Ģ.5 inch deck screws for decking and ladder stepsĬrosscut saw, electric drill, drill bits, square, tape measure. As a bit of a disclaimer, should you decide to take this project on for yourself, understand that your safety is in your own hands. With this new stand, I’ll have yet another comfortable set up to use when the conditions are right to hunt a buck from that location.ĭIY Deer Hunter: Build a Wooden Ladder Standīelow are instructions to build the stand. As the sole bow hunter, I am lucky to have the farm to myself during the long and quiet archery season. Even though the secrets out on how good this location has been for me, the other hunters are respectful enough not to build another stand in the vicinity. By constructing it, I’ll be claiming this section of the farm as my own during the crowded gun season. I’ve got a wooden tree stand to let other hunters know they’ve entered my zone. In that time, I’ve recognized it as a forgotten and ignored gem.īucks have scrapes and rubs to let everyone know they are around. Over the last couple years, I’ve been using hanging stands to hunt a 20-acre section that for a variety of reasons, has not been heavily hunted for a decade or more. Many of the hunters have “their” stand location and have been at that specific spot for most of their lives. Our farm has a fair amount of pressure on it during the 9-day November gun season, with up to 10 guys spread out over 300-acres of woodlots, CRP and harvested crop fields. It’s not just a stand, its Dan’s Stand or Mark’s Stand or Scott’s Stand. Even though a stand built on a shared property should be open to everyone, there is a very real sense of ownership if you are the one that built it. More importantly, the permanent stand expresses just that: permanence. Maybe it’s because I grew up hunting from them, but I just feel more comfortable in a home-built stand, especially when facing an all-day sit. There is just something about wooden, homebuilt tree stands. Building A Wooden Ladder Stand For Hunting
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