Climbing tree stand - facing the tree (rifle hunters)

[bany]

Ive had or used a few stands that gave the option or faced the tree. I just don’t care to face the tree at all.

 

[Clabo22001]

I started with a Warren and sweat rifleman in 1988. Didn’t know anything about climbing stands. I mostly hunt in a Brent hunt climber. I have a gunslinger and a Goliath with the shooting rail. I put a hazemore seat on the Goliath last year but only got to hunt out of it 1 time. I like having the tree in front of me. But the Goliath is lighter.

 

[Buckstop]

Started with a heavy old amacker deer thief. Then used portaclimb cadilacs for a long time. But wound up hunting in buckshots facing away from the tree using the backrest as a shooting bench.