[BruceBruce1959]

Have you checked with Gander Mountain or Bass Pro shops for safety harness?
If you're able to sit still and scent down really well I say 12' - 18' is perfect a lot of others may say to go a lot higher but when you begin to go above the 18' range you're entering into the natural umbrella of the woods and limiting your viewable range. I believe it's better to see your hunting area as best you can but If you go too high with your treestand you're going to miss some action. Good Luck

 

[BruceBruce1959]

It's ok to disagree but you also said you "find more holes in the canopy the higher you go" which basically means your obstrucing your viewable range by going higher.
You Also gotta keep in mind the higher you go, the shorter your shooting circumference at the base of your treestand.

Your way of doing it ronn works well for you because you worked your way into this stand placement that you now use but when you started I'm sure just like all the rest of the bow hunting world your stand was probably between 12 and 18 feet high just like the rst of us because that's what was explained to us years ago.

So I guess for the sake of the new bow hunters & youth hunters that visit the site, I'm more comfortable getting them into the 12 to 18 foot range and when they gain more experience maybe they'll want to try it higher, that'll be totally up to them. JMO

 

[BruceBruce1959]

Yeah ronn, that's exactly what I meant by the shorter circumference.