[DRHUNTER]

I may be a little late with this idea but it's something I would like to pass on for next year. A couple of years ago my wife and I purchased a new artifical Christmas tree. The old one was still in decent shape. I had a thought about using the removable limbs for treestand camo. You see a lot of advertisements for leaf camo that fastens to your bow, treestand, whatever. Well try the limbs from a artifical christmas tree. You can get creative with ideas on how to attach these limbs to your stand. I drill a bunch of holes in a piece of wood and clamp it on my treestand with a couple of hose clamps. Once the stand is in place in a particular tree I then just stick the limbs into the holes in a random order. I have found that even in an oak tree the deer don't notice anything different. It really helps to breakup your sillouette and movement. By the way I would not suggest drilling any holes in your treestand. It may cause the stand to break. And don't take any limbs from your new tree I promise your wife will notice.

 

[snakebit67]

Drhunter, you are absolutely right. I look for them at rummage sales or in the garbage. My wife picked up 2 full trees this year for me at rummage sales.

 

[jimmyboy]

Been there-dun that-high winds blew um away. Good idea,just need a secure mount method.

 

[DuckMan]

I have thought of that too but after seeing a few stands with it, I thought it really stuck out. It looks like the artificial branches just don't match natural colors well enough for me. There is really a contrast. I know this isn't a beauty content to see who has the nicest looking setup, but I don't like contrasts. Deer seem to pick them out better than I do.

 

[Brock]

You can always spray paint them with some brown.

 

[WALLEYEvision]

Good idea! I seen a lot of artificial trees at garage sales going for less than $10. You’ll be able to camo up several stands with a good size tree!