Top Treestand Accessories

This handy little GPS device offers a ton of useful features. Over 30 hunting-specific icons can help you mark trail camera locations, water, food sources, game tracks, bedding areas, and treestand locations. Users can leave "digital breadcrumbs" to help them make their way back to camp or their vehicle, adnteh Explorist comes with a subscription to DigitalGlobe satellite imagery for map access.

These 16 clip-on trail markers work great in low-light or during the day, are silent and easy to use, and can really help save the day. Clip them along a trail to help you find where on earth you placed that new stand, or mark yardage distances or the last of a blood trail. They're reusable, so you can use them again and again.

You need a place to hang your bow during long waiting periods. The Big Game Treestands Extreme Multi-Hanger Combo goes one step further, giving you three additional hooks for optics, calls, or any other gear you need at arm's length. The vinyl-coated bow hook is extra large to accommodate almost any bow, and its pivoting arm means you can keep your weapon close in almost any tree. The weight limit is a hefty 20 pounds.

The handy Ameristep Pruning Kit includes a saw, clippers, and a carrying pouch. This kit makes it easy to trim a path to your stand, clear a shooting lane, or make a vertical hoisting path next to your tree. The nonstick-coated blade helps make a tedious task more bearable, as does the fiberglass molded handle.

Lone Wolf offers a ton of great treestands and accessories, including climbing stick caddies, foot rests, and safety lines. The backpack straps make hauling your treestand around way easier--just attach and go. The padded straps are comfy as can be, plus you can show off your Lone Wolf pride with the emblazoned logo.

Leverage Treestands offers climbing sticks in two sizes: the 32-inch three-step version, and the 17-inch two-step version. The lightweight, aluminum sticks feature v-shaped steps on both sides of the stick for plenty of stepping space. Each section weighs lighter than 2 pounds, so carrying a set of these won't break a bowhunter's back. The steps are capable of holding up to 300 pounds.

The Summit Seat-O-The-Pants climbing system includes a 30-foot safety rope with a prussic hitch. (A prussic hitch is a friction knot that tightens and cinches when a climber's weight is loaded onto it.) Simply slide the knot up the tree climbing rope to stay connected to the tree the entire time you're climbing.