Can you just imagine..

[Knothead]

……….how long this old Amacker has been on this tree—-and who took the last step off this thing? Was it a successful hunt? Did he (or she) see a good buck that day but was not able to get a shot off, and said to themself, "I'll just leave it here and come back in a day or two and maybe get that bruiser then." And never came back.
Imagination. It's a powerful thing.

(I borrowed this pic from another forum I am on. It's not on my hunting property so I know nothing about it. I just thought it was so cool and so unique and just begs so many questions….)

 

[Volbuck777]

That's cool. If it's anything like the one I set in one time years ago they probably got out of that death trap and left it for a that very reason. They didn't want to die.

 

[Knothead]

I had one as well. Heavy, loud, awkward, uncomfortable. But I harvested deer out of it. That was the "Technology" we had at the time and we thought we were big shots if you had one of those.

 

[mike243]

Had 1 that looked just like it, after the 2-3 times of dropping the bottom I tied them together, ruff trying to get down hugging the tree and my bow,

 

[redblood]

in fascinated by old treestands, especially old wooden ones who remants cling to to trees for decades. Makes me wonder the story behind them and the hunts they saw many many autumns moons ago

 

[Deer Assassin]

I got one on my lease in Houston county
40 foot up a tree

 

[cbhunter]

Did they leave that gun propped up on the tree too?

 

[Wrangler95]

I had one just like it, still have it I think up in the barn.I built old wooden stands years before manufactured stands came out, of course I started deer hunting in1967!!

 

[dsa5455]

That is crazy. My imagination was thinking how long it would take to get this way. My guess would be it was an ok spot but they didn't see anything on their last hunt. Then they lost interest in hunting for whatever reason and never went back. Probably thought a few times "I need to go get that stand" but soon it was a distant memory and they never fooled with it. Nothing to base this on, just a thought. Cool picture though.

 

[peytoncreekhunter]

Makes me wonder if that hunter left it for later then passed away and it's been there ever since.

 

[UCStandSitter]

Why not fumigate this here chair? It's a good quality item

 

[deerhunter10]

3 of our best spots are right beside old wooden stands. I would love to hear the stories with old stands.

 

[TN Larry]

Why not fumigate this here chair? It's a good quality item

You serious Clark??? Lol.

 

[tahtah]

That is really cool. Had you sed it before? Is it on private or public land?

 

[buckbstr_1]

I had an old baker, homemade stands out of conduit. I guess the Good Lord was watching out for me. Never had a slip up.

 

[KTS]

I found an old loggy bayou stand several years ago that was grown into the tree just like that one. It is still there as far as I know.

 

[recurve60#]

That's either a really good spot and you've gotten deep away from crowds, or it's a really bad spot that nobody hunts since it wasn't stolen back then.

 

[DoubleRidge]

If old treestands could talk....we had an old loc-on on our place for years. The chain hook finally bent or broke from the tree growth and it fell...I picked it up and hauled it out....screw in steps were barely visible.
Also had two old wooden ladder stands that have fallen and mostly rotted. Few remnants of one of the ladder stands is in area where we hunt morels in the spring...often wonder about that old stand.

 

[Tn Joe]

There's a few old wooden stands on my place. Our best spot is within feet of one of them.

 

[backyardtndeer]

That's been there a little while. Don't think it's salvageable...