wooden deer stand

[huntintn]

I'm just wondering what the square brown box is about the stand against the tree. Looks to be roughly 6"x6" or smaller

GPS in case someone steals it.

 

[megalomaniac]

that thing twists off the tree and you could easily be eviscerated by the screw in steps on the way to the ground.

 

[catman529]

Now y'all can't give me crap for my wooden stand I built in 2012...this one got me beat

 

[catman529]

Not trying to hijack the thread but I couldn't count how many old stands I've come across. I found this one last year, I thought it was pretty cool.

 

[Shed Hunter]

At least it's so close to the ground it won't hurt too bad if he falls

 

[GRIT]

Back in the early 80s i knew a guy that hunted about 5 maybe 6 foot off the ground in a stand that's close to this stand in looks.He was a smoker and he killed the heck out of bucks.

 

[cbhunter]

GPS in case someone steals it.

that got a real chuckle out of me, i needed that

 

[huvrman]

And all the people said "hmmmmmmmmm."

 

[Bone Collector]

Wow that takes me back to a time when we built them and thought they were the greatest thing ever.

was hunting on the ground Tuesday AM on the WMA in a cedar thicket and as I sat there, I thought this is just like when I started, no stands, just move the leaves at the base of a tree and sit against it. I thought before stands were everywhere you hunted like this or you lugged in a bunch of lumbar to make one. Those were your options or a Baker widow maker

 

[double browtine]

Those old wooden stands are still safer than the ole Baker Treestands!

 

[Gravey]

was hunting on the ground Tuesday AM on the WMA in a cedar thicket and as I sat there, I thought this is just like when I started, no stands, just move the leaves at the base of a tree and sit against it. I thought before stands were everywhere you hunted like this or you lugged in a bunch of lumbar to make one. Those were your options or a Baker widow maker

With a gun in my hand I hunt off the ground quite often.

 

[Deer Assassin]

I think it is a great way to get off the ground a lil


@gasman

We need this for Haywood co to see over beans

 

[Bullit]

Look in the middle of the pallet it's built out of those blocks. I have sen some sketchy ones over the years. At least it's not 20 feet off the ground if something breaks.

 

[Carlos]

My Uncle used to climb those kinda stands anytime he ran across one when he was younger (35-45).
I remember him climbing a couple stands where ALL the wood had rotted off, and only the nails were left. He didn't care, would throw the rifle sling over his head and give it heck.
Then he'd shame me for not doing the same, lol

 

[bambikiller423]

If you have the extra cash hang them a climber, could be a kid or a older person who doesn't have the money for one

 

[Trey13]

I use to see them all the time. Some big deer and a lot of deer killed out of those things.

 

[nso123]

When I see these types of old stands around a piece of property, I usually consider that someone didn't go to that much effort to put a stand in a bad place.

 

[woodyard]

Hunted a lot of times out of nothing more than one or two boards across some tree limbs back fifty years ago or no boards at all. Just set your butt astraddle two limbs in the right tree.

You should have seen the first climber my brother built, plywood with metal strapping to go around the tree, sections from a sickle bar mower blade to grip the tree. Rope boot straps to pull it up as you bear hugged a tree.

We are a bunch of softies nowdays.

 

[Carlos]

Its not the fall that hurts... its that sudden stop at the end.