treestand safety

I’ll Never Raise a Ladder Stand by Myself Again

Aug 22, 2023 Lindsay Thomas Jr.

The date is memorialized in an Instagram post: July 23, 2021, the day I relocated four, two-man ladder stands and put them up by myself, then bragged about how it was my cross-fit workout for…

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Practice Your Treestand Safety Technique Before the Hunt

Sep 8, 2021 Gregory Clarke

Superlative! Such was the exclamation I shouted as I came down from yet another climb and sit with my hang-on treestand. Taking advantage of a slightly rainy Sunday that drove people from the local park,…

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Treestand Accidents: Can We Stop the Insanity?

Sep 18, 2019 Brian Grossman

Can we stop the insanity? Can we just get through one deer season without a family having to bury a loved one who fell from their deer stand? Yes, deer hunting is our passion, but…

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Living to Tell of a Treestand Fall: “It Happened in a Split Second”

Jul 25, 2018 Lindsay Thomas Jr.

Clinging to his climbing stick with one hand, David Jennings reached up and shook his hang-on treestand to test the nylon ratchet strap securing it to the trunk. The stand had been hanging in the…

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Shooting for a Safe Deer Season

Sep 6, 2016 Brian Grossman

Opening day for most hunters is right around the corner, and that means deer season preparations are well under way. Some of you have been preparing since last season ended, while others are just getting…

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