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Post by genesis273 on Jan 8, 2021 8:38:12 GMT -5
Heading out this morning to loosen up deer stand straps, clean up blinds, fill deer feeders and move cameras to the feeders to take inventory on what survived.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jan 8, 2021 8:40:48 GMT -5
I need to pull all of our stands and clear the fallen ash trees from our trails. That's a year round job though.
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Post by esshup on Jan 8, 2021 14:00:42 GMT -5
Going to do some squirrel hunting this weekend and pull down some of the stands and pack up the pop-up blind so it doesn't get trashed by the winter weather.
Going to modify the stands for next year to make them more comfortable. All ladder stands. Make the platform that you stand on larger, make the distance from the seat to the platform higher (I hate sitting with my knees by my chin), revamp the shooting rails, might make the steps closer together. With heavy bibs it's not as easy to take big vertical steps. A welder and steel square tubing and I'm all set to get to work.
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Post by firstwd on Jan 8, 2021 17:11:19 GMT -5
I actually have to undo so of my finished projects. We got all the stands pulled, cleaned, and put away before the end of the year. I have noticed now that the weight of those stands is exceeding my comfortable limits on my barn trusses, technically the 2x4s between the trusses. All those stands that will fit through the door are coming down and going into a small shed next to the shop. No clue why I didn't consider it before, but this will eliminate ladders and the need for a second set of hands to get them in and out.
You really do get smarter with age and injuries, but sometimes you're just slow about getting there.
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Post by M4Madness on Jan 8, 2021 21:57:48 GMT -5
This is my first year using ladder stands, and I'm trying to decide if I want to pull them or not. They have the woven mesh seats (nylon maybe?) The landowner has more than enough space to store them in one of the barns or outbuildings. I just know getting 21-foot ladder stands out of the woods will be a chore.
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Post by firstwd on Jan 8, 2021 22:59:03 GMT -5
This is my first year using ladder stands, and I'm trying to decide if I want to pull them or not. They have the woven mesh seats (nylon maybe?) The landowner has more than enough space to store them in one of the barns or outbuildings. I just know getting 21-foot ladder stands out of the woods will be a chore. They are called "buddy" stands for a reason. :-) I know a lot of guys who don't pull them, but just as many like me who do. Some of mine have quite a bit of age on them (I've had one hang-on for 30 years) so I feel better about having them home to thoroughly inspect them each year. Honestly, my biggest fear the past few years has been a tree falling on them through the spring and summer storm season. |
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Post by esshup on Jan 8, 2021 23:26:56 GMT -5
I've had ladder stands in certain trees for so long that the tree grew around it and to get it down I had to cut the metal of the stand, leaving a piece in a tree. I've had others that I've cut the tree down to get the ladder stand down (tree died before cutting it down, but still had to cut the ladder stand out of the tree).
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