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Post by beermaker on Nov 18, 2013 18:15:40 GMT -5
I still pass and often think about the stands we hunted from 20+ years ago. It is a miracle that no one got killed or is still hanging there! We would nail 2x4's up a leaning, forked tree and wedge a 2x6 in the fork for a seat. Even worse were the old "safety' belts. Just a strap wrapped around the waist and tied to the tree. I honestly think a person would be better off hitting the ground than feeling the shock of that contraption.
I now hunt from $250+ climbers and am very picky about the $150 ladder stands I buy. I use the best harness money can buy and have three of the Life Line ropes that I use as standard. I see no need in getting 20+ feet up. I have had two bucks walk within spitting distance in the last week and I am no more than 15 feet up.
I also remember going to the woods with nothing more than a weapon, tag, a knife, and drag rope. It is almost embarrassing how much I can't do without now.
My how times have changed!
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Post by schoolmaster on Nov 18, 2013 19:53:47 GMT -5
I have lost count of the number of deer we have shot off of 8 ft. homemade stands. One I know has accounted for 21.
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Post by duff on Nov 18, 2013 22:00:18 GMT -5
Heck i remember putting up these stands with my hunting buddy every chance we had spare lumber and nails...i hope you guys aren't hunting from or around these thinking we were some great deer hunters from years past...we sucked!
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Post by jordanffemt on Nov 19, 2013 15:13:44 GMT -5
like finding ol ones
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