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Post by beermaker on Oct 20, 2022 4:17:51 GMT -5
Agree 100%! You folks probably won't believe this, but I have actually killed deer from a wooden, nailed together "tree stand", wearing brown Carhartt bibs using a smooth barrel with a bead for a sight! Safety belts? hardly anyone even wore them in a vehicle, much less a tree stand (safety belts/tree harnesses are a great thing, I won't drive or hunt without either). AND, some of my best,most enjoyable hunts ever were 3-6 of the guys getting together the days after Thanksgiving and doing deer drives. Several of the guys have quit hunting or passed away. I miss the old days for sure. I have even killed deer out of the old Baker Death Machine tree stands. Lol I have been involved in all of the above. The so called "safety belts" of 30 years ago might have been the worst invention ever. I honestly think that one would have been better off hitting the ground from 18ft rather than dangling from one of those things. The nailed-on 2x stands were a staple of my younger days. It's truly amazing that none of us were ever seriously hurt.
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Post by mgf on Oct 22, 2022 19:27:48 GMT -5
I have even killed deer out of the old Baker Death Machine tree stands. Lol I have been involved in all of the above. The so called "safety belts" of 30 years ago might have been the worst invention ever. I honestly think that one would have been better off hitting the ground from 18ft rather than dangling from one of those things. The nailed-on 2x stands were a staple of my younger days. It's truly amazing that none of us were ever seriously hurt. Not so amazing. When I was younger I was strong, fit and could climb like a squirrel. Now that I'm a fat old man with breathing problems it could be dangerous but not so much back then. Well, everything is dangerous but it's more dangerous for me now using the proper equipment than it was back then with no equipment at all. The safety belt that I got with my first store bought tree stand would have served the purpose at the time. I never had a nailed up wood stand because I never had a place where I could build such a thing. I used to just climb the tree and sit on a branch. Noting that many trees are hard to climb I got a rope that I threw up over a branch and climbed the rope. I have some tree gaffs laying around here someplace too.
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Post by greghopper on Nov 1, 2022 8:20:25 GMT -5
As hunters we should be judged by what we don't shoot vs what we do shoot. IMO
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