Man hangs from treestand 20 hours

[Nomad]

Not to,many hunters get shot while up in the air . I’ll tell,you I was never more concerned then when I placed my daughter in a camo ground blind on opening  day .

That is on private posted and patrolled land, that has very few trespasser issues, and I draped  an orange vest on top as well . 

[Steuben Jerry]

3 hours ago, wolc123 said:

Would you agree that it might take a little more wisdom to kill deer from the ground ?  That is what I am talking about.   With risk comes reward, but wisdom can eliminate risk and still get the reward as many on this site have demonstrated.    The problem is that crap still happens even if you "think" you are safe.     

Nope, disagree with the wisdom thing. But I'll say it takes more skill to shoot a good deer from the ground. No doubt on that. But by saying "wisdom", it makes it sound that one is stupid to hunt from an elevated stand.

[wolc123]

3 hours ago, Stay at home Nomad said:

Not to,many hunters get shot while up in the air . I’ll tell,you I was never more concerned then when I placed my daughter in a camo ground blind on opening  day .

That is on private posted and patrolled land, that has very few trespasser issues, and I draped  an orange vest on top as well . 

That is a very good point.   The two farms that I hunt at home (WMU 9F) are almost as flat as pancakes and I feel the safest about 6-8 feet off the ground in stands that have good shooting/safety/cover rails all the way around.   One time, when I stepped thru a hedgerow to get a little closer to a doe out in a hayfield, a fella on the opposite hedgerow emptied his auto-loading slug-gun on her.  I felt the first slug part my hair before I heard the shot.  I hit the dirt and the dirt began to hit me as the other four landed close by.  I was wearing a blaze orange jacket and hat about 150 yards away from the guy and the doe was between us. Apparently that brown made him color-blind.  The doe ran off with her tail up, and I don't suppose he got as close to hitting her as he did me.     

That also works both ways in keeping others safe from my shots, because when I am up in the air on flat land, the ground acts as a backstop.  I have killed a lot of deer from up in a stand that I never would have shot at from the ground for that very reason.  That said, there is never a good excuse for not knowing your target and what is beyond.  If you ever have the misfortune of feeling a shot before you hear it, that one sinks in real good.    

 

26 minutes ago, Steuben Jerry said:

Nope, disagree with the wisdom thing. But I'll say it takes more skill to shoot a good deer from the ground. No doubt on that. But by saying "wisdom", it makes it sound that one is stupid to hunt from an elevated stand.

 

Sometimes, (such as the flat-land, heavy hunting pressure areas like I described above) a slightly elevated stand is the wisest choice.   I would use other words to describe hunting from stands that are higher than about 10 feet however.     

  

   

[Steuben Jerry]

8 hours ago, wolc123 said:

 I would use other words to describe hunting from stands that are higher than about 10 feet however.     

Eh, we'll agree to disagree on that one.

[zeus1gdsm]

I am not a heights guy.. however I have definately graduated from ladder stands to hang ons for ease of use and versatility. That said I am connected 100% of the time in a modern harness and safety line.

That guy doesnt look like he was in a modern harness at all.

I have several ground blinds as well. Different tools for different jobs.

If I owned my own property I would have elevated box blinds. Sadly. I dont.

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[Jeremy K]

30 minutes ago, zeus1gdsm said:

I am not a heights guy.. however I have definately graduated from ladder stands to hang ons for ease of use and versatility. That said I am connected 100% of the time in a modern harness and safety line.

That guy doesnt look like he was in a modern harness at all.

I have several ground blinds as well. Different tools for different jobs.

If I owned my own property I would have elevated box blinds. Sadly. I dont.

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Dont you dare use the words ease of use and hang on in the sentence ! LOL I put one up after work yesterday ,the usual mindset being that it would be a quick job , first time i got on it ,the bottom damn near rolled off the tree from one of the prongs not setting in the tree , one of those full pucker moments of hanging treestands.

[turkeyfeathers]

12 minutes ago, Jeremy K said:

Dont you dare use the words ease of use and hang on in the sentence ! LOL I put one up after work yesterday ,the usual mindset being that it would be a quick job , first time i got on it ,the bottom damn near rolled off the tree from one of the prongs not setting in the tree , one of those full pucker moments of hanging treestands.

I recruited treeguy to help me put up a ladder stand tonight   I've only put up one and that was along time ago. Was going to tackle it myself but warned against it.

[Jeremy K]

6 minutes ago, turkeyfeathers said:

I recruited treeguy to help me put up a ladder stand tonight   I've only put up one and that was along time ago. Was going to tackle it myself but warned against it.

The 2 ladder stands i own takes 2 people to put up ,they're heavier then most but really stable , we try and never move those.

[Nomad]

Throw these puppies up by myself , 18 footers 75# shipping weight . Sometimes I get help when I go up and ratchet  it in place .

Makes it easier on my helper,  I carry them in and put up, then another day he just has to foot ladder while i ratchet them , then sit and point out trees to trim .

I like the challenge and closing in on 60 makes me feel good .

[Robhuntandfish]

1 hour ago, turkeyfeathers said:

I recruited treeguy to help me put up a ladder stand tonight   I've only put up one and that was along time ago. Was going to tackle it myself but warned against it.

I've done a lot of them on my own but feel way better when it's two people.  Way easier to put them up and safer.  And a second set of eyes for the details is always a plus. And for trimming lanes to have one in the tree and one with the pole saw. Good call.

[Red]

A couple of my buddies made huge ladder stands out of fence top rail almost a decade ago they've never been moved they are easily 200lb each was a sob standing them up.