8pointduck I use the Old Man,tree stand.It's a climber and uses a guarded cable to hold you up.It's never failed me and with the netting seat it's comfortable for long sits.Drop-Shot
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In the past I've hunted climbers,hand made ladder stands out of wood and metal. Tree platforms are nice if ya arnt breaking the law. My favorite is still huntin. I love to slip around and try and get close to the game . When I do take a stand, I like to hunt from the ground,(Cant fall any lower) :lol: .Had a good buddy with a bad back fall and get hung by his safety strap. It was about 2 hours before another friend happened by any helped him down. 
He still hunts out of the dang things everyyear. I like the challenge of ground huntin, but will still use a Warren and Sweat climber or a wooden hand built if bow huntin an ol biggun.
He still hunts out of the dang things everyyear. I like the challenge of ground huntin, but will still use a Warren and Sweat climber or a wooden hand built if bow huntin an ol biggun.Good story Drop shot I remember huntin the upper St.Johns wma(100,000 acres) in Florida for deer and pigs one year . Ya got to use a blow boat to get around and find hi ground to hunt. I was slipping down a ol tram grade when I hear a .50 boom (muzzle loader season) about 400 yards further down and off to the side. By the time I eased to within about 75 yards of where the shot was fired ,I saw this small framed man come up out of the bush onto the grade. He nose was bleeding, he was wet,muddy and nasty.I asked if he had gotton a deer or hog and this was his reply. Well sort of he said. I was up in my climber and heard a noise behind me, I had to stand and turn to see what it was,in the palmettos about 25 yards away I saw a nice hog I pulled up my gun and fired,dang thing knocked me out of the tree. kinda fliped out backwards,I cant seem to find the hog either. Any ideas how I might get my stand down? OH man was it hard not to laugh. I helped the guy stop the bleeding, look for his hog and hung around about an hour till one of his camp members came by.I think they brought in another climber to get his down. As far as I know he never got the hog. :wink:
I remember huntin the upper St.Johns wma(100,000 acres) in Florida for deer and pigs one year . Ya got to use a blow boat to get around and find hi ground to hunt. I was slipping down a ol tram grade when I hear a .50 boom (muzzle loader season) about 400 yards further down and off to the side. By the time I eased to within about 75 yards of where the shot was fired ,I saw this small framed man come up out of the bush onto the grade. He nose was bleeding, he was wet,muddy and nasty.I asked if he had gotton a deer or hog and this was his reply. Well sort of he said. I was up in my climber and heard a noise behind me, I had to stand and turn to see what it was,in the palmettos about 25 yards away I saw a nice hog I pulled up my gun and fired,dang thing knocked me out of the tree. kinda fliped out backwards,I cant seem to find the hog either. Any ideas how I might get my stand down? OH man was it hard not to laugh. I helped the guy stop the bleeding, look for his hog and hung around about an hour till one of his camp members came by.I think they brought in another climber to get his down. As far as I know he never got the hog. :wink:Hey thats an idea! The only thing is when I'm very tired I snore too. After a day I stink so bathing in ice cold water will have to do.I'm used to stuff like that What are good calibers for elk. My largest carrying gun is a 7mm Rem mag or my BLR 30-06.
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