Giving It Up

[paleoman]

#6705

Treestands!! Ever since I was convinced to go up a tree I don’ t think I ever really enjoyed being nailed to a ” board”. I can sit all day but have finally admitted to myself it’ s not interactive enough for me, plus I just hate lugging them around. Why did it take so long? There….I’ m cleansed now that I went public:D

[David Petersen]

#53927

Dude, you can’t quit before you fall out of one of those suckers! You haven’t lived until you almost die! 😛

[paleoman]

#53969

David Petersen wrote: Dude, you can’t quit before you fall out of one of those suckers! You haven’t lived until you almost die! 😛

I was actually reported as dead by local news years ago after another gravity induced incident! But my hard Slavic head kept me in the game:D Just curious…did you feel the slow motion effect when you fell or could you even think “aw sh-t” before you hit?

[Col Mike]

#53972

Two million years ago (+or-) our ancestors came out of the trees and started hunting meat on the ground. They seem to have been successful. The other branch of our family still lives in trees and eats veggies. I’m with you Paleo. Dave used to fly Marine helicopters–he knows a lot about almost dieing –every time he took off-therefore IMHO his advice in this area is suspect. Take it from me –stay out of the trees and out of helicopters.:lol:

Semper Fi

Mike

[lyagooshka]

#53999

Tree stands are my own personal heck 😈 . Like the guy who has his liver eaten by a bird only to have it grow back the next day. I simply cannot sit still long enough to even have a chance of seeing something 😳 . There have been no amount of ADD meds that have been able to help me 🙄 . Thing is, I started hunting with all the gadgets, so I never really learned to hunt. I wish I could stalk to within a county of a deer, but I cannot. So far, a tree stand is still my best option. But one day, I hope to “hang it up”, so to speak, like you. good post. Be well.

Alex

😀

[Ralph]

#54062

I don’t always hunt but when I do I prefer me feet on the ground. :lol::lol:

[James Harvey]

#54227

An aeroplane pilot once explained to me the technical, aerodynamic differences between helicopters and planes. He said planes are so beautiful that angels carry them into the sky, whereas helicopters are so ugly the Earth repels them from it’s surface. Sounds legit 😛

I jump out of planes for a living and I s#$t myself every time. In my leisure time I like to keep both feet on the ground like R2 😉

[Stephen Graf]

#54558

You guys don’t know what you are missing.

A good tree stand in the perfect tree is a thing of beauty. To find the perfect tree takes a combination of woodsmanship (ability to read the woods and know where the deer will go), aesthetics (who wants to sit in an ugly place?), craftsmanship (hanging a stand so it is sturdy, yet comfortable and ergonomic for you and the bow) and patience (to know you have done the right thing and will be rewarded).

But variety is the spice of life. So I like to mix things up and stalk around too (I call it stalking, I’m sure the critters call it raising a ruckus). But when it’s time to fill the freezer, hi-ho, hi-ho, its up the tree I go!

[David Coulter]

#54642

I actually like being in trees. I like the perspective and the ability to see around. This includes being able to see deer coming, but as important I just like the view. I’m a tree climber from way back. When I was a kid I climbed until the top was bending over with my scrawny weight. Now I only put stands up about 8 to 10 feet. 12 feet starts feeling too lofty for me. I love the feel of the tree swaying in a breeze. But then, I’ve been lucky. There have been no premature reports of my departing.

I think I enjoy the craft of putting up a stand as much as the actual hunt. It’s all hunting, the before, during and after. I’ve taken down a couple of stands and have already moved one to a new place for next year.

And, yep, I also like to hunt on the ground. It’s all good.

[CareyE]

#54727

I go back and forth between hunting on the ground and in a tree. I do like the view from the tree and the ability to see the deer coming sooner. I find that I sit more quietly in a tree and to fidget more on the ground.

[Jason Wesbrock]

#54829

I like hunting out of tree stands. I consider them a sky box in the best theater ever created. They allow me to relax, enjoy myself, and watch things I otherwise would not be able to see. I’ll admit, I learned more about a deer’s defenses the few years I hunted off the ground than I ever have in a tree stand. There’s nothing like being repeatedly busted to teach you how to avoid detection. But these days when it comes to hunting whitetails, I’d much rather hang out in a tree stand than a ground blind. Besides, with static lines and harnesses, safety concerns are largely moot.

[BuckyT]

#55126

More power to you!

But… A good tree stand is still my favorite way to hunt!!

[Goraidh]

#56104

I haven’t hunted from a treestand since the late 1980’s, and I don’t miss it a bit. I did have some nice sits while in trees, but I feel more “in the game” on the ground.

[Ralph]

#56108

I have a bit of a problem with tree stands. 😀

[BuckyT]

#56118

R2 wrote: I have a bit of a problem with tree stands. 😀

Understandable when there aren’t any trees to climb.

Lol! Great Pic!

[skifrk]

#56891

When I was kid leaning to hunt I could never get comfortable up in a tree stand. Now put me up on a rock face roped in and I am fine. So I have kept the feet on terra firma, might climb a tree by hand to scout but get back down to set up ambush.

[Michael Scott]

#63880

I like the ground. It’s more homely. Besides…gravity isn’t nice to somebody that’s 230 pounds, from any height. The fall won’t kill you, but that sudden stop at the end might. I like my feet on the ground. I used to climb trees too, when I was younger, and the pencil-thick branches didn’t snap like they do now (at 230 pounds). LOL! But, I haven’t hunted Texas yet, so I might change my mind at some point.

[Etter1]

#63920

I love hunting from the ground, the more I do it, but I just feel like trees and whitetails go hand in hand. Anybody who kills whitetails from the ground with a tradbow are true human predators!

I do love the vantage of the high ground and I used to be a serious rock climber. Up high feels like home.

[Ben M.]

#11964

ausjim wrote: I jump out of planes for a living…

Military, I take it?

[James Harvey]

#12040

Prairie Prowler wrote: [quote=ausjim]I jump out of planes for a living…

Military, I take it?

Yeah, I’m a smelly paratrooper, but don’t hold it against me 😛 I just like to walk quietly and sit in the dirt. A lot of the world I am in looks a lot like R2’s as well, sparsely treed and long grass.

[Ben M.]

#12864

As is the land I live in. (And I love it!)

[Wexbow]

#13029

Great photo Ben, the quintessential prairie scene 😀

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