I’m always amazed that people don’t wear safety harnesses. I was in a stand a few years back that a buddy had set several years previous. Around nine o clock, I shifted my weight and the entire seat ripped out from under me. I immediately toppled over the right side of the stand and the safety harness caught me when I was about perfectly horizontal. It no doubt saved me from serious injury or death.
ps- as for the wasps, wait to check your stands until about three weeks before the season. I’ve had new ones come in and build nests in between the “summer check” and hunting season…..and if you get a big hollow spot in your tree that is being habitated by a colony of european hornets, you need a partner like Tailfeather that can drop em flying like he’s shooting migs.
