re: Scariest tree stand moment

Had a .308 bullet whiz by my head on a pipeline once.

Also had a rifle go off in my lap.

Both made me check my drawers.

Gets me every time.

I prop the stand against the tree and use an extension ladder to secure it.I dont like climbing a ladder stand thats not strapped down.

I did get shot at one time crossing a cut over to get a deer i had shot earlier that morning. I was decked out in my orange
( hat and vest) heard the bullet wiz by followed by the muzzle blast. Hit the ground in ankle deep water, pants full of shite. Army cralwled about 200 yards back to my stand, then ran to truck. When i got to were the shot came from, i saw a truck speeding off. Never did catch the fukers.

He's fine. Playin basesball at loyola

The scariest moment I've had in a tree stand was every time I climbed a tree with my old piece of shite loggy bayou stand. That thing slipped all the time. It was a death trap. I was a teenager when I used it. I asked my dad to weld some spikes on it and he kind of ignored me. Ten years later, it was in his shed and he decided to use it one day. He was like, "WTF? If I'd known it was like that I wouldn't have let you use it." I decided not to point out how I had asked him to fix it.

If you ain't climbed up about 20 feet in a baker, then turned around and sat on the only piece, the bottom, with your legs dangling off....then had to stand back up, turn around and bring that thing down...you haven't lived yet.

If you have o ask what a Baker is, I prob can't explain.
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In the 1970's the Baker Company from Valdosta created the climbing stand and revolutionized deer hunting.

As with a lot of new developments however, there were problems with the design that resulted in falls and lawsuits, and then the resulting closing of the company.

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Oh, and I stepped out on to an unlocked lock on at about 14 foot up while in Iowa, I can still feel the impact of landing flat on my back. When I realized I wasn't dead and began wiggling shite to make sure it would work I was one terrified human.

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If you ain't climbed up about 20 feet in a baker, then turned around and sat on the only piece, the bottom, with your legs dangling off....then had to stand back up, turn around and bring that thing down...you haven't lived yet.

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Yep. They were death traps.

2007 i was hunting in a lock-on one after noon after the Saints lost their 4th straight game that year. I remember they lost to the Panthers by 3. Still hurts..

To the point, I was still drunk from watching the game and i decided i needed to carry a couple miller lites with me in my pack. I climbed up at about 4:30 pm, and started drinking. At dark i stood up and let my bow down. i put my back pack on and went to get on the laddter to climb down. (20' high) Well i had just gotten my first foot on the first rung of the ladder when my boots slipped off the ladder. I commenced to falling down and trying to grab the ladder. I hit my face on the tree and ladder rungs for about 5' down the tree. By the grace of God i had regained a grip on the ladder. I slowly climbed down almost in tears because of how scared i was. I chipped a tooth and my nose was bleeding pretty bad.

I damn near fell all the way down. Still scares me to this day.

No safety harness + being severly buzzed+ drinking more+ lockon stand 20' up + being red assed at the Saints = near death experience