Cold weather does not cause most tree-stand falls, but it quietly amplifies every mistake you make once your boots... The ...

Treestands are elevated platforms used by hunters in pursuit of game. Usually deer, but sometimes for other species. Unfortunately, hunters lose their lives or are seriously injured each year because ...

With the opening of gun deer season around the state this weekend, a whole lot of hunters will be treed up. That is to say, they'll be sitting in a tree stand, anywhere from 8 to 15 feet (and ...

Remembering back over the decades, the same feeling of being indestructible that drove – no pun intended – Baby Boomers to buy deathtraps known as muscle cars also prompted them to use discarded ...

A sturdy ladder stand can be a deer season game-changer. These semi-permanent treestands provide a safe, stable, elevated vantage point. They are also far easier to access than hang-on or climbing ...

For Edward Runnels of Mize, Oct. 13, 2010 started much like any other deer hunter's day. He and two of his sons were preparing for the coming season and setting up a ladder stand. It was a 12-footer ...

Tom Adessa, of Auburn, sent me this interesting tale of how a big buck wrecked his treestand in an undisclosed place in Cayuga County during the past hunting season. Adessa wrote: " I had been hunting ...