My Dog Climbs My Treestand
Whitetail Deer
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While shed hunting this evening, my bloodtrailer climbed my treestanding tree...
I'm kinda bummed, I really liked this tree, shot a couple deer from it...
I suspect it blew over during the wind storm here on February 24...
Treestand safety, never stand during a wind storm...
I feel your pain, zbone. I had a stand in a big ash tree that was in the perfect pinch point up on a flat between 2 deep ravines. 25 yard shot to each edge. Lost it in a major ice storm.
tough one, but at least the tree fell correctly and didn't destroy your stand...... had it been mine and with my luck, the stand would be laying under the trunk....LOL
Had been it in a couple times during windy days (but never a wind storm) and it did seem to move a lot, and knew it had a rot spot at the base, but didn't think much about it, and never dreamed it was that rotten... Dang glad I wasn't in it at the time...8^)
Worst thing, it was the biggest tree around and really not one close big enough to stand in now... I should have known when they left it a few years ago when they choice timbered the woods... The stand was up when they timbered, and I thought maybe they were just being nice guys.. Now realize that was probably not the case, although it was still alive, notice the still hanging leaves... I think it was some species of red or black oak, will know tomorrow when I go back to retrieve the stand, couldn't remember the lock combination today...
That was a big wind though...
Funny you mention this... about ten years ago, an F1/F2 tornado came through our property and destroyed one of my favorite funnels. It was right on the edge of a creek bank and a briar patch behind me. Killed two P&Y bucks out of it, along with a couple does. Loved that spot. I actually walked up to the big red oak my stand was in, and at eye level, took my stand from the tree. It was a sad day.
I then moved a stand 100 yards to the west of that mess and killed a really nice buck this past fall. Adapting is what makes us humans the apex predator.
Any pics of that buck, Rick?? ;-)
Had me thinking there for a minute...I would need a doggie safety vest, lifeline...his eyes and ears are a lot better than mine and wait he could smell em before I see them. Thats next level for sure!
Your probably better off,,,, I was at a rescue scene, where a guy, slipped off those killer steps, and one impaled in his leg, not good
Zb one , did that pull up a root ball or is it rotten ? Had that happen two years back. You're right stay out of them wood in high winds .
Ground hunter.... I know what you mean. My nephew slipped getting out of a stand, one evening. The step hooked in his left arm pit. 53 stitches and one heck of a scar.
Ground hunter.... I know what you mean. My nephew slipped getting out of a stand, one evening. The step hooked in his left arm pit. 53 stitches and one heck of a scar.
Do you think there's a chance the screw in steps is what killed the tree over time? That would suck if guys are killing their favourite trees unknowingly. I'm no arborist simply curious.
Alright I'll say it.. What in the world is going on with that dog's BUTT??
Someone else had a similar problem.
That last one is to Funny, I feel for him but dang the Luck. I do know if it was mine there would be at least 1 less Beaver in the neighborhood.
Kurt
Looks like you have a great spot for a natural blind up near the crown and in between the forks...brush it in a little and keep killing deer there!
I agree the ground blind may be a good option.
Not to mention deer come in to feed off the freshly fallen browse in the crown.
I lost a ladder stand I had in a fenceline to a bulldozer!
One year I was hunting in Iowa i got in my tree stand in the morning before light, it was very windy then I could hear trees crashing down, I got out of there.
I used to have a tree I shot 5 bucks out of in 5 years on public land, i would only drive over and hunt it in Nobember. Well i went over there and the area had been logged out.
The likely reason the loggers didn’t cut it was due to the spikes driven into it. That’s a real danger in the mills.
Okay, finally had a chance to go back and retreive the stand today and take some pix...
CPAhunter - Those are not spikes, those are tree steps that back out, but don't believe they killed the tree, although I imagine they didn't help it's health though either... As I stated above, there was rotton spot at the bottom way before I ever put a stand in it and now realize it was hollow at the base and am sure the loggers were aware... As said, it was alive with leaves this year...
Yeah guys, think I will now make a hide in the crown now... Thanks for mentioning...
Pretty hollow for years...
Although this trail was originally there, they use the other side of tree more regularly, but they are now hammering this side,,, so it did force them to chance their route a little...
Naw SD BuckBuster - Nothing wrong with her butt, just her natural black and tan color...8^)
Seems I have a habit of picking hollow trees, this another one of my stand trees...8^) Photo taken pointing above from my stand... Its actually a squirrel den tree, once had a pair of fox squirrels chasing each other run up my shoulder... Good thing it was broad daylight at the time and seen them coming,,, would have freaked at dark or low light...8^)