This should be fun

MountainDevil54 · 10-03-2011, 07:27 PM

All these years i looked down on tree hunters. You know the fat rednecks you see on tv that whine and cry like little girls when they shoot something?

This morning i went and built my own as i wasn't going to spend $100 for a stand when i have a great fear of heights. This is only around 8 feet give or take high.

So i built this today and really am pleased with how sturdy it turned out. I still have to go through with the drill and screw in some extra screws but other than that, shes ready for sitting on and watching the pond during hunting season some years down the road.

I went out this evening and it was actually real relaxing to just sit up off the ground and look down into the trees. I surprisingly liked this.

Over looks my food area " coming next spring LOL" and my pond. You can just barely see the back of my outside dog by the pond on the right side of the picture. Its dried up due to lack of rain but the stock tank is still full.

Semisane · 10-03-2011, 07:45 PM

Looks pretty good Devil.

I happen to be one of those old fat rednecks (well, actually a "coonass" in this part of the country

). I haven't used any of my climbing stands in several years.

I have three box stands that overlook food plots. But they're not the same as sitting in the woods and sitting in them too much can get old, though they're great in nasty weather.

This is my favorite fair weather stand. I call it my High Chair. Safe & comfortable. I think it cost me about $60 to build.

gman57 · 10-03-2011, 08:11 PM

Good job MD it sure looks sturdy but make sure you have a harness or some kind of safety line up there .Relaxing in the sun and watching mother nature can make you drowsy and send you flying. Im still using my climbers and some ladder stands but Im always hooked up. I took several falls before I learned that I break easy.

Semisane · 10-03-2011, 08:16 PM

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I took several falls before I learned that I break easy.

I hear that gman. I've never fallen from a climber, but had a near miss about twenty feet up that scared the bejeezus out of me. That same year two guys died in Louisiana falling from stands, and another was seriously injured. The next year I built my High Chair.

Semisane · 10-03-2011, 08:25 PM

Devil, I'd bet you could scrounge an old office swivel desk chair with side arms and knock the casters off, drill holes in the feet, and secure it to your platform with lag bolts. Then you could sit all day in comfort and even take a snooze without fear of tumbling out.

builder459 · 10-03-2011, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MountainDevil54

All these years i looked down on tree hunters. You know the fat rednecks you see on tv that whine and cry like little girls when they shoot something?

This morning i went and built my own as i wasn't going to spend $100 for a stand when i have a great fear of heights. This is only around 8 feet give or take high.

So i built this today and really am pleased with how sturdy it turned out. I still have to go through with the drill and screw in some extra screws but other than that, shes ready for sitting on and watching the pond during hunting season some years down the road.

I went out this evening and it was actually real relaxing to just sit up off the ground and look down into the trees. I surprisingly liked this.

Over looks my food area " coming next spring LOL" and my pond. You can just barely see the back of my outside dog by the pond on the right side of the picture. Its dried up due to lack of rain but the stock tank is still full.

Better put some side rails on it in case you fall asleep.a gun rest up front wouldn't hurt either

looks good other than that.

gregrn43 · 10-03-2011, 09:11 PM

Semi do you wear a bib when your sitting in the high chair?

Semisane · 10-03-2011, 09:20 PM

Naw Greg. Although my wife makes me wear a bib at home I never wear one when I'm hunting. I'm real independent that way (especially when she's not around).

Blackpowdersmoke · 10-03-2011, 09:37 PM

[quote=builder459;3856285] Better put some side rails on it in case you fall asleep

[quote] I had a friend that fell asleep in a stand some years ago. To hear him tell the story it was funny, but to think about the consequences....well, thats a whole different story. He told me that he had worked a double shift and when he got out of work at 7:00 am the conditions were perfect for bowhunting a particular stand he had set up. He said about 40 minutes into his hunt he became drowsy...he said the next thing he knew he was on the ground and he was in serious pain. He told me that from what he remembered..."It was like one of those dreams you have that you're falling, the only difference is that when you wake up, IT HURTS LIKE A B-ATCH!!! He said he must have fallen asleep, (apparently with no restraints) and just rolled forward out of his stand. He was very lucky that he didn't break anything, or fall onto his bow, but he had to make several trips to the Doctor to have fluid drawn from his knee.....I always wear the safety harness...I think of Stan and his story and it's an IMMEDIATE reminder!!!....BPS

EndeavorShooter · 10-04-2011, 03:30 AM

if you cut the front platform step even with the sides and nail about a 6' 2x4 up on each side . so, 3 ft is below the platform (for support) and 3" foot is above. then take 2- 2x4 back towards the tree with the top at 17" and then 2- 2x4 back towards the tree at the top 36". put a couple of boards on top of the lower 17" rails for a seat and the ones at 36" (when you sit down) will be great arm rest. thats how I build them, and i sleep in the woods all the time, espeacially when the sun comes up to warm you as little... But, I use 16' 4x4's, I like getting a little higher.