ORIGINAL: hldeerhunter

Don't risk it. Spend the money and buy one. I built a hang on stand once and didn't have very good results. I used good lumber, screws, and reinfoced it. Luckly, when the stand fell out of the tree, I was not in it. The effect on a stand, from the elements, can not be predicted. Don't risk your health, and for that matter your life, by building one. Spend the $50.00 for a stand...it beats paying $50,000 in medical bills.