RE: Old deer stands.
When my family bought the farm, I immediatley started scouting the woods and found a VERY old, rotted permanent wood stand, built in the fork of a big oak..Dangerous as hell but in a prime spot. I also wonder about its past.. Sadly, it had to come down because I wanted to hunt that spot and I tore it down and made a new one. I thank whoever first put a stand there, that spot produces!
One interesting thing about the old stand, is underneath it sticking out of the ground was half of a wood arrow. It looked like it was many decades old, pretty cool.