I wnt to get one of my aluminum ladders today and i havent been there in like 7 or 8 months so im climbing up, i get to the top rung look at the chair, dont see anything i try to fold it.... I just about fell out of the tree... White Faced Hornets nest in the pouch of the chair... I got stung on the knee and bit on the back of the neck and arm and diddnt get stung anwhere else, but i waited till after dark and went up and removed the problem. Man did that ever hurt, my arm is still bleeding and my knee is the size of a softball, White Faced Hornets are Some mean s.o.b's And I was saying words that arent quite suitable for a sunday.... It about made me fall out of the tree, i diddnt have my harness on ither.... from now on its going on reguardless of what im doing ive had enough close calls for one lifetime.

Ryan.

Yup, white faced hornets are the worst, the very worst...lesson learned and a tip for everyone else.

You'll recover and remember, pain lets you know your alive.

ouch

When i got stung by one of them i was doing this!

It never feals good! OOOOUUUUCCCCCCHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

That sucks...ouch.

F.Y.I.....did you know that they are not even hornets at all, they are a member of the Wasp family. A little useless info for ya guys.

I hear ya on the wasp stings i was stung by a yellow jacket not to long ago while doing a roof in BFE and it made a hole in my arm and left a good scar

just to paint a little picture of how bad the pain was, when i got stung it made my knee buckle, i thought i got bit by a spider at first... i was like hollie crap that aint good then i saw them flying..... i was like ohh....my.... god..... haha i was 20ft off the ground and jumping was looking like it was a GREAT option. haha.
Ryan.

Jumping does sound like a great option when there's bees stingin ya. Heck, last year i was hanging a stand up in a tree and there was a bee's nest in that tree apparantly. I didnt even get stung but i saw the bees flyin around and i figured i wouldnt last much longer so i just let go of the tree and jumped down 18 feet. The falling is cool, but i wish the landing wasnt so rough

Sounds to me like some good advice for all of us. You never know what will happen when get back into a tree stand after a year away.

OUCH I hate wasps and bees but as for me if I see a spider I am gone. They really freak me out. YUCK