treestands
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,932
treestands
How many of you leave your stands hang all year long? I hunt family owned ground so getting them stolen shouldnt happen. The manufacture says dont leave stands hang all year long. Gee I have alot of stands be alot of work taking them down then putting them back up 8 months later.
#3
RE: treestands
The biggest thing is the wear & tear, & sun damage on the straps & cables. At the least I would restrap it to the tree with something else so you can loosen the primary one & check the condition of the webbing & pieces parts. Definatly wouldn't want to crawl up into it without having your safety line already attatched to the tree. You are shortining the lifespan of the stand and risking injury by doing this.
Having said that I wasn't able to go bow hunting this year and just took down a stand from last season a couple weeks ago& still have another one hanging on a tree. The one I did take down had a nice foam seat covered in camo canvas. Now I have 1/2 of a foam covered seat with no canvas. #$@^ Squirles.
Having said that I wasn't able to go bow hunting this year and just took down a stand from last season a couple weeks ago& still have another one hanging on a tree. The one I did take down had a nice foam seat covered in camo canvas. Now I have 1/2 of a foam covered seat with no canvas. #$@^ Squirles.
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Frankton, IN USA
Posts: 95
RE: treestands
I leave my ladder stands out all year long. I have one ladder stand that has been out for 4 years now. All I do is check the straps to make sure they are secure. My other stand is a climber and I take it with me every time I get done hunting for the day, unless I am going out the next day and hunting the same tree. I also hunt on private land, so I don't worry about having my stands stolen.