Yeah. Fairly certain I won't climb my butt into one of those.
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Odd deer stand
- Thread starter whitelightnin22
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I found one that looks like it was meant to be a hang on aluminum stand. Even has foldable metal seat up or down for bow hunting. It has the old wrap around blade to hang on a tree like an old climber. Someone bolted an aluminum extension ladder to the bottom and made it a ladder stand.
One timers. They were so damn heavy you carried em in 1 time. Left em.
I`ve been toting a Treelounge since Margaret and hubby started making them. I`m almost 80. Younger generation are wimps. Due to some back problems I`m considering draggin it in on my deer cart beginning this week. The old barrels were common in the 70s. My first deer I killed in Paulding,(1970?) I sat on a 2x4, between two limbs,( feet dangling) about 30 feet up a tree(white oak). Barn nails for steps. Shot a 5x3 buck, 125 yards, open buckhorn sights, with an old Marlin in .32 Win. Special. On a good day this rifle would shoot a 5inch group at 75 yards. You couldn`t see any rifling in the barrel. I guess it had a little. You no longer see many of the old homemade wooden stands, just rotten pieces, or the old liquor stills on most branches like you used to see. Good memories.
Those things are a throne compared to some of the stuff I’ve hunted out of. Hmmmm…sterno never crossed my mind…
Some ol Carolina boys took me to a duck hole once that had 55 gal drums up in the tree tops. The old timers would get up there level with the woodies lol
That's a new style on me. I've only seen them bolted to the tree like a hang-on. They all have the bottoms rusted out. I've done some crazy stuff, but I've never hated a deer enough to stand in a barrel for hours waiting for one to stroll by. Not that it's really better than the conduit lock ons and tree hooks we used back in the day, but at least you had a seat.
I toted a tree lounge for years. I quit when I got scared of heights. Used to go at least 20’ up to spend the whole day looking over clear-cuts. Got entertaining when the wind kicked up around 11am.
Now a 15' ladder is all I can stand. There's no way I'm doing that spin move to turn around and lie down in a tree lounge. I'm starting to look at those little R clips on my tomcats kinda suspicious.
I toted a tree lounge for years. I quit when I got scared of heights. Used to go at least 20’ up to spend the whole day looking over clear-cuts. Got entertaining when the wind kicked up around 11am.
Now a 15' ladder is all I can stand. There's no way I'm doing that spin move to turn around and lie down in a tree lounge. I'm starting to look at those little R clips on my tomcats kinda suspicious.
That's a funny looking coffin.
Yeah, I loved my tree lounge when I was young but age and knee surgery made that spin move to sit down a little more exciting than I liked. Knew a old timer that rigged one of those barrel stands to a rope hoist and he'd pull himself up. Either braver or more foolish than me. Never wanted to try it.
