Sad story, prayers to his family. I hunt on the ground, mainly because tree stands can be dangerous.
Might have been last years stand in an ash tree, those things are dying fast.
I stand hunt almost exclusively with the tallest being about 35' up. I do wear a safety harness and clip in as soon as I'm up in the stand. I need to get life lines installed one of these days.
i have a bunch of ash's that are dead from the borers.......
Those are steadily being converted into firewood at my place.
I stand hunt almost exclusively with the tallest being about 35' up. I do wear a safety harness and clip in as soon as I'm up in the stand. I need to get life lines installed one of these days.
In a younger life I did some roofing. There weren't too many people who were comfortable working 35' off the ground.
Why would you ever need to climb 35' off the ground in a stand ? Especially if you're bow hunting - the shot angle from that height would make for an extremely difficult shot. Difficult if not impossible to effect a double lung shot and giving a very small target for heart or liver.
If you're gun hunting perhaps, but even then I can't see the need for climbing to 35'.
As far as your comment re: a lifeline - didn't quite understand that (?). I hope you're not implying you're not using a safety harness and tether. If so, hope you have your will up to date !