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Post by HuntMeister on Nov 29, 2009 20:24:40 GMT -5
I've seen a few "one of a kind" treestands in my days afield and even been in some humdingers myself but this one that I stumbled into today takes the cake! Yep, that's two milk crates stacked with, I think, one of those old fixed back swiveling type boat seats, the kind you see in a two man type boat. Really nice foot rest too. It is sitting about 20 feet up, cannot fathom why the guy left such a fine stand there...  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2009 20:27:21 GMT -5
you might be a redneck if
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Post by hp on Nov 29, 2009 20:32:51 GMT -5
The odds of someone stealing it is slim to none!!
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Post by Decatur on Nov 29, 2009 20:50:54 GMT -5
To top it off, it's an old Baker type that's been converted.
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Post by mullis56 on Nov 29, 2009 20:54:36 GMT -5
Looks like a death trap
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2009 20:57:36 GMT -5
naw its safe the feller has a noose for a safty harness
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Post by mullis56 on Nov 29, 2009 21:01:56 GMT -5
Suicide trap, I'll give him ammo if he wants to get in that thing, might as well shoot himself first would be less painful!
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Post by danf on Nov 29, 2009 21:13:54 GMT -5
It's been there a while- look at the chain around the tree at the base of it. It's girdling the tree.
That's a doozy. Mark, just where did you run across this??
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Post by lonniephillips on Nov 29, 2009 21:15:29 GMT -5
WOW! i'm speachless on thos one
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Post by dadfsr on Nov 29, 2009 21:16:02 GMT -5
It's been there for awhile-the bottom retainer strap has girdled the tree and killed it. It doesn't have any bark left below the bottom bracket. "Death Trap" is the most fitting title I can think of for it!! Anybody trying to sit in it could very easily not only have the tree break at the girdled zone, but they would also end up with the rest of the tree top on them when they hit the ground...Hey I think saw something like on the Roadrunner cartoon!!!
Dumb de dumb dumb......
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Post by danf on Nov 29, 2009 21:19:45 GMT -5
Typed that when I was posting, didn'tcha? ;D Great minds think alike and see the same thing tree-related.  |
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Post by HuntMeister on Nov 29, 2009 21:48:36 GMT -5
I don't believe anyone has used this for a very long time.
danf-north of Fincastle. btw, how's the Moose hunting prospects looking up there?
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Post by danf on Nov 29, 2009 22:19:01 GMT -5
LOL, somehow that doesn't surprise me, knowing some of the backwoods rednecks in that area! Moose hunting prospects are much better than deer right now.  I've at least *heard* a moose, which is more contact than I've had for deer... Moose tags, unfortunately though, are awarded on a draw system. Now, bear on the otherhand......... They are around, and the guy I work with has bear hounds so I'm hoping to get one next season. ;D |
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Post by turkeyscout on Nov 30, 2009 6:49:22 GMT -5
and i thought "baker " went out of business.......mmmmmmmmmmm...................oh well..!!!........i love my "summit".!!!..............turkey scout
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Post by swilk on Nov 30, 2009 9:16:41 GMT -5
I need to take a pic of the one that is on the property I bought over the summer ..... it is a plastic/metal chair chained to a tree about 20' up. No platform ..... just a chair with some huuuge spike nails hammered into the tree to climb up.
Crazy people.
I didnt find a pile of bones at the base so I assume the previous owner of said "stand" is alive and well.
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Post by dadfsr on Nov 30, 2009 10:47:17 GMT -5
I need to take a pic of the one that is on the property I bought over the summer ..... it is a plastic/metal chair chained to a tree about 20' up. No platform ..... just a chair with some huuuge spike nails hammered into the tree to climb up. Crazy people. I didnt find a pile of bones at the base so I assume the previous owner of said "stand" is alive and well. AND probably still breeding-that's even more scarey  ;D |
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Post by tickman1961 on Nov 30, 2009 13:25:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the picture....I would have never believe it otherwise!
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Post by lugnutz on Nov 30, 2009 14:32:18 GMT -5
there have been times afield in my younger days that this would have been a cadiliac of stands.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 30, 2009 14:53:29 GMT -5
there have been times afield in my younger days that this would have been a cadiliac of stands. LOL.... My "stands" the first year was astanding on a limb.. |
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Post by freedomhunter on Nov 30, 2009 15:05:20 GMT -5
Yep, would stand on a limb before I got in that. Usually find at least one like that somewheres every year, always makes me scratch my head.
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I've at least *heard* a moose, which is more contact than I've had for deer... Moose tags, unfortunately though, are awarded on a draw system. Now, bear on the otherhand......... They are around, and the guy I work with has bear hounds so I'm hoping to get one next season. ;D
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