New ladder stand choices? Update post #46

[Pig Predator]

Wear a harness.
Not a ladder stand, but a picture is worth a thousand words.
Only broke his rifle stock.
My younger brother.
I took the picture as I ran up to see why he was yelling.

What happened?

 

[Lilly001]

What happened?

He was using an older climber that was not quite rated for his heft because he wanted to hunt a creek bottom that we didn’t have a permanent stand at.
About an hour into the morning hunt I heard him yelling for me. I was about 200 yards away.
The webbing of the stand gave way and he tumbled landing on his rifle and breaking the stock. Luckily he only fell about 10-12’.
His pride suffered more than he did.
And I laughed for hours.

 

[HughW2]

I was about to say Lilly …. You highlight ladder stands as dangerous. In my senior years I now use ladders almost exclusively, sometimes ground blinds.
Climbers are a heck of a lot more likely to cause accidents than ladders.
Your picture is worth a thousand words.

Glad your brother did not get hurt badly.

Bottom line is anyone up a tree should use protection harness. Climbers are death or broken bones waiting to happen. Or I guess lots of scraped thighs from riding it down a tree.

Wear a harness.
Not a ladder stand, but a picture is worth a thousand words.
Only broke his rifle stock.
My younger brother.
I took the picture as I ran up to see why he was yelling.

 

[KLBTJTALLY1]

I had a Family Traditions ladder for years until I sold it. Still stood strong and easy to put up. Only issue was noisy webbing after awhile. Have a Millennium fold up tree seat for watching draws and such and it is super comfortable and quiet. Well built too.

 

[KLBTJTALLY1]

I was about to say Lilly …. You highlight ladder stands as dangerous. In my senior years I now use ladders almost exclusively, sometimes ground blinds.
Climbers are a heck of a lot more likely to cause accidents than ladders.
Your picture is worth a thousand words.

Hard to beat a blind and have animals get feet of you and not know you're there. I'm a big fan and looking for a new one.

 

[Semi-Pro]

Update.....one of the flip up footrest was bent a little too much on one side so it was not working exactly as intended. It won't fold all the way down. I called to see if I could get a new footrest. They sent me a whole brand new stand.