I posted this on another forum... thought y'all would also get a kick out of it.


The brutality and destruction Mother Nature is capable of always amazes me. As does her sometimes freakish aim. http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

We had a storm roll through couple weeks back. Shortly after sitting out the morning opening day of bow season, I took a stroll over to anther stand we have set up.

On the way there I noticed several HUGE trees that had been pummeled by that same storm.

From across the food plot, I could see what was left of the 2 trees in the far corner, in one of them, was a typical ladder stand. Now this is no brute force stand, made from simple 3/8" maybe 1/2" steel tubing, made from 3 connecting sections and strapped to the tree in 2 places.

Amazingly enough, this stand lived to hunt another day. I had to climb up into what was left of the tree to release the straps, but it fell away in one piece... not a single bend, twist or broken weld.

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wow, never really thought about that happening, and ive been in my hang on in some fierce wind storms:doh:

One of my best trees fell with my stand in it. I still hete it because it was in the right spot.

Now I have hunted during storms and high windy days.

I sure wouldnt want to be in that stand when it fell.:biggrin1:
DB

its a good thing no one was in the stand. looks like the stand is in ok shape:noidea:

I climb up in a old dead tree in a river bottom once because it was the only tree there and I shot a 150 inch P&Y buck out of it. This was before we had fancy tree stands and we just climb up trees to set. About two week later I was hunting with a friend and was down in the weed patch and was going to show him were I was when I shot the big buck and it wasn't there. It had fallen over and was laying in the weeds. I though man I sat it that old tree for a hour before I shot the buck.

its a good thing no one was in the stand. looks like the stand is in ok shape:noidea:


Yep, stand is in perfect condition. :thumb: