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Gordo

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MoonLab said:
What a day, what a day.....im loving this life, hunting with my dude, seeing all these deer today. Almost had an opportunity at that 7 but bad timing the buck was behind me, lol. Like Chad said go hard or go home. We gonna see dead buck tomorrow.
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That's what I'm talking about!


 
xbowguy

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Joel said:
Didn't see a thing. I hung this stand last year and have hunted it probably 8-10 times and have never seen a deer from it. When I was climbing down tonight one of the ladder rungs broke at one of the welds.
I was wearing a life line and harness and it was one of the lower steps but wtf. I don't want to fix it because I won't trust the other steps now and I was pretty much ready to give up on that stand site anyway after being skunked on every sit for two seasons. Hope you all had a better night than me out there.
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Glad your alright Joel.
 
"J"

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Joel said:
Didn't see a thing. I hung this stand last year and have hunted it probably 8-10 times and have never seen a deer from it. When I was climbing down tonight one of the ladder rungs broke at one of the welds.
I was wearing a life line and harness and it was one of the lower steps but wtf. I don't want to fix it because I won't trust the other steps now and I was pretty much ready to give up on that stand site anyway after being skunked on every sit for two seasons. Hope you all had a better night than me out there.
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I don't blame you, but make sure you relay this to the manufacturer of the stand....


 
Joel

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Thanks guys. I'm pretty paranoid/ cautious about tree stands. May be even more so after that.

I thought about contacting the manufacturer. Maybe they'll send me a new one? Doubtful but it's worth a shot and they should know their steps are falling off the damn things.
 
Isaacorps

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Joel said:
Thanks guys. I'm pretty paranoid/ cautious about tree stands. May be even more so after that.

I though about contacting the manufacturer. Maybe they'll send me a ne one? Doubtful but it's worth a shot and they should know their steps are falling off the damn things.
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Glad you're ok. What brand of stand was it?
 
rooster85

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It was busy today, saw two bucks pushing does on my place this afternoon. A lot of movement all day. Still waiting on that stud 8 to show up again. I've got a killer 6 coming in that my wife may take during gun season though.


 
Jake_C

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Jason Short said:
Another skunk, these public land deer are sure starting to feel the pressure right now. Nearly every parking area had at least one vehicle parked at it today....
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I'm seeing the same stuff over here. Yesterday morning I sat basically right on top of a doe bedding area, this spot is a 40 minute hike from the nearest road. They came through in a flurry of activity about 30 minutes before light and it was dead after that. All of the Pheasant/rabbit hunters have pushed the guys that normally sit the field edges deeper in the woods and the deer have definitely shifted more nocturnal.
 
xbowguy

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Joel said:
Thanks guys. I'm pretty paranoid/ cautious about tree stands. May be even more so after that.

I thought about contacting the manufacturer. Maybe they'll send me a new one? Doubtful but it's worth a shot and they should know their steps are falling off the damn things.
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I would probably re- weld it and do my own QC work on the rest of the stand. Would definitely contact Mfg. But would do a Google/Youtube search first, looking for others who had problems. May help keep them from claiming your fault or an isolated case.
 
Joel

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xbowguy said:
I would probably re- weld it and do my own QC work on the rest of the stand. Would definitely contact Mfg. But would do a Google/Youtube search first, looking for others who had problems. May help keep them from claiming your fault or an isolated case.
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Couple good points there. Everything on the stand looked ok. No rust or anything and the weld just broke without warning when I stepped on it. If I fix that one spot I'll still be worried about the rest of the steps. Just about have to weld them all to be comfortable and I don't think I like the stand enough to do all that. It'll most likely end up in the trash.

I'm back in the spot I was at yesterday morning for a couple hours before church. This stand is a big game Titan. Would like to find a couple more Ike this. It feels much more sturdy, more room and more comfortable than my others.

Good luck everyone.
 
Jason Short

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00buck said:
Damn the ones in delaware were the same way you ever try by clearfork lake
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Nope I usually just hunt the areas fairly close to my house, Killbuck Marsh mostly. It's an hour drive to Clearfork for me and if I'm going to drive that far I have some other places in mind that I would rather head to.
 
Joel

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Best buck I've seen all year just strolled by 100 yards out. Tried grunting and may have overdone it out of panic. He disappeared into a thicket but I am praying he comes back. Big deer.
 
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