With plenty of collective experience hunting from tree stands, we’ve been around long enough to remember when hunter safety classes focused mainly on firearm safety. In those days, tree stand safety ...

There were likely many more falls that didn't result in the involvement of law enforcement, search and rescue or an ambulance and therefore weren't reported. It's really beyond me how anyone can in ...

Every hunter who plans to be in an elevated stand during archery season should wear a safety harness. According to the Safe Hunting Tips from the Pennsylvania Game Commission, hunters should follow ...

“When hunting from a tree stand, it’s just as important to bring your harness with you every time you go out as it is to bring your firearm or bow, and we want all hunters to understand that,” said ...

A good hunting tree stand has several advantages: game is less likely to detect your scent, and as predators don’t come from above, they rarely look up. You also get better concealment, and in many ...

September is when a lot deer hunters start crawling back into trees. In some states, the season opens in September. In others, hunters are hanging their stands in preparation of an October opener. To ...

I remember the “incident” like it was yesterday. It’s not easy to admit your own stupidity, and stupid it was. My son and I were fishing a local lake, and without getting into the details of why, I ...

ASHEVILLE - It’s finally starting to feel like fall in Western North Carolina now that the abnormally high and mostly unwelcome October heat has lifted. The leaves are finally brightening, wood smoke ...

Every deer season, tragic loss of life could be avoided. We lose hunters each year to falls from treestands. Wearing a safety harness would likely have saved those lives. Safety is paramount when ...

Hunters are settling into their tree stands now that archery deer season is open. The season opened Saturday and the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission wants to remind all hunters to double-check all ...