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 ...

FeraDyne Outdoors has recalled tree stands because the safety harness with the stand may fail. The company on Dec. 21, 2023, recalled 50,000 Rhino tree stands that were sold at hunting and supply ...

It only stands to reason the others were dealing with a similar number of tree-stand-related injuries, he said. “So you’re talking about 45 cases a year, just in this one community,” Mitrick said. And ...

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 ...

Tree stands are elevated platforms used by hunters in pursuit of game; usually deer, but sometimes other species. Unfortunately, hunters lose their lives or are seriously injured each year because of ...

Officials have expanded a recall of hunter harnesses sold with tree stands because the products can fail, causing the hunter to fall from the tree stand, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...

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 ...

When whitetails are on the move, hunting from a blind or a tree stand could be a very effective and exciting way to pursue ...

A Franklin County hunter is recovering from injuries tonight after falling from a tree stand. It marks the second tree stand fall in Southwest Virginia in just the last two weeks. WDBJ7 met with the ...

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 ...