So I went on my drawn hunt to White Oak Creek WMA. Interesting place, definitely not the easiest place to hunt, but there are definitely some nice deer up there.
So After sitting on my ladder stand most of the day Wednesday and Thursday, I decided I would take a walk Friday morning to see what I could see and hopefully find some pigs or maybe a buck. I figured I had a much better chance with finding pigs. So I was out walking around, finding interesting stuff. Then found a tree stand up in a tree. After looking at it for a short time, it was obvious someone had left it there years ago. Then the more I looked at it, the more it looked like the person who put it up in the tree, likely fell off of that sketchy ladder and broke bones or died. There was only one ratchet strap holding the ladder or climbing sticks to the tree, near the bottom. Then There was another ratchet strap laying in the leaves directly below the ladder.
The ladder was definitely home made, I noticed that at least one step on the ladder, did not have any weld, where the lower part of the flat bar attaches to the pipe. So it had to flex or bend whey you step on that step. But they for some odd reason, welded another piece of metal below where they did not weld the bottom of the step to the pipe. Looked like some rigging done, after consuming some alcohol or something else.
But the guy obviously made it to the top of the ladder at least once, to attach the stand to the tree. That had to be one scary climb up there with that ladder swinging, swaying and pulling away from the tree. If you look at the pictures of the tree stand it's self, you can see the tree has mostly grown over the chain, attaching the stand to the tree. The tree has obviously gotten larger in diameter since the stand was hung on the tree. With the tree growing, it has pushed the stand outwards, causing it to tilt upwards. Would be interesting to find out what the story of that ladder stand is. I dang sure would not climb up there on that ladder to check out the view.
So After sitting on my ladder stand most of the day Wednesday and Thursday, I decided I would take a walk Friday morning to see what I could see and hopefully find some pigs or maybe a buck. I figured I had a much better chance with finding pigs. So I was out walking around, finding interesting stuff. Then found a tree stand up in a tree. After looking at it for a short time, it was obvious someone had left it there years ago. Then the more I looked at it, the more it looked like the person who put it up in the tree, likely fell off of that sketchy ladder and broke bones or died. There was only one ratchet strap holding the ladder or climbing sticks to the tree, near the bottom. Then There was another ratchet strap laying in the leaves directly below the ladder.
The ladder was definitely home made, I noticed that at least one step on the ladder, did not have any weld, where the lower part of the flat bar attaches to the pipe. So it had to flex or bend whey you step on that step. But they for some odd reason, welded another piece of metal below where they did not weld the bottom of the step to the pipe. Looked like some rigging done, after consuming some alcohol or something else.
But the guy obviously made it to the top of the ladder at least once, to attach the stand to the tree. That had to be one scary climb up there with that ladder swinging, swaying and pulling away from the tree. If you look at the pictures of the tree stand it's self, you can see the tree has mostly grown over the chain, attaching the stand to the tree. The tree has obviously gotten larger in diameter since the stand was hung on the tree. With the tree growing, it has pushed the stand outwards, causing it to tilt upwards. Would be interesting to find out what the story of that ladder stand is. I dang sure would not climb up there on that ladder to check out the view.
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