#2089278 - 09/28/10 10:19 AM
Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant
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In a continual effort to bring you the finest in hunting forum entertainment, I submit the first contestant for the 2010 Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant:
Location: WMA in Middle Tennessee
I noticed this fine piece of work back in turkey season and walked out of my way to photograph it on Saturday morning. I suspect that this may be leftover from before this land was a WMA, but who knows... some enterprising, young feller may have dragged this ladder in from the closest public access, .79 miles away. Or, maybe he constructed it on site.
Anyway, the limb is hardly 5 feet off the ground. I could easily wrap a arm around the limb, throw a leg up over it and roll up there without the aid of a ladder. From a tactical perspective, there is very little, if any advantage this tree stand offers at a height of 5 feet. While there are several game trails in front of this stand, the primary trail is only 4 yards away. Unlikely that you would get away with any movement to make a shot while sitting or standing on this limb (not sure which was the creator's intention).
Furthermore, there is no way to get to the tree without crossing numerous game trails and, to add to the problems, there is a fence row thicket directly behind this tree that is a popular bedding area, so wind in your face will be blowing directly through a bedding area and into the primary food (crop field) source 30 yards further.
Scoring on a 10 pt scale:
Tactical advantage: 1
Location: 2
Originality: 1
Aesthetic value: 3
Total score on the Poser scale (out of 40 potential points): 7
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#2089303 - 09/28/10 10:34 AM
Re: Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant
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Jeff!
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Registered: 08/21/08
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Loc: Tri-Cities, TN
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Man I found a great one saturday that would fit in this category perfect but I didn't get any pictures of it...
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#2089321 - 09/28/10 12:08 PM
Re: Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant
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MUP
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Loc: Just North of Chatt-town
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I've got one on my place that has been there for at least 35-40 years!
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#2089356 - 09/28/10 12:31 PM
Re: Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant
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BowGuy84
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Registered: 09/16/07
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Loc: Nashville, TN and Louisville, ...
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If I ever go into an area cold I look for old stands to help guide my search. Someone built them there for some reason...
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#2089380 - 09/28/10 01:15 PM
Re: Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant
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If I ever go into an area cold I look for old stands to help guide my search. Someone built them there for some reason...
I find that many old stands are based on archaic hunting philosophies or no philosophy at all other than the tree be accommodating to homemade stands.
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#2089458 - 09/28/10 04:42 PM
Re: Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant
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Mag
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Registered: 11/12/07
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Loc: Hendersonville
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Thanks for giving away my spot
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#2089466 - 09/28/10 04:49 PM
Re: Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant
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Pursuit Hunter
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Registered: 10/01/08
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Loc: Way out there
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I got one to top that, but it's in Alabama and I don't have a photo. Some jackleg had built a rickety-lookin' homemade tripod stand directly on top of a 55 gal drum corn feeder. Next time I'm there, I'll try to get a photo. Oh, baiting is illegal in AL.
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#2089478 - 09/28/10 04:54 PM
Re: Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant
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I got one to top that, but it's in Alabama and I don't have a photo. Some jackleg had built a rickety-lookin' homemade tripod stand directly on top of a 55 gal drum corn feeder. Next time I'm there, I'll try to get a photo. Oh, baiting is illegal in AL.
Now, that's what I'm talking about! Wait until I bring back some Mississippi pics. With a NE wind this weekend, I'll be hunting close to a stand I've seen before. Its a 55 gallon drum that has the top 1/3rd removed, bolted to the side of a tree! I've also seen a shooting house with a rotten piece of carpet for a roof. But, alas, it doesn't count unless you bring a photo.
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#2089479 - 09/28/10 04:56 PM
Re: Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant
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Poser
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Loc: Tennessee
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One more comment on this ladder: With 1 tree spike, the creator could have accomplished what this ladder achieves!
Edited by Poser (09/28/10 04:56 PM)
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#2089480 - 09/28/10 04:56 PM
Re: Homemade Treestand Beauty Pageant
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rem270
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Registered: 11/15/02
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Loc: south fulton
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ive got probably 10 on my place that are like that from the people before us and all of there grandparents probably. ill get some pics this weekend.
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