Bad luck

[easy45]

Anyone ever walked in on their stand like this, I was really looking forward to hunting this stand this morning

 

[rem270]

I had a tree fall yesterday that almost took out my stand. It took several limbs from the tree my stand is in with it. Also have to cut me out a new path to get to my stand.

 

[killingtime 41]

Yes but it was a hang on stand a tree across from it fell over and crushed it. I spent the morning trying to find it with a flashlight. Finally at daybreak I could see why I couldn't find it.

 

[mike243]

Yep but no damage Luckly, on the other hand the land owners son-in-law shot the bottom section and busted it, I decided I wasn't fixing it and having to fix him when it happened again.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Looks like that was a nice stand. That sucks.

 

[chris1976]

Happens more often than I like. Lost several over the years. Luckily never been in one when it came down.

 

[Lost Lake]

Dang. Glad you weren't in it.

In the back of my mind, I've sometimes had this little nagging fear of a tree blowing over while I'm belted to it. Especially on those windy days.

 

[tellico4x4]

Dang. Glad you weren't in it.

In the back of my mind, I've sometimes had this little nagging fear of a tree blowing over while I'm belted to it. Especially on those windy days.

If it's that windy, I'll be back at camp

 

[Lost Lake]

If it's that windy, I'll be back at camp

Dang right. I quit climbing trees in bad wind, or heck even being in the woods. Too many close calls!

 

[TNGunsmoke]

Deer made friends with a pack of beavers?

 

[BSK]

Yup, far too often.

Had one fall and crush a stand I had a 50/50 chance of hunting that morning. From a nearby stand, I heard the tree fall and thought, "Wow, I bet that was close to my other stand." Actually fell right through it, pile-driving into a twisted ball of metal at the bottom of the tree.

 

[Tenntrapper]

I get seasick in trees when the wind is blowing...
Ironically, never a got seasick while spending days/nights out at sea in a boat. Weird

 

[bloodtrailing]

A lot of widow makers in that patch of woods

 

[DeerCamp]

Anyone ever walked in on their stand like this, I was really looking forward to hunting this stand this morning View attachment 199078

This sucks but this is good luck.
That would have been a hell of a ride. Metal can be fixed.

 

[Ski]

Never had it happen but it's always in the back of my mind. Spooky stuff.

 

[Atchman2]

I had a blind I made in a root ball. I was thinking "what are the odds another tree would fall in the same exact place"? Sure enough I went back one week and a BIG limb the size of a tree was squashing my spot!

I have had an old stand collapse before. I didn't have the support on it very well and it slid. Luckily I was pretty close to the ground when it gave out and I held on to it and rode it down. The bad thing was my friend was right underneath me and I fell on him! Knocked the wind out of both of us!

Last thing, I have been trying to bear proof my feeders. I strung the feeder between two trees. The tension of the cable broke one of the trees! Either that or a bear tried to climb up and the weight of the bear and the cable was too much for it. The tree was rotten somewhere though. When I went up the tree to place the cable, hornets got me.

 

[DayDay]

Anyone ever walked in on their stand like this, I was really looking forward to hunting this stand this morning

Looks like it was a successful hunt.

Hopefully, you'll have better days this season.

 

[74MOPAR]

That does suck, glad you weren't in it.
one of my spots was logged a few years back and another guy was in there later cutting firewood. He dropped a tree right on my ladder stand. He had 20 acres to cut on and just happened to ruin a new tree stand. We're probably both lucky he wasn't there when I found it. For some reason he kept having trouble with his log splitter after that, kinda like there was water or mt dew in the gas

 

[Kahrman]

Yep. I got lucky. The way the tree fell actually protected my stand. It did not get damaged at all.
It sure does suck when you walk in expecting to hunt and find your stand on the ground.

 

[easy45]

A lot of widow makers in that patch of woods

It's all swamp out there behind it.

 

[UTGrad]

On windy days I often wonder if I would survive if the tree fell over. I always wear a harness so I'm not sure if I would just hang there if the tree didn't fall completely and was stopped by other trees or if I would slam into the ground.

 

[Ridgeline300]

That's bad luck right there, not happened to me yet thankfully.

 

[agelessssone]

That does suck, glad you weren't in it.
one of my spots was logged a few years back and another guy was in there later cutting firewood. He dropped a tree right on my ladder stand. He had 20 acres to cut on and just happened to ruin a new tree stand. We're probably both lucky he wasn't there when I found it. For some reason he kept having trouble with his log splitter after that, kinda like there was water or mt dew in the gas

I had a friend who had trouble with a fella like that. seems this fella's generator at his cabin didn't like Karo syrup mixed in the oil!

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

I have one that i went to get in last Sunday morning and a tree had fallen and crushed it. It sucks. I have had it happen several times in the past several years.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

You can get in it quickly!

 

[megalomaniac]

$hit happens

You can get in it quickly!

 

[Dumbluck]

My biggest fear is a tree coming down with me strapped to it.

I have no stands in the woods, I always pack out what I pack in so I've never had the damaged stand issue but some of my hunting buddies have and that would suck to get to your spot and find it like that. Now I have had a particular tree that I was going to hunt and when I got there it was a mess.

I'd say you had good luck not being in it. Bad is luck is having your target buck at 35 yards walking right toward you and at the last second does a 180 for no reason and walks away. I had to experience that last week and that was bad luck. Then you have to work Monday and he is standing right in your shooting lane on camera, then you were gonna hunt but had to go pick something up and he's back in your shooting lane, then your hunting buddy finds out where your hunting him and drives through his bedding area at 4:45 pm like the freaking deer is gonna stand there and let him drive up and shoot it. It's a 4.5+ year old deer! Then he never comes back. I could go on for a while with this deer, but I feel a little better after that vent.

I can hear Jcdeerman calling me tomorrow and starting out with "let me guess..."

 

[recurve60#]

Yup, far too often.

Had one fall and crush a stand I had a 50/50 chance of hunting that morning. From a nearby stand, I heard the tree fall and thought, "Wow, I bet that was close to my other stand." Actually fell right through it, pile-driving into a twisted ball of metal at the bottom of the tree.

Yep,been there done that. That and age has me still hunting for the last few years. Success hasnt suffered.

 

[Snake]

Certainly have , actually ruined the stand a good two person ladder stand in Giles Co.

 

[Oldschool]

No but I would thank the Good Lord for not being in it, when it happened.