Twenty feet doesn't sound like a terribly high point to fall from, but that's the height at which many fatal tree stand falls occur, said Joe Huggins, hunter education coordinator for the Arkansas ...

TRAVERSE CITY — With hunting season approaching Oct. 1, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters to use caution when using tree stands. Lt. Joe Molnar of the DNR advised ...

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 ...

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 ...

Of those five fatalities, failure to adhere to hunting safety guidelines contributed to the accidents. In four of the fatalities, the hunter was not wearing a full-body harness, although one fatality ...

Cold weather does not cause most tree-stand falls, but it quietly amplifies every mistake you make once your boots leave the ground. Numb fingers, icy rungs, and bulky layers turn small slips into ...

The importance of a good tree stand harness cannot be understated. We’ve heard far too many regretful stories from hunters who didn’t utilize the proper safety procedures in the field. Many end up ...

Although Pennsylvania’s statewide archery season ends on Nov. 22, the season here in our neck of Penn’s Woods (Wildlife Management Units 5C and 5D) runs clear through Nov. 29. This year our lingering ...