A blast from the past

I stumbled across this old treestand that I made. I had to laugh at how things have changed. It's a wedge stand that we would hinge in a v shape then insert it in the crotch of a tree and step down on it to lock it in. It's made from a pine 2x6, a hinge, and some sharpened nails. Believe it or not we used to stand on these things - no safetybelt !




Then I bought a baker! LOL

 

Awesome brother, you gonna use it for old time sake??

 

Magic, please just relish the memories.

I had a homemade Baker copy. Man, those were the days.:D

 

I don't bounce as well these days. I think I'll retire it. It sure brings back memories though.
This one doen't show a lot of wear so I'm sure it was the last one I made. It didn't get camoed but The hinge must be recycled from a older model. It's probably around 30 yrs old!

 

Thats awesome....hide it quick before somebody patents a new plastic model

Nice thing with a stand like that tho is the fact that it is very portable and lightweight.....perfect for public land:D

 

Had a few Live Oak trees one time that I actually just stood on, or straddled a limb. Older bones don't last as long though now.:D

 

Me and my brother/cousin used to make wooden tree stands. 1 fall by a buddy took care of that. Ill never make one again.

 

we make nice ones, but they are refreshed yearly and very solid!!
thats classic right there

 

Awesome you should sell it on Ebay lol...

 

I think those are safer than Baker stands were...:D

 

haha we have plenty of stands like that laying around here..

 

That cool!!!

I live in a log home back in the woods I hunted as a kid....when you turn into my drive way and go about 50 yards and look to the left, I can see an old tree stand I built as a teen and use to traditionally sit in it on the last hunt of the year....always brings back memories benn 30 years since I sat in it....

SB

 

Oh man does that bring back memories I had one of those. There was a company that used to manufacture those for awhile. I had two home made death trap climbers back in the day

 

the good ole' days

 

A buddy of mine has one of those commercial "crotch stands." He used it a couple of years ago. I myself am way too uncomfortable with heights to ever use anything like that.

That takes me back to the days when 3 pairs of jeans, a Woolrich jacket, and electric socks in work boots were "cold weather gear."

 

How true!:D

 

Oh man, I forgot about electric socks :D

 

I'll never forget (or miss) the days when 90% of the trees where I hunted where black cherry, and they didn't have hand climbers back then. A season of that & my forearms are nothing but scar tissue.