Deer season is less than two months away; let’s reflect on how deer hunting was ‘back in the day’ compared to today. My first ‘stand’ was actually not a stand at all but rather a 5-gallon bucket set ...

Ladder stands are like the minivans of the deer woods. They’re functional and comfy; you just don’t want your buddies knowing you hunt from one. Personally, I’d rather bowhunt from a lock-on stand 20 ...

As the dog days of summer near their end in August, a sense of urgency, along with the cooler evenings, settle down on this archer. Better get those tree stands ready because the bow season for ...

WHEN YOU HUNT from the leaning-tree stand, you never know where the deer might come from. It’s an inexpensive two-person ladder stand, old as dirt, not quite rickety, but you can see rickety from ...

Archery and rifle hunters alike should always wear a high quality full body harness and make sure it is properly attached to a safety line or life line when hunting from elevated tree stands. Rusty ...

With two deer hunting seasons behind us and another set to begin this weekend, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is offering several safety tips to hunters using tree stands. September is ...

It was a long time ago when I did my deer hunting. Even though my 50th class reunion has come and gone, I still remember the numerous hunts from my high school days. Things were different in those ...

DULUTH, Minn.-Beth Holst had hunted on the ground for the first two days of last fall's Minnesota firearms deer season, but she hadn't seen a deer. She decided she'd hunt from an elevated stand on the ...

It used to be that a deer stand was a couple of aspen saplings nailed between two trees, just a place for a hunter to see above the brush for a better shot at a trophy buck. But increasingly across St ...