Every deer season, tragic loss of life could be avoided. We lose hunters each year to falls from treestands. Wearing a safety harness would likely have saved those lives. Safety is paramount when ...

Well, fortunately those days are long gone. Today's modern tree stand safety harness systems have become so high-tech and comfortable it just makes good sense to use them. Besides, not only are they ...

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds those participating in the upcoming deer hunting season to use treestands safely. According to surveys, one-quarter of bowhunters ...

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 ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — The top priority of a hunting trip is a safe return home. If you use a tree stand, ensuring safety and security is the first step to that goal. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Treestands are elevated platforms used by hunters in pursuit of game. Usually deer, but sometimes for other species. Unfortunately, hunters lose their lives or are seriously injured each year because ...

Matt Johnson stood up to stretch while archery hunting from his tree stand, and when he sat down things went awry. Quickly. As Johnson sat back down, the pad on the seat flipped over his back, tossing ...

Hunting is a surprisingly safe sport considering that it employs an assortment of weapons that can be deadly both to humans and the game they seek, but accidents do happen. Last hunting season in ...

Michael Mitrick is a Pennsylvania Game Commissioner from York County. Mitrick said it might be time to require hunters in tree stands to use a safety harness. That possible regulation would only apply ...