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 ...

One of the slickest new products I’ve seen in years is a tree-stand safety harness incorporated in a comfortable and practical hunting vest. It’s one of those things you look at and think, “Why didn’t ...

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 ...

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 ...

But one thing is clear – if every tree-stand user wore a full-body harness and kept it attached to the tree at all times while hunting from or installing or taking down an elevated platform, or ...

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 ...

Officials have expanded a recall of hunter harnesses sold with tree stands because the products can fail, causing the hunter to fall from the tree stand, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...

A Franklin County hunter is recovering from injuries tonight after falling from a tree stand. It marks the second tree stand fall in Southwest Virginia in just the last two weeks. WDBJ7 met with the ...

It sure doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know, “Harrisburg, we have a problem.” In this case Harrisburg stands for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, which has many problems. The most frustrating ...

Every deer season, loss of life tragedies 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 ...