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I have hunted a lot out of a ladder stand, but don't want to worry about falling. Have a permanent 4x8 but now I'm going to build a 4x4 on skids so we can move it.
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Rainresistant.Great sleeping.
Have you been turkey hunting with me before. 
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Hey Chris... your ladder stand comes with a safety strap. They keep you from hitting the ground.  I don't care for them either, but I'm getting more and more used to the ladders. They're a lot easier than building stands on the public land I usually hunt on. Still a pain to bring in though.
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So how long y'all reckon this OSB if well painted and not sealed with junk will last in the elements?
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Dave, I see the Double Nine at your waist.
At age 73 I don't get up in trees anymore.
It would take too long to heal if I fell.
I use a portable tent like ground blind with built in stick chair. Twelve pounds. Rainresistant.Great sleeping.
Stan in SC I'm not nearly as wise as you yet, Stan. I hope to get there some day.
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So how long y'all reckon this OSB if well painted and not sealed with junk will last in the elements? Probably longer than it needs to. Something else will wreck the blind before it rots. Fire, a storm, tree falling on it... horny moose having his way with it... I've seen it, it's horrifying.
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Hey Chris... your ladder stand comes with a safety strap. They keep you from hitting the ground. I don't care for them either, but I'm getting more and more used to the ladders. They're a lot easier than building stands on the public land I usually hunt on. Still a pain to bring in though. I got drawn for Ripley one year. Sunday morning at about 11:00 I'm hearing bullhorns, sirens, lots of vehicle noise, including tracked vehicles on the move. I'm thinking, "I thought they didn't do maneuvers on hunting weekends." I came to find out that a guy fell asleep and fell out of his portable trees stand. He had no harness on and broke his back. Always wear a belt or harness.
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Hey Chris... your ladder stand comes with a safety strap. They keep you from hitting the ground. Safety strap? I thought that was a haul line.
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So how long y'all reckon this OSB if well painted and not sealed with junk will last in the elements? Probably longer than it needs to. Something else will wreck the blind before it rots. Fire, a storm, tree falling on it... horny moose having his way with it... I've seen it, it's horrifying. A guy I went to high school with wanted to get into bowhunting. He built an elaborate tree stand (more like a fort). He was constantly out working on it, adding to it and modifying it. He spared few words talking about it either. Opening morning he gets in well before daylight and can't find his stand. He looked and looked. Finally his flashlight revealed that a beaver had cut his tree down and his fort was smashed to pieces. Mule, I didn't say not to seal it but I personally wouldn't use the Thompsons brand water seal. A good coat of paint will last a long time too.
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
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Opening morning he gets in well before daylight and can't find his stand. He looked and looked. Finally his flashlight revealed that a beaver had cut his tree down and his fort was smashed to pieces. One way or another...those beavers will always get ya.
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Anybody watch Duck Dynasty? They're always declairing war on the beavers. The antics are quite funny.
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It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait!
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Something clever here.
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Holy Cow they put that up fast!
Looks good!
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
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Splendid!! looks really good dave, Now just some curbs all the way around the whole building so cant get close to it to dent it up, she'll be ready.
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I was going to dig a moat around it and fill it with swamp squids, but I like your idea better.
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Wow!! No screwing around there! Looks great!
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There is nothing wrong with the proper application of a moat. Just sayin'.
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It looks fairly sea-worthy already! Nice!
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