Treestand Safety Articles

Waddell tells the sad stories of two hunters he knows personally who fell from trees during 2025 — one died and the other is in the hospital with two broken legs.

A few simple oversights can hugely impact your treestand success in the whitetail woods, so follow these tips to get dialed in this fall.

The Blocker Outdoors improved Tree Spider Micro-LT Harness advances treestand safety.

Some whitetail hunters always climb at least 20 feet in a tree, while others rarely go more than 15. Is higher always better?

Many hunters will head back into the woods during September to prepare tree stands for the 2021 deer season. Hunters should remember these four tree stand safety rules.

For maximum comfort while deer hunting from a treestand, wear your full-body safety harness under an outermost jacket or parka.

Extremely lightweight and reliable, the value-priced Hunter Safety System Shadow full-body harness keeps you safe without breaking the bank.

Stay safe when hunting from an elevated platform by following a few simple precautions. Take the quiz to find out how much you know about treestand safety.

An aider helps you climb higher into a tree without carrying an extra climbing stick. Here’s how to make an effective, inexpensive aider.

The Hawk Elevate Lite Safety Harness is comfortable, lightweight, easily adjustable and has a maximum weight capacity of 300 pounds.

Don’t damage your bow or bowsight when hauling the gear into treestands. Here are three tips for ensuring your equipment makes it in good shape.

Hanging treestands with a friend (or two!) is faster, safer and increases your chances for success on whitetails.

Hanging in a safety harness after a fall from a treestand for too long can be fatal. The Emergency Descender from Primal Treestands lowers a hunter to the ground automatically after a fall.

John Woller Sr., a NASA space program engineer, founder of Summit Treestands and longtime outdoors industry stalwart, has died. He was 84.

Stacked Outdoors Ladder Sticks enter a market segment filled with some topnotch products. How did they measure up in our late-December field test?

A treestand that is 20 feet up and 25 yards out from the trail gives you a higher percentage chance of hitting both lungs as opposed to a 30-foot shot at the same distance.

When it comes to treestand safety, are you asking for trouble?

Let Tim Crawford's story of falling from a treestand while deer hunting be a reminder to "Stay Safe–Stay Connected" during Treestand Safety Awareness Month.

Statistics say that one out of every three hunters who use a treestand will fall sometime during their lives. Many will be seriously injured or killed. Don’t be one of them.

Treestand safety is about more than remembering to wear a harness.