On this episode of Modern Hunter, we showcase a mock hunting accident and the modern heroes that are standing by to answer the call.
Tag: treestand safety awareness
Treestand Maintenance Tips That Could Save Your Life
These treestand maintenance tips will save your stand and possibly even your life.
Tree Stand Accidents on the Decline
The TSSA Board is pleased to announce that it has exceeded a major goal milestone in tree stand accidents.
Two Important Tips for Your Treestand Safety Rope
One of the best ways to ensure that you’re safe while deer hunting from a treestand is to use a safety rope with your fall restraint harness.
With a Crack, a Veteran Bowhunter’s Nightmare Comes True
I’m falling head first into frozen ground littered with head-sized rocks, stumps and branches. I regain my senses momentarily, and land. Then it is black.
Treestand Safety Foundation Gets Boost from Summit, TMA
Tree Stand Safety Awareness Foundation is pleased to announce that the Treestand Manufacturers Association (TMA) and Summit Treestands have become Charter Partners with TSSA Foundation. TMA and Summit presented checks of $2,000 and $5,000 respectively at the 2017 TMA Annual Meeting held at Big Cedar Lodge in Branson, Mo. Dr. Glen Mayhew, President TSSA of […]
D+DH Innovation Zone: The Treestand WingMan
Exclusive insights into the most innovative products for deer hunters. Wayne and Shauna Bogardus with Black Ash Outdoor Products provide an exclusive look at a unique new harness system that will lower a hunter to the ground in the event of a fall from a tree stand. It works whether you’re conscious or unconscious, and is […]
Don’t Ignore These 6 Simple Tips for Treestand Safety
Each year throughout the country hunters are seriously injured as a result of falls from tree stands. These accidents can be prevented through the proper use of a tree stand safety harness. Twenty-five hunting accidents were reported in 2013 in South Carolina. Ten of these were tree stand accidents and three were fatal. Each time a […]
No Safety Harness? ‘It’s Not Worth the Risk.’
If you’ve ever talked with someone who fell from a treestand and survived, chances are good you’ll hear some familiar comments like these: “It happened so fast I didn’t even have time to react.” “I was in the stand and the next thing I knew, I was on the ground.” “I’ve never had anything like […]
Tim Was Stupid. Tim Fell From a Tree. Don’t Be Like Tim.
All too often we deer hunters think that a ladder stand, for some reason, is OK to climb without using a safety harness. Wrong! How many times have you been in a ladder stand, all comfortable and warm and … zzzzz. Next thing you know, your head is bobbing like Tim’s. Without a harness, you […]