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tree stand maintenance
Hunting

Tree Stand Maintenance

Tree Stand Maintenance Get ready to learn more about tree stand maintenance.  Tree Stands are just like everything else — they break. Fixing them is an option if the problem isn’t significant. Throw it away if the stand is a safety hazard. It isn’t worth an injury or death to hunt from an unsafe perch.

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No Off-Season
Hunting

What? There Is No “Off-Season” for the Die-Hard Deer Hunter.

Take Down & Rehang Tree Stands Deer hunting is a year-round endeavor now. There are countless things to do even after deer seasons close for the year — little tasks here and there that need to be done in order to ensure success for next season. Not only that, but they’re fun too. The great thing

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Canned Venison
Hunting

How To Make Canned Venison

How To Make Canned Venison HOW TO PRESERVE YOUR WILD GAME MEAT Instead of just throwing your extra venison in the freezer, take some extra time and learn about canning venison. Once you have successfully harvested a deer and it has been processed and butchered, you are then faced with the decision of what to do with

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Tree Stand Accidents
Hunting

Tree Stand Accidents: Can We Stop The Insanity?

Tree Stand Accidents: Can We Stop The Insanity? Can we stop the insanity? Can we just get through one deer season without a family having to bury a loved one who fell from their deer stand? Yes, deer hunting is our passion, but is it worth risking permanent injury or death? The vast majority of deer hunting

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Old Wooden Deer Stand
Skunk Ape Tree Stands

Are You Guilty of Putting Your Deer Stand Last?

Are You Guilty of Putting Your Deer Stand Last? By:  Rhett E. Butler, JR     Are you guilty of putting your deer stand last?  I’ll be the first to admit that I have put my deer stand last on my list of hunting needs in the past.  I have worried about having the right

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Tolerable Deer Stand
Skunk Ape Tree Stands

DO YOU LOVE YOUR TREE STAND OR DO YOU TOLERATE YOUR TREE STAND?

By: Rhett E. Butler, Jr You often hear people talking about their hunting equipment and how much they love their scope, riffle, binoculars, scent suits, boots and ammunition. People love their hunting gear, and those same people spend a lot of money on that gear. You never hear people talking about how much they love

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Bow Hutting Deer Stand
Hunting

Five Tips For Bow Hunting Whitetails

https://skunkapetreestands.com/2469-2/ Five Tips For Bow Hunting Whitetails By: Rhett E. Butler, JR 1. GET A SKUNK APE TREE STAND: This is the best way to start a successful bowhunting season.The Skunk Ape Tree Stand makes hunting great again. The deer don’t even know you’re therewhen twenty feet up in the tree, in a padded, comfortable

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Public Hunting Lands
Hunting

‘Git-R-Done’: Trump opens 1.4 million federal acres to hunters, anglers

President Trump isn’t much of an outdoorsman, aside from golf. But maybe more than any president since Teddy Roosevelt, he understands the importance of others getting outside to boat, hunt, fish, shoot, and hike and their demands for access to federal lands and waterways. “He’s basically said, ‘Git-R-Done,’” said Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who is

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Skunk Ape Tree Stands Medallion
Skunk Ape Tree Stands

How Did The Skunk Ape Name And Logo Come To Be?

How Did The Skunk Ape Name And Logo Come To Be? By:  John R. Hackett Rhett and I have often been asked how our stand got the name Skunk Ape Tree Stands and what brought about our logo.  First and foremost, almost everyone else in the industry has a deer head or a deer skull

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QDMA Sick Bucks
Hunting

10 Weird Whitetails Join The Freak Deer Collection

Because our messages and mission are founded on proven science, QDMA has built a reputation over 31 years for knowledge and credibility – which means, among other things, that our members turn to us when they encounter something they can’t explain. We could almost staff a full-time Department of Mysteries just to respond to queries

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