Ahead of deer hunting season, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters to avoid placing deer stands ...

The recalled harnesses have the model numbers RTH-2000S and RTH-2001S and were sold as part of Rhino Tree Stands/Ladder Stands that have model numbers: RTH-100, RTH-200, RTL-100, RTL-200, RTL-300 ...

Davis was hunting from a tree stand, and he was reaching up to snap his safety harness into a fall-restraint tether lassoed to the tree when a screw holding his tree stand in place broke loose.

Dead and dying ash trees are structurally weaker than healthy trees, so they are not safe places to put deer stands,” said ...

Almost all tree-stand accidents could be avoided if hunters will wear a full-body harness and keep a tether attached to the tree from the time their feet leave the ground until they touch the ...

Hiking into a hunting area with a tree stand strapped to my back is a labor of love that I’ve endured many, many times. It’s also one that I don’t need to endure again, thanks to saddle hunting.

A tree stand harness is a piece of safety equipment, similar to what you would see being used by a utility lineman or someone else who works at heights. It is just as crucial as your bow, gun ...

Connect your harness to your tether line and keep your tether line short. Always have three points of contact while climbing into and out of the tree stand: two hands and one foot or two feet and ...

A hunter connects his safety harness tether to a sliding knot on the rope at ground level, and then pushes that knot up as he climbs. If the hunter falls, the knot grips the life line tight ...