scrap that wood and buy an aluminum extension ladder

You'll see

Bad idea bud !!!

Hank Parker Special

Seriously 330, that ain't funny!.
First off, those ladder rungs should have extended at least an inch past the uprights.
I know you ain't gonna listen but for everyone's sake that may use that stand, at least put blocking in between each rung on the uprights. Please!

As a carpenter, please take some advice.

Also looks like regular SPF lumber?
OK, I'm out.

(This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) no!!

death trap

I've made over a dozen of this type stand All Green treat

this one's built like a Tank...

Ain't no 400 pounder gonna climb it and it's a proven design


I appreciate the thought Bucks

if you soak the ground contact end in a barrel of use motor oil for a couple weeks you might get a few more years out of them

I keep hearing guys talk about setting all the old oil filters on corner posts and the rest of the fence is gone and the corner post is still standing firm

lookin good,

30-40 years ago, that would've been a super deluxe compared to the contraptions and spindly limbs I clung to, lol.

You won’t need a safety belt you will need a parachute. LOL Be safe

I was bow hunting back then My tree shelfhad Truck seat belts to hold it up at 20' you tilted it up and tightened it ,Then stepped on it coming off a branch making "sure it was somewhat level ...you stood the whole time while hunting. not fun

Thanks

I wear a safety something belt but like a rope safety harness from ground up.

16’, and a rifle, And looking down a freshly bush hogged lane. You need to be about 4’ higher, for less chance of deer smelling you 250 yards down that shooting lane.

Must agree with the people who don't recommend this. I had a friend who liked to "go high" and he was a very accomplished bowhunter. Several years ago he forgot his harness but went up anyway....long story short he stepped over the end of the platform and fell. Broke his neck but lived. Ended up being 16 months off work and will have pain for the rest of his life.

Too many things can go wrong with wood construction like that.