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From: u714092@eagle.larc.nasa.gov (prichard devon )
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: Re: tree stands
Message-ID: <1991Apr27.172424.29267@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 27 Apr 91 22:24:23 GMT
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 barkelew@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David Barkelew) writes:

   One thing that i believe caused a problem for me last year was the
   stability of the tree my stand was in.  I was hunting whitetails
   in central Texas, where I live.  The deer are pretty small, probably
   averaging 7080 pounds, and are extreemely easily spooked.  My stand
   was about 2530 ft up in a red oak, which was about 5060 ft total.

I know things are bigger and better in Texas, but I don't think I'd want
to shoot at a whitetail which weighs three and a half tons.  then again,
if I was a halfmile up a tree, I wouldn't worry. ;)


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