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A chair you climb into so gravity has more to work with.
means A raised platform or seat fixed to a tree that hunters climb into to watch for game from above, with a clearer sightline and a better angle than ground level allows.
from A straightforward compound of 'tree' and 'stand,' in the old sense of 'stand' as a fixed station or post where one waits for something — the same sense in 'bandstand' or 'grandstand.' Hunters have used elevated perches for ages, but the manufactured, portable 'tree stand' as gear you buy and strap on is a 20th-century development, tied to the rise of bow hunting and commercial hunting equipment.
- leading cause
- falls, not falls from guns, injure hunters most
- golden rule
- always wear a harness, not just carry one
- height sweet spot
- 15 to 20 feet balances scent and shot angle
- invented for
- getting above a deer's nose, not its eyes