For the "newer" guys

[Allegheny Tom]

Wow, I've aged just reading this, lol. Going to go make a concoction of Jack, glucosamine, testosterone, cialis, multivitamin and coca cola to fight off the oldtimers disease!

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Stay off my lawn, you young whipper snapper.

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[gadrenalin]

I remember my first set of steps were wooden blocks with a rope through a drilled hole and some kind of metal wire bracket to keep it from flipping on the tree.

 

[RavenHill]

I own a climber, but gravitate back to my home made permanent stands all the time. One of my biggest bucks came from an old wooden stand I found all grown over. It has large nails as steps that barley stick out of the tree any more ( I used sticks to get in ).

My best whitetail came from a permanent i made out of a steel frame with crusher screen as the platform. Carried that thing on my back for over an hour to the spot I had chosen, and used 2 bolts to mount it to the huge spruce tree.

 

[BCHunter]

I remember my first set of steps were wooden blocks with a rope through a drilled hole and some kind of metal wire bracket to keep it from flipping on the tree.

definitely did the wood blocks, we were never fancy enough to put wire brackets on them though.

 

[DaveT1963]

I remember when the first Baker climber came out. I sure as heck couldn't afford one so I made one out of angle iron. First time I used it I slid down a pine tree about 30 foot - haven't used a climber since And these were the days when a safety belt was a nylon strap girth hitched around the waist lol - ah the good old days, I for one am glad we have matured just a bit

 

[Scoutman]

I remember when the first Baker climber came out. I sure as heck couldn't afford one so I made one out of angle iron. First time I used it I slid down a pine tree about 30 foot - haven't used a climber since And these were the days when a safety belt was a nylon strap girth hitched around the waist lol - ah the good old days, I for one am glad we have matured just a bit

Funny, I borrowed one and did the same thing, haha.

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[gadrenalin]

I remember when the first Baker climber came out. I sure as heck couldn't afford one so I made one out of angle iron. First time I used it I slid down a pine tree about 30 foot - haven't used a climber since And these were the days when a safety belt was a nylon strap girth hitched around the waist lol - ah the good old days, I for one am glad we have matured just a bit

Yea and we just had a foot/standing platform, you would bear hug the tree and pull your legs up. Then we had a cable that would girth hitch around the tree with a bar on it to hold on to, slide it up the tree as you went … ah the good ole days ...

 

[boyne bowhunter]

I remember when the first Baker climber came out. I sure as heck couldn't afford one so I made one out of angle iron. First time I used it I slid down a pine tree about 30 foot - haven't used a climber since And these were the days when a safety belt was a nylon strap girth hitched around the waist lol - ah the good old days, I for one am glad we have matured just a bit

I did exactly the same thing only used I aluminum angle channel because I happened to have some salvaged from somewhere, and "safety belt"? What would that be? Ah the good days . . . good thing I was young and still able to bounce a little at least.