Deer Stand Soliloquy

If a deer stand falls in the woods and there is nobody there to hear it does it make any sound?  Ponder that.

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My ancestral deer stand.

I killed my first deer from this stand.  First bow kill was from this stand.  And many more deer died at the hands of this hunter and others from this stand.

The original version was already located here when we purchased the property in 1994.  It was rebuilt several times but with the growth of the surrounding forest it was no longer optimal for hunting.  You cannot easily relocate something attached to a tree.  Abandoned, it fell into disuse and has rapidly deteriorated.

It's a safety hazard, an eyesore and it really needs to come down.  Some of the treated lumber can be repurposed and the ladder can be utilized somewhere else.