The swamp was the place to be. It was where all the whitetails came from, retreated to, and felt safe enough to move in daylight in the high-pressure public-land area I was hunting. But as I clanged ...

Climbing tree stands are the name of the game for many deer hunters, and the best climber can help increase success. They allow you to set up on any suitable tree, in a matter of minutes. No matter ...

Through my many years, I have hunted from all sorts of deer stands, everything from a couple of two by fours nailed to a forked tree limb to later in life elevated stands with all the amenities of a ...

Business is booming: SherrillTree.com, a general tree-gear supplier based out of North Carolina, fills about 15,000 orders for recreational tree climbing gear a year and receives 50 to 100 requests ...

Vertical Voyages takes students upward to sleep in the trees at John Burroughs School. This story first appeared in the Outdoors newsletter. Click here to learn more and sign up. Sometimes, Jon ...

Natalie Beneviat Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 5:00 a.m. | Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 5:00 a.m. Saying that a recent tree-climbing school was hands-on is a bit of an understatement. As an arboreal activity that ...

On Labor Day weekend, Van Wagner stood at the highest point in Lancaster County — all 1,183 feet of it — in a horse field on Texter Mountain in West Cocalico Township. But his mission was only half ...