MADISON, WI (WRN) – The start of the gun deer season is quickly approaching, so it’s time to make sure your favorite hunting spot is ready to go.
We’re coming up on the start of the gun deer season, and it’s time to give your equipment a once-over.
State hunter education administrator John King says you should be getting out and inspecting how sturdy your tree stand is.
“You know, most of those are tied on with a nylon strap, and that strap from year to year gets torn. It’s a bad time to find out your strap is no good is when you’re halfway up a tree.”
King says you want to make sure that your stand can still support you on your hunt before you head out on opening day.
“Obviously on a metal stand we’re going to have some rust, so we want to just make sure that things are still good structurally for that tree stand if we leave it out there from year to year.”
He also says if your deer blind has a heater in it, you’re going to want to make sure it’s working properly and has plenty of space before you turn it on for the season.
“Through the years we’ve had some people suffer injury and even death because of carbon monoxide poison, and then also we’ve had a few shacks catch on fire and burn to the ground.”
You also want to make sure your sling for getting your weapon in and out of the stand is safe and secured as well.
Wisconsin’s ‘gun-deer’ season runs from November 17th through the 25th.
