A screw-in tree step (or two) also can be used to support a hunter's weight, thereby removing deadly pressure from straps on legs and averting suspension trauma.

When you’re putting a treestand in place or when you’re putting in screw-in tree steps, wear a safety belt. “There are many safety belts and harnesses on the market,” Bushman says.

The evolution of tree stands It wasn’t until the 1980s when I bought my first portable metal tree stand. Along with the stand was a new invention, the screw-in tree step.

The cord also has clips at each end for easy attachment to a bow and to my belt or tree stand. A screw-in tree step (or two) is a necessity, too, even if a climbing or ladder stand is employed.

I was preparing to retrieve the camera because I had been told that nobody had seen a jabiru in the nest in the last two months. To scale the tree all I really needed were eight screw-in tree climbing ...