The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters to take proper precautions and follow all safety best practices ...

Nathaniel Neuland, 10, practices operating a portable climbing treestand. When hunting from a treestand, be safe and always wear a FAS/full body harness. Dan Neuland ...

These first responders say there is a lesson here for all hunters – make sure you have plenty of practice using self-climbing tree stands before you go out alone.

• The type of treestand involved in falls were 43 percent climbing, 34 percent fixed-position and 18 percent ladder. • 58 percent of the hunters who fell were not wearing a fall-arrest system.

Use the three-point rule when climbing a ladder into a tree stand. Keep one hand and two feet or two hands and one foot on the ladder at all times.

He had lost his footing while using the climbing tree stand and his foot got caught on the unit, keeping him from falling to the ground.

Conservation officers were dispatched to the 9550 block of Elwren Lane in Bloomington, where they determined 70-year-old Davey Summitt was climbing a tree stand when he fell to the ground about 8 ...

A Heltonville man died after falling from a tree stand while hunting in Monroe County Saturday. Another hunter discovered Kevin Leech, 57, in the area of Bruce Lane near Ind. 45 in the Morgan ...

Climbing tree stand. Victim fell from 15-20 feet while climbing with his tree stand due to an unsecured safety latch pin and lack of an attached safety harness.

A Heltonville man died after falling from a tree stand while hunting in Monroe County Saturday. Another hunter discovered Kevin Leech, 57, in the area of Bruce Lane near Ind. 45 in the Morgan ...