TreeWalker Treestands

As some of you know, I have always been a fan of the climber style treestands and I own quite a few of them. I leave some of them in my favorite spots all deer season and carry others around to hot spots. I love the versatility of these types of stands and hunt from one most of the time I am in the woods. I have owned Ol’ Man stands, Summit stands, Tree Lounge stands and now I will be adding a new stand to my arsenal of deer slaying stands… The Treewalker.

I got a chance to really take a good look at these stands at the 27^th Annual World Deer Expo in Birmingham Alabama a few weeks ago and I have to say I was blown away. 

As Denny (our Pro Staff Director) and I walked up to their display, the first thing I noticed was the spike system they had incorporated into these stands. If you have ever been 25 feet up an ironwood tree or some other slick barked tree, you know the problems many stands have with slipping while climbing. Now, most stands have a good system of securing the stand to the tree once you have arrived at your desired height but the climb up and down can be a bit hairy on a slick tree. TreeWalker solved that with their innovative spike system.  The way they designed these stands also allows them to climb trees from 6” to 26”. Another big plus for those of us stuck trying to climb those smaller diameter trees in pine plantations.

As we looked closer at these stands, Jerry, with TreeWalker, took some of his valuable time to give us the grand tour. Being familiar with a cable type of climber, I was intrigued by the memory cable system. With most stands, you have to reach around the tree to retrieve the end of the cable to fasten it back to the stand. This can be difficult to do while still holding the stand in place, especially with a big tree. With the TreeWalker stands, the memory cable is already formed to go around the tree and end up right in your hand. The cable ends are also encased in super hard plastic that is square shaped, just like the tubing it is sliding into. This eliminates the twisting and turning of the cable trying to line up the cable loop with the pin hole. Another difficult task to do while trying to hold the stand up against the tree. This cable system solved those issues and was very easy to work and line up with the pin hole.

After we placed the stand up on their display tree, Jerry gave us a quick climbing demonstration. It went up easy and quiet and seemed almost effortless. Now he really had my attention. However, easy assembly and easy climbing is just two of the four factors I look for in a climber. It also has to be comfortable and easy to carry. The big bulky stands seem to be the most comfortable but are the hardest to assemble and carry. The smaller stands tend to be easy to carry and assemble but can be hard to sit in for hours at a time. This was a small stand that, so far, had impressed me. It was time to check out the other two items on my check list.

He had a stand already setup on a shorter display tree and Denny and I both climbed up into it. Denny is a tall man and I am a bit on the short and dumpy side. It was definitely a good test of two very different sized hunters. Both of us realized very quickly that this stand would pass the comfort test. The net seat stayed tight but not too tight and with the addition of the chill pad accessory, was extremely comfortable. I could definitely sit in that stand all day. It had the ability to have a gun rest in front of you for gun hunting or remove it for bow hunting. You could sit facing the tree, using the gun rest as a back rest or face away from the tree as I usually like to do while bow hunting. The ability to easily bow hunt out of this stand while being comfortable was an important factor for me. It passed this test with flying colors.

After climbing down, Jerry pulled the stand off the tree and proceeded to assemble it for carrying. I was again blown away. The foot platform snapped into the seat platform and easily locked into place without the need of any bunji cables or ratchet straps. Nothing to tie and nothing to lock. It just snapped in and instantly made for a flat, silent, easy to carry pack. The ProMag SL (my favorite) weighed in at only 17 pounds and carried like a dream. No rattles, no cutting into the shoulders, no problems at all. As a hunter that spends a lot of time carrying stands on his back, this was a very important part of the whole package for me.

The TreeWalker stands actually met and exceeded their advertising claims. They were light, comfortable, quiet, simple and safe. Add the fact that they are 100% American made (in the great state of Tennessee) and have a wide range of accessories available, it was easy to see these stands and this company climbing to the top of the tree in the treestand business. And at only $289, it was as easy on the wallet as it was on the eye. Overall, I give this stand 5 out of 5 stars and fully intend on adding one to my stand sets this year.

TreeWalker Treestands are made in Seymour Tennessee and are available on their website at www.treewalkertreestands.com . I encourage you to visit their site and check these stands out. After all, who said using a climbing stand was supposed to be difficult? It certainly wasn’t the fine people at TreeWalker Treestands.