Note: A shorter version of this article ran in my Sept. 26, 2019 outdoors column in the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star newspaper.
Deer season is coming. You have friends and family who care about you. So, please, quit taking shortcuts when it comes to safety as you hunt from treestands. I readily admit to taking shortcuts when I was younger, but some close calls of my own and the experiences of friends who had harrowing, life-threate...