I purchased the very first Baker climbing stand in the South Alabama, North West Florida area and was laughed at by most of my hunting buddies. You had to hug the tree to climb and it was very dangerous. I still have it as a keepsake. Still hunting for deer was almost unheard of. I had the opportunity to hunt Hit and Miss hunting club, north of Camden way back then, and that was my first experience with hunting out of stands. I had a hard time convincing my grandfather that you could hunt a deer using other methods besides dog hunting.