The Tree Stand

I went camping and on that trip we found a tree that had a hunting stand on it. At first all we could see was a white plastic chair up really high in a tree. Of course the burning question, "why is there a chair on that tree, in the middle of a forest?" Not being a hunter I had no idea that hunters put chairs in trees.. Anyways, after exploring a little (following a trail) we found the tree in question. The next question was, "How does the hunter get all the way up there?" In order to answer that we had to walk up to the tree (imagine that). Well these hunters had found a very logical solution and had placed large nails leading all the way up the side of the tree. This picture is of me testing the nails to ensure that they fulfill their responsibility of getting one to the "tree stand".
The questions left unanswered are does the hunter who uses this tree stand drink alcohol while up there? I could see serious negative consequences from those two activities. If so how would the hunter, in question, get off the tree stand drunk? That first step could be a real problem...
It was a fun trip into a national forest in Idaho, we had great weather and a better view. There are other pictures from this trip if you go to the my pictures link, to the left.