That makes it over 2,600 years old, and Stahle has found several others of similar vintage nearby. One cypress he discovered here in 2017 dates to at least 605 B.C., not long after Homer regaled the Greeks with the adventures of Odysseus. The tree Stahle has just cored is barely middle-age. In fact, the bald cypress is the fifth oldest known sexually reproducing tree species on the planet. “This place” is an overlooked patch along North Carolina’s Black River that contains the oldest known trees east of the Rockies. Wildlife abounds in the Audubon Society’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, in southwest Florida. “That’s why this place is something special.” “There’s less than a tenth of one percent of the original bottomland cypress swamp left” in the country. But it’s the half-inch sliver close to the bark, from around 1900 to 1935, that Stahle points out.īy the end of that period, roughly 90 percent of the ancient bald cypresses in the U.S. By the time he’s finished extracting the pencil-thin core, Stahle has enough rings to estimate that the gnarled cypress sprang from its sodden bed as the first Crusaders were marching toward Jerusalem about a thousand years ago. Within five inches, Stahle, a dendrochronologist at the University of Arkansas, has reached Columbus’s voyage to the New World. The first inch takes him back to before the First World War, the second to the birth of the United States. Like a woodsy Doctor Who dropped into this southern swamp with a sonic screwdriver, Stahle begins slowly boring through time. For more information about HAWK, please call 81 or visit a brisk December day, David Stahle stands atop a ladder leaning against a bald cypress tree as wide as he is tall. HAWK is a privately held company based in Frankenmuth, MI. Like refining a strategy in the woods, it’s all about evolving. Never satisfied and refusing to settle, our passion is bringing superior design, quality and performance to products that all hunters can enjoy. HAWK® is a hunter-driven company committed to ruggedly-designed outdoor gear. Go big with the Big Denali™ or stay home! All HAWK™ treestands are TMA tested and approved, and come with a full-body safety harness. These high quality, professional grade treestands are designed for the hardcore hunter on a blue collar budget. The Big Denali™ includes many other small premium details that HAWK™ is known for including Tree Digger teeth, silent Teflon® washers and built-in grab-handles. Also, features a Comfort Footrest, Adjustable Shooting Rail and Integrated Bow/Gun Holder. The SLS™ results in a wide-stance base, which creates a stable and safe footprint and the combination of HAWK® heavy-duty tubing, solid-bolted sections and proprietary tensioning system make this stand hard to rival in any comparison. With SLS™ that ladder sections stack together to create a portable package that is easy to carry or transport. The Big Denali™ features Patent Pending SLS™ Stacking Ladder System. The XXL MeshComfort™ Seat is the same size as a deluxe patio furniture chair and is approximately 30-40% LARGER than other mesh seats offered on treestands!Īlthough certainly the highlight, the XXL MeshComfort seat is not the only unique feature on this stand. The HAWK® BIG DENALI is sure to live up to it’s name offering the largest and most comfortable seat ever offered on any one-man ladder stand. HAWK®, industry leader in innovative, hunter-driven treestand design and accessories, introduces their latest new ladder stand, the BIG DENALI™.
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