API Outdoors · Recalled
CPSC, API Outdoors Announce Recall of Hunting Treestands
A cable that secures the treestand to the tree can break, posing the risk of falls and serious injuries to hunters.
- Units
- About 9,000
- Reports
- 2
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $180–$230
- Remedy
- See notice
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
The recalled treestands have the following brand names and model numbers: API Hi-Point Cable Cat Climbing Treestand, Model #CC501 and API Buckmaster Grand Slam Climbing Treestand, Model #GS3800BM. The treestands have an olive green frame, camo seats and seatbacks with black nylon cinch straps, and a yellow "WARNING" or "DANGER" label that reads in part, "Safety Restraint Must Be Used At All Times."
The file
- Sold at
- Retailers and distributors nationwide, including Wal-Mart, sold the Cable Cat treestands through mid-October 2002, for about $180 and Cabela's stores nationwide sold the Buckmaster treestands through mid-October 2002, for about $230.
- Product type
- Hunting Accessories
- Made in
- United States
- Recalled by
- API Outdoors, of Tallulah, La., a division of Outland Sports Inc., of Overland Park, Kan.
Incident log
API Outdoors has received two reports of the treestand's cable breaking, including one person who fell from a tree and suffered leg abrasions.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should stop using these treestands immediately and call API Outdoors, to receive a free replacement cable.
Call API Outdoors toll-free at (800) 228-4846 anytime.
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated OCT 30 2002; last revised MAY 02 2025.
