Abstract: A tree climbing apparatus which includes a climbing platform for supporting a hunter on a tree and a cooperating foot platform for engaging the tree beneath the climbing platform and intermittently supporting the hunter while the climbing platform is caused to ascend the tree. The front ends of a pivoting cable adjusting guide bar and a pivoting cable retention guide bar, respectively, are slidably mounted for lateral and medial displacement on opposite sides of each platform at the front end thereof. One end of a support cable or chain is attached to an adjusting handle slidably and adjustably mounted on the cable adjusting guide bar and the opposite end of the support cable is extended around the tree and removably secured to the cable retention guide bar.

Abstract: A game feeder for suspending from a tree limb or other support and automatically feeding corn or other particulate feed from a hopper to the ground silently and at timed intervals to simulate the falling of nuts such as acorns from the tree. In a preferred embodiment a feed bowl is hingedly attached to the bottom of the hopper and contains a feeding mechanism suspended from the bottom of the hopper and characterized by a rotating wheel driven by a timing mechanism and mounted in a feeder housing. Particulate food such as corn is dispensed from the hopper through an opening in the hopper feed bowl by operation of the wheel and sound-insulating material is provided in the feeder housing and the hopper feed bowl for noise abatement. The timing mechanism thus dispenses the feed from the hopper to the ground at selected operational intervals with a minimum of noise.