Watch: Tree Cutter Gets a Nasty Surprise From a Hollow Tree

Need to clear land for that mountain cabin? Gotta gather firewood for your preppers’ bolt-hole? Well, this might just help you stay alive.

I don’t want to give it away, but this video is worth watching if you have ever cut down a tree, wanted to cut down a tree, or wanted to know what to do when something goes wrong during the cutting of a tree. It’s an example of what to do to get out of harm’s way (run 90 degrees away from the path the tree is falling).

I stayed on edge for most of the video, just waiting for some angry critter(s) to come running out of the hole in the tree.

https://youtu.be/gK_Mfsj1vho

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.