RE: Help with safety harness
Just make sure that your son wears his harness every time he is on stand.
I first bought a safety harness ten years ago. I have worn it every time that I've been in my stand,....until last Friday night. I was packing up to go out hunting when I realized that I hadl eft my harness out at my brothers' house. I figured oh well, I've never even come close to falling out. So off I went. Bear with me, I'm typing with one hand.
I got up in my stand by 4:30, and settlrd in. By 6:00 I had deer everywhere. All does and fawns, but man this was exciting. I was in Iraq all of last year, so I missed all my hunting. This year I was going to make up for it. Anyway, by 6:15 I'd decided to fill my doe tag. I had promised my four year old son that when I shot one he could come out to help me track it. I was so excited. I leaned out onto on what I thought was a branch to take a shot at a big doe ten yards away. What I was leaning on wasn't a branch, it was the top half of my summit climber. The stand shifted when i was at half draw, and I went right down fifteen feet. I landed on my left arm and the left side of my chest and head. When I looked over I saw that my arrow was six inches away sharp end up. I was inches away from being impaled. I can't tell you how lucky I felt. more
When I pushed myself up, my left arm was flopping all over the place. What a horrible feeling. My cell phone had fallen out of my pocket during the fall, and my truck is a stick shift, I didn't know what to do. After five minutes of searching I finally found it. I called my wife, and about 1 hr 15 min after the fall I was finally at the hospital. After x-rays, I found out that I broke my humorous bone right in half. I am having surgery Sunday. Now I feel so stupid. I ruined my whole season just because I didn't drive the extra 30 min to get my harness. Please wear your safety harness!!! I just thank God that I'm not dead. Griz