Please use a harness, at all times. Not just when hunting. I did not think a harness was necessary one time, because I was not hunting, I was just going to move my stand, a ladder Stand at that. I fell 17 feet to the ground when the ladder shifted. I lived to tell about it but it hurt like HEl*. And I do not know if it was part or all of the cause, but Last Thursday I had Neck/spine surgey, on three vertebrae and 2 discs. NUF SAID! I will never be that stupid again.