ORIGINAL: Wheatley
Wooden stands are the worst possible stand to use. They will always fail in a matter of time. That tree sways with high winds and loosens everything. Like was said before get yourself a good ladder stand or hang on and use it.
Why does everyone feel the need to hammer this guy. He made a mistake and alot of you assumed he wasn't wearing a harness. We all make mistakes.
I agree Wheatley,and some of the replies are crass ,insensitive and "DUMB"too...Hopefully the originator of this post has learned something from this and will do things differently from now on.Some of us are a slow learn
,falling from trees though,is notwhat you want to be practicingor learning on the fly.[:@]