Sorry for your mishap. That just enforces how important it is to use some form of safety device while hanging and while hunting in a stand. I personally don't care for heights so I either sit in permanant stands or I sit on a camo chair on the ground with good cover around me. Not really a blind kind of thing just good cover. I shot a nice 10pt at 15yds and a huge mainframe 8 (a pair of split brow tines makes him 10) at 10yds.Both were credited togood camo, goodbreak up cover, and proper windusage. However, I do enjoy being up in the air 16-20ft cuz the deer can't see me sleep or snore!!! Glad to hear you're okay. Happy Holidays everybody!!!