ORIGINAL: vietvet50
Folks just a note but in New York state, and I think it is the same elsewhere treestand accidents are not included in the annual hunting accident statistics. also statistics show that one in three treestand users will fall in there lifetime, lets fix those numbers, Rope and prussik knot make it easy to be safe. Thanks for Your time...Ron
My take on it is there's 1 in 3 hunters that shouldn't be in a stand in the first place. Just hunted with some buddies. There's been stands (home made) on the property for years. They were shocked when I told them to stay out of them. Out of all the guys that will be there this week, maybe a dozen only myself and another, should be in a stand.
The guy who quoted the 3 saftey rules is right on and in defense ofat least one old dude, a friend. When I handed him my shotgun to check out the first thing he did was check to see if it was loaded. Kind of guy I like to hunt with. He shouldn't be and wont go in a stand.
entioned building him a box blind and the mentioned 15' height was disturbing to him. He'd like it a lot lower. Love to make it happen for him.