ORIGINAL: Splitear_Leland
ORIGINAL: M.Hensler/PA
ORIGINAL: DJPLAP2232006
I am sure we all have had close calls before so let here em....
My first time ever bowhunting was when I was ten. I climbed up into our treestand that my dad welded for me. Me being the dummy I am knocked an arrow and then went to put my saftey harness on. The Platform on the stand broke and I tumbled down the tree 20'. I landed flat on my back with the broadhead sticking up inbetween my legs. Yikes!
Moral of the story...don't let dad touch a welder anymore
I've luckily not experienced any close calls in my stand. Probably the most inconvenient thing that happened in my stand was climbing a tree in the dark morning hours of a PA rifle season a few years back after we had recieved about 6" fresh powder the night before and single digital temps. Needless to stay, my stand was frozen to the tree, covered in snow. So by the time I had broke the stand loose, brushed the snow off and headed up the tree, I'm sure every deer within a square mile knew something was up. To make matters worse, I get halfway up and the bottom section falls away (my feet slipped out of the loops) and it went sliding down the tree.
Here's the kicker. I FORGOT I had tied the two sections together (I just assumed I hadn't because I'm stupid like that), and since it was dark I couldn't tell anyways. So I just say there...feet dangling, gun at the base of the tree still attached to the haul line and me thinking about how maybe this was one of those times where a bad day of hunting was not really better than a good day at work, lol.
Yeah, it's always nice to have to bear hug your way down a tree with no safety harness.
Yeah but imagine my surprise (and delight) when it got light enough to see that bottom section dangling and it was attached to the top. I almost did a happy dance...then I remembered I was 20ft in the air.