Only fall I ever had WHILE HUNTING was extremely minor...thanks to the harness. On the other hand, I was taking the top off of a pine tree. Was strapped in with the harness. Got done. Lowered the chain saw. Told my wife 'the hard part's done.' Unhooked and started down. Stopped on a branch about 6" diameter to step out and kick a hung-up chunk of trunk. Heard a crack, which was the branch I was standing on breaking off at the trunk (pine trees are a lot more brittle than you might imagine). Rode that branch down 23' feet (that was the height from the branch, where my feet were, to the ground). Miraculously unhurt. I think it was the years of pine straw combined with wet ground, combined with that branch slowing things down a bit. Scared the xxx outa my missus. It was all too fast for me to be scared. I was wearing the harness the whole time, but they don't do much good unless they're attached to something besides air.

Now, line up all the guys (and gals,Cupcake)who had accidents last week---any kind of accident---and ask 'em: "did ya think it was gonna happen to you?" What do you think the answer is? "Well, yeah. I had a schedule. Up at 0345. Arrive at the farm at 0425. Fall outta the tree at 0515..."

Be safe, not dumb.