ORIGINAL: OHbowhntr
ORIGINAL: Vito1
Good to hear you are okay and I'm glad to see you were wearing your harness. I'll never understand why some hunters don't.
Hunting out of a CLIMBER, I've never needed one. And I never sit down while hunting out of a stand. Maybe when I get a little older, and can't hunt this way anymore, I'll see more use in them.
DT,
Glad you're ok, I'd be writing the company a nasty letter with pictures if I were you if that stand is relatively new!!! But that looks more like the strap was cut than failed from what I've seen in straps failing vs. being cut.
I hunt out of a climber and still use a safety harness. Glad I did, a couple of years ago, while up about 18 feet or so, I was about to finish the climb and set in when my bottom platform slipped down about 6 inches. I feel backwards and would have fallen to the ground if it wasn't for my harness. If I where you, I would think twice about that.