ORIGINAL: GR8atta2d
Of course it's sad, and my heart goes out to his family and friendsbut IMHO this post does little, and should be removed.
What about the scores of hunters who die every year because they are out of shape and hit the hills and die of heart attacks? Should we post about proper physical fitness?
Or to use a broadhead wrench to save thousands of huntersfrom stitches?
Those who will, do! those that don't, don't.
It's a Law to wear safety belts in a car, wanna run the statistics on those poor people who suffer fatal collisions without a belt on? Sad, Yes, but to me it doesn't belong here at least in this graphic detail, thats not why we come here!
Dude, it's simply a post to I copied and pasted over from another website to help open some eyes about the damages done after a death, of any type, but in this case a preventable death from a treestand.
I've honestly never in my life heard of a hunter dieing from a heart attack by hiking while out of shape, but if there are scores of them, then YES, post it up....as much as possible. Why turn our backs to preventable accidents in our community instead of helping to try and prevent them?
Death is such a waste of life, and why not try and prevent it when possible? We can marvel at a rage bh kill where a deer is chopped in half with insides hanging out, but a story of a hunter dieing is too graphic? This guy is just sharing his experience of how traumatic having a friend die from a fall truly is.
Seatbelts, well oranges and apples, this isnt a car/driving forums.
Its not to try and force everyone into harnesses....just an eye opener as to what damages are done by your death...not to yourself, but to others. Might help convince a few who are on the fence about harnesses, or only where one half of the time.
Nodog, he hasn't linked to the real story because he wants his friend to remain annonymous at the wishes of the guys mother. I dont even personally know the man, just spreading his story to help get the word out as he wished.