billw3fan

I was climing out of my stand this morning and slipped fell 10 feet. I am sore tonight luckily all I got is a few cuts. I have 2 safty belts I was trying to put one on to clime down but the next thing I knew I was on the ground. Has anyone else ever fell?

Kanga

Thank the lord you only got out with a few cuts and bruises.
You are lucky you did not break something.
I have not fell from a tree well not since I was 5 anyway<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Please be careful in future.

Big Country

Glad to hear you are basically OK! I stepped off a treestand once, fell 16'. Luckily I did not get hurt at all. Guess I was a little excited about shooting a deer!<img src=icon_smile_blush.gif border=0 align=middle>
I slipped off of a stand once while wearing a waist belt. I was immediately upside down and pressed against the trunk of the tree so hard that it took me several minutes of struggling to get turned right side up again. I honestly think I would rather fall than go through that again!
Now I wear one of those seat o` the pants harness systems. They are nice. I am getting old enough now that I don`t think I would bounce very good anymore!

NRA,UBP,BASS Member
New Stanton,PA

Ken/WV

Glad to hear you are ok.

High Country Archery - &quot;Driven to greater heights...&quot;

ruttnbuck

glad you can still go hunting and are ok, buckle up.

chef#1

GLAD TO HERE YOUR OKEY DOKEY

MAN I HOPE I NEVER FALL I AM TO BIG AND SINCE I PASSED 40 I THINK THE GROUND HAS GOTTEN HARDER.

HUNT ON HUNT HARD EAT WELL

TOMORROW IS OPENING DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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cyclone

Keep them on and secured to the tree when climbing, hunting and descending.

Tazman

bill glad you are all right, this year so far all of my stands are ground blinds so falling won't be an issue, I do have one tree stand on one piece of property I hunt, but I am saving that property for blackpowder because this one place I am bow hunting this season is full of deer, but he will only let me bow hunt so I will let the other place rest since I am the only one who hunts it.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

MJL927

Glad your alright. It's not the fall that gets ya, it's that sudden stop at the bottom! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

-Mike