Can't express the importance enough
07-27-2006, 10:27 PM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Chester County Pennsylvania
Posts: 869
Can't express the importance enough
Guys and Gals,
For your sake and your families sake PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE wear a safety harness when you are in a tree stand. THANK GOD I had one on wednesday or I wouldn't have been able to type this to you. I was stepping from sticks onto the stand and I lost my footing and fell. Thank God again that I was wearing one and had attached it to the tree. I walked away with only a scratch. It was the first time I had ever fallen and I have climbed several hundred stands.We all think we are invincible and maybe even get a little too comfortableat timesbut it only takes that one time to never be able to do what we love to do. I want to see you all have a safe season and be able to tell us your stories and arrive home safely.
Have a great upcoming season and may it be prosperous for you in all of your endevours., Pat Ely
For your sake and your families sake PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE wear a safety harness when you are in a tree stand. THANK GOD I had one on wednesday or I wouldn't have been able to type this to you. I was stepping from sticks onto the stand and I lost my footing and fell. Thank God again that I was wearing one and had attached it to the tree. I walked away with only a scratch. It was the first time I had ever fallen and I have climbed several hundred stands.We all think we are invincible and maybe even get a little too comfortableat timesbut it only takes that one time to never be able to do what we love to do. I want to see you all have a safe season and be able to tell us your stories and arrive home safely.
Have a great upcoming season and may it be prosperous for you in all of your endevours., Pat Ely
07-28-2006, 04:48 AM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,076
RE: Can't express the importance enough
Hi Pat
Glad to hear you made it out alive that had to be ascaryexperence for you.
I myself took a 20 foot fall about 10 years ago the onlythingwas I didn't have my hareness that day.
If it was'nt for all those branch's, my injuries could have been worse as it happen when I fell I hit every branch on my down on my left side.
It was the firstweek of bow season and my injuries put out for the rest of the year but I'm still alive Thank God.
Glad to hear you made it out alive that had to be ascaryexperence for you.
I myself took a 20 foot fall about 10 years ago the onlythingwas I didn't have my hareness that day.
If it was'nt for all those branch's, my injuries could have been worse as it happen when I fell I hit every branch on my down on my left side.
It was the firstweek of bow season and my injuries put out for the rest of the year but I'm still alive Thank God.
07-28-2006, 09:25 AM
#8
Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southeast Central Illinois USA
Posts: 6,969
RE: Can't express the importance enough
Thanks for the reminder of the importance of wearing a safety harness Pat. It is said that most falls happen while getting on and off a stand.
07-28-2006, 11:15 AM
#9
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: Can't express the importance enough
Pat, I'm certainly glad you were wearing a safety device as well and this is a great reminder with all the upcoming stand hanging, tree trimming and hunting that is coming up.
07-28-2006, 12:50 PM
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Madison County, IL
Posts: 551
RE: Can't express the importance enough
I agree the use a harness is a needed aspect of hunting tree stands. I how ever manage to convince myself not to wear one more times then not. But, I am going to make a resolution this year, with a baby on the way it's just not worth the risk any longer...
Tim
Tim