20 year old dies
10-06-2006, 02:42 PM
#12
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2006
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RE: 20 year old dies
I posted earlier this season that I was one who previous to this season had not worn a safety belt while hunting from a tree stand. I spoke of turning over a new leaf now that my 14 y/o son is going to start hunting with me. So far this season I've been wearing it and I'm proud of myself. Good job Jeff!! : )
10-06-2006, 09:44 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
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RE: 20 year old dies
That is such a terrible tragedy. Not only to die at such a young age but to also have survived through a severe illness only to lose her life by not wearing a harness.[>:]
10-06-2006, 10:37 PM
#16
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 525
RE: 20 year old dies
Thats really sad. Please wear your safety harnesses guys. My girlfriend even knows to do this and she doesn't even hunt./ Everyt ime I mention going hunting, the first thing out of her mouth is not to forget my harness
10-07-2006, 07:02 AM
#18
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY
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RE: 20 year old dies
ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65
Yes, it's true.
Check out these links if interested:
http://www.dto.com/hunting/article.jsp?articleid=693
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports_headlines/19990926moyerfeat8.asp
http://www.deerhunters.net/articles/treestandsafety.htm
''One in three (hunters) that climb up in a tree are going to fall out during the course of their lives. That's the national average,'' Davis said.
Is that true? Seems a little high to me.
Is that true? Seems a little high to me.
Check out these links if interested:
http://www.dto.com/hunting/article.jsp?articleid=693
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports_headlines/19990926moyerfeat8.asp
http://www.deerhunters.net/articles/treestandsafety.htm
I am not trying to lessen the importance of wearing a safety harness because it is simply THE most important part of tree stand hunting...........but there is no way those figures are anything but a guess. No one knows how many people have fallen across the country and certainly not to the extent to where you can make a statement like 1 out of 3 will fall at some point. To try and extrapolate data from a mini informal survey into a nationwide analysis is just as dumb as not wearing a harness while hunting.
I just don't like seeing data of such poor statistical value being pushed as factual information.
Another side note............this girl probably should have never been in a tree in the first place..........and DEFINATELY not without a harness. She may very well have fallen due to a slip, accident or carelessness.........but it is very possible that she experienced a medical problem as well that resulted in her fall. Sadly we will never know.
