I fell .......
12-24-2006, 07:37 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jacksonville Fl USA
Posts: 533
I fell .......
Guys....
Well I have always preached safety, safety harneses, you name it....but I had a mishap...
I was hanging a stand in a WMA here in Florida to take my 14 year old bowhunting... I had tied on my climbing sticks in a realy brush covered tree - vines, limbs, small branches everywhere - but didnt clear any of it to keep a natural look because it was the ONLY tree around a stnd would hang in- especially 2 stands side by side- but its a great tree for the cover....
Well I had lost (my 'lineman' style belt I use while tying on a stand so I was balanced on the tree step - and for a split instant leaned against what i THOUGHT was the big fork near me (8" diameter branch) but my butt must have hit a lesser dead brach- I adjusted my weight leaned and SNAP- the world went in slow-motion- I went straight back, let go of the hang on, tried to grab anything and went out and down on my back- my son said it looked horrible my landing) Well my left ankle hit first I think, and it hurt bad- thought it was broke, my body sore but I was moving and almost immediately told Colton we were sayin a prayer because God just caught dad... Well Im ok considering, sore yes, but OK... My feet were only about 12 feet up I guess, and considering Im 42 I feel very blessed and lucky. I had always said "Im too careful to fall" and always preach safety harnesses to every friend I have hunting and here I go falling....
It made me realize - I dont care HOW CAREFUL you THINK you are, or how many stands you have hung - it CAN happen to you believe me...
God bless everyone-
Merry Christmas !!!!!!
Please be safe friends !!
PS - Ill tell ya about the rattlesnake at the tree's base later....
Well I have always preached safety, safety harneses, you name it....but I had a mishap...
I was hanging a stand in a WMA here in Florida to take my 14 year old bowhunting... I had tied on my climbing sticks in a realy brush covered tree - vines, limbs, small branches everywhere - but didnt clear any of it to keep a natural look because it was the ONLY tree around a stnd would hang in- especially 2 stands side by side- but its a great tree for the cover....
Well I had lost (my 'lineman' style belt I use while tying on a stand so I was balanced on the tree step - and for a split instant leaned against what i THOUGHT was the big fork near me (8" diameter branch) but my butt must have hit a lesser dead brach- I adjusted my weight leaned and SNAP- the world went in slow-motion- I went straight back, let go of the hang on, tried to grab anything and went out and down on my back- my son said it looked horrible my landing) Well my left ankle hit first I think, and it hurt bad- thought it was broke, my body sore but I was moving and almost immediately told Colton we were sayin a prayer because God just caught dad... Well Im ok considering, sore yes, but OK... My feet were only about 12 feet up I guess, and considering Im 42 I feel very blessed and lucky. I had always said "Im too careful to fall" and always preach safety harnesses to every friend I have hunting and here I go falling....
It made me realize - I dont care HOW CAREFUL you THINK you are, or how many stands you have hung - it CAN happen to you believe me...
God bless everyone-
Merry Christmas !!!!!!
Please be safe friends !!
PS - Ill tell ya about the rattlesnake at the tree's base later....
12-24-2006, 09:01 AM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Grand Haven, MI
Posts: 905
RE: I fell .......
yep...scary thing is when ur falling and everthing is in slowmom and u don't know whats goin on...i fell 30ft 1 year ago in my treestand....the strap broke and wooosh! there i went...hope ya revcover ok too!! MERRY X-MAS
12-24-2006, 10:53 AM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Mt. Iron, Mn
Posts: 387
RE: I fell .......
Sorry for your mishap. That just enforces how important it is to use some form of safety device while hanging and while hunting in a stand. I personally don't care for heights so I either sit in permanant stands or I sit on a camo chair on the ground with good cover around me. Not really a blind kind of thing just good cover. I shot a nice 10pt at 15yds and a huge mainframe 8 (a pair of split brow tines makes him 10) at 10yds.Both were credited togood camo, goodbreak up cover, and proper windusage. However, I do enjoy being up in the air 16-20ft cuz the deer can't see me sleep or snore!!! Glad to hear you're okay. Happy Holidays everybody!!!
