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stabnslab_WI 09-21-2008 06:04 PM
RE: Don't be stupid (like me)
 
I went up about 25 feet in a stand once without my safty belt and It wasn't cool. With my bow still on the ground, I shifted my weight to one side of the stand and away I was going. I jumped into a ceder tree next to the stand and that broke my fall. When I hit the ground I was waiting for something to start hurting but nothing. I was very lucky. I will no longer go into a stand 15 feet or higher without a belt on.

Rickmur 09-21-2008 06:13 PM
RE: Don't be stupid (like me)
 
It always amases me how a fall will educate someone. Make no mistake about it, I'm glad you are ok but I can't for the life of me understand why it always takes a fall torid someone of that macho attitude that it won't happen to me. How many times will we read a story like this this year, how many times have we already read one like it this year?

WesternMdHardwoods 09-21-2008 06:15 PM
RE: Don't be stupid (like me)
 
ORIGINAL: stabnslab_WI

I went up about 25 feet in a stand once without my safty belt and It wasn't cool. With my bow still on the ground, I shifted my weight to one side of the stand and away I was going. I jumped into a ceder tree next to the stand and that broke my fall. When I hit the ground I was waiting for something to start hurting but nothing. I was very lucky. I will no longer go into a stand 15 feet or higher without a belt on.
StabNslab~~ I am not lecturing you on anything but 15ft or 5ft any fall can turn you into a vegetable the way I look at it??
I figure its gonna hurt like sin no matter how high you fall!!??

Gd Luck

stabnslab_WI 09-21-2008 06:56 PM
RE: Don't be stupid (like me)
 
ORIGINAL: WesternMdHardwoods

ORIGINAL: stabnslab_WI

I went up about 25 feet in a stand once without my safty belt and It wasn't cool. With my bow still on the ground, I shifted my weight to one side of the stand and away I was going. I jumped into a ceder tree next to the stand and that broke my fall. When I hit the ground I was waiting for something to start hurting but nothing. I was very lucky. I will no longer go into a stand 15 feet or higher without a belt on.
StabNslab~~ I am not lecturing you on anything but 15ft or 5ft any fall can turn you into a vegetable the way I look at it??
I figure its gonna hurt like sin no matter how high you fall!!??

Gd Luck
Agree 100% with you. I try not to leave without my belt but sometimes I wake up later then normal and rush to my stand. Its a long walk to most of them and don't want to walk back (lazy) but your right I could do the same amount of damage falling from 5 feet then if I fell from 15. Land on a branch or smack my head.

Rory/MO 09-21-2008 07:01 PM
RE: Don't be stupid (like me)
 
Thank God you are alive!

kickin_buck 09-22-2008 08:12 AM
RE: Don't be stupid (like me)
 
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony

Did you break your ankle and ribs? ... praise God you are alive ...
No broken bones. A badly sprained left ankle and a bunch of brusies. I was very lucky and believe with my whole heart someone was looking out for me. I am still real sore today, but with the help of some Vicodin, I am able to curb most of the pain and move around.

RuttNutt 09-22-2008 09:05 AM
RE: Don't be stupid (like me)
 
Your a lucky dude.

8mm 09-22-2008 11:34 AM
RE: Don't be stupid (like me)
 
glad to hear u are ok bud be safe out there


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