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Odds of shooting a pope & young buck in MI 1 in 5166

Odds of a tree falling on you 1 in 100,000,000

Guess which one happen to me tonight[&:]

After walking by a dead tree I though I heard something. I turn a bit and by pack bumped the tree. The tree the started to full, my normal panther like reflexes were shaken a bit. As I was just plain stunned as whatwas happing. About half way up the tree snapped and the top half took me out like one of BigJ71 guns. After laying on the ground for 5 mins and bleeding from the head, I did a check of the systems. I was ok, I managed to throw by bow to the side and it came away un-harmed.

I have bump on my head, and I swear I heard some racoons laughing at me:D

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Wow, glad your ok man, thats pretty scary....

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That's different! Glad you survived.:D

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That's crazy! Hope everything's ok!

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What the crap? If you can have a tree fall on you, then I think that means you should have shot 19357, P&Y bucks by now.

In theory of course....[8D]

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good to see your ok but boy would that have been funny to see :):D

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Mr. Mass's wrath [8D]


Glad you're ok.

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Was this right before I texted you or after you texted me?:)

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Dude, that is wacked. You are due to get Mr Mass now.....if a tree can't take you out, nothing can!

Good luck! :D


ps: better play the lottery soon...you havea better chance of winning that then having a tree fall on you [8D]

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Tee hee... Hey Thunder~Foot, I think Mr. Mass is setting "Rambo, like" traps for you!

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lad your ok.

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Germ, i think you gave Don way toooooo much of your mojo. You gotta get some of thatback man, that is just plain old bad luck!

Sure hope it gets better for ya buddy.

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Wow Gary, not sure what to say man. Glad you are alright. That is just nuts

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Glad you ar OK but you have an uncanny nack for ending up on your backside when in the woods.[&:]

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That is nuts, the place I hunt is loaded with Hedge Apples.........them things sound like bowling balls hitting the ground, I know it's just a matter of time!

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I watched a show on TV one day.....with a disabled hunter. That's what happened to him and put him in a wheelchair.

I'm glad you're OK.;)

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Dang Gary ... I musta missed that text :eek:...last I knew, you were cold .... \Praise God you're ok!!!

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Glad you're alright man. Before I evenfinished reading your post I was thinking about a similar situation that happened to me on Sunday. I didn't bump this tree or anything, just standing there looking around as I was scouting when, SNAP CRASH BOOM!!! One of the large dried out branches gave out and came down 10 feet in front of me. Close one.

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thats crazy. good thing your ok

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Glad you ok Gary! If A lodge pole pine can take out an elk what chance do we mere mortals have? Glad your number wasn't up!

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dang Gary! thats a scary thought!! glad you walked outta the woods!

sounds like you escaped a "widow maker" as they are referred to....old timer taught me to never walk under one even if i gotta go somewhat out of my way around it...when i was younger and foolish, i would knock em down for fun...but im wising up....

thats one of the reasons i will not hunt in stiff winds...anything above 20mph or so has me in side..chances are slim...but ive been so close that when the tree fell in the creek i got wet...ive had more than 1 hunters share of close calls, all wind related...just been within sight of it more times than id like to... i simply dont wanna be in a treestand when its windy...no reason to risk my life over a danged ole deer...

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Holy you know what!! That's nuts Germ. Someone's trying to tell you something I think.

Your going to get this buck Germ, this was a sign man!!

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First of all I want to say I'm glad you are ok. But, I couldn't help from laughing out loud about the way you put it in your story. Seriously, what are the odds of that happening??? I hope you get Mr. Mass. You sure do deserve it.

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CRAZY!!! Glad yer ok man!!

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Holy crap!! I've never even seen a dead tree fall in the woods much less had one come down on me. I'm glad your ok Gary, talk about a close call, wow!

So, this begs the question..... If a tree falls ON YOU in the woods, does it make noise?;):D:D

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Damn! Glad to hear you made it back to your keyboard and are not still lying out there.

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Glad to hear your not hurt too badly. This should be a reminder to everyone taht even though we take all the safety precautions in the world, sometimes its beyond our control. Be careful out there guys.

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You better double check those "Systems". I think it knocked your spell check out. LOL Seriously dude, that was a close one. Everytime I walk by something like that I think "Widow Maker". It's especially scary when you go into a place you've never been and climb up a tree. Daylight comes and you find the busted off top hanging over your head.[&:]

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If your not hunting on the edge, your taking up to much space.;)

And Those weren't raccoons you heard snickering.[:o]

Some day you will learn it doesn't pay to piss off mother nature.[:-]

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So if a tree falls in the woods and hits Germ in the head, we will hear about it:D

Gladto hear you're ok.

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Wow, that is simply unbelievable. I'm glad to hear you're OK Gary. That could have been bad.

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John....I was hunting in '05 and had one fall.....a BIG one about 40yds to my right. I was gunshy as heck for a LONG time...and I still admit to looking around me at the trees I'm NOT in when it's windy.;)

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Wow, that is crazy........now go out and kill your P&Y buck!!! It's sure to happen now!!!!:);)

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That is crazy, Gary! I went to hunt a stand last Saturday afternoon in the high winds near a swamp. I was about 20 yards from the stand when a 50 ft dead tree came down about 40 yards away.Sure scared the crap out ofthe 5 deer bedded in that area! Iopted for a different stand away from dead trees.;)

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Glad your ok..... nice job saving the bow!

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If a Germ falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it doe he make a sound? LOL

J/K buddy glad your ok.

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Good thing you managed to save the bow. maybe next time you can worry about saving the ol' noggin;):D:D

Glad to hear that you are OK

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Only the thump of Gary's chest hitting the ground,and the whoosh of air exiting the lungs and the ughh that Gary utters.Other than that no noise.:D

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I've actually done this before....I scouted an area I wanted to hunt on my families property in late winter after the season ended. It looked like it would be a good place to see deer (lots of tracks in the snow bedding areas etc....) Well fast forward to the next year, I made it down to the land very early in the morning andI was pressed for time due to the long drive. I wanted to be up in a tree before the sun came up so I grabbed my climber and headed into that area I had scouted the year before to see if I could get lucky....boy did I ever!

You see I found this tree that "looked" straight and as I started to climb it I came across a few branches that had to be removed but they all broke off easily with my hand....I should have known right then and there something wasn't right. It was mid October and most of the trees had their leaves still. I get settled and wait for the sun to come up. As the light grew brighter I realized thattree I was in had no leaves...in fact it barely had branches! There was only about 15 ft of tree above me with a few branches still sprouting from it, above that was broken off andlaying on the ground below. I could tell it had been down there for a while and realized this tree was as dead as can bewith me in it![&:]

I never sweated so much thattrip down the tree. It seemed like ever time I put weight on either the top or bottom portion of the climber thetree was going to come down......on me!The tree eventually did fall less than a month later.......I was lucky indeed.

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Well just think of the scenario another hunter could have come along and stole your bow and gear and just walked away...Hmmmm