RE: 30% of hunters fall out of their treestands
 

The one time I got in a treestand, the flippin' tree fell over. Does that count?[&:]

Actually, that's a true story, which is why I've never gotten into another treestand. Treestandophobia, I guess.

RE: 30% of hunters fall out of their treestands
 

:D:D

Once had a tree blow over that I had considered using, but declined because the tree appeared to be rotting from inside out.

RE: 30% of hunters fall out of their treestands
 

I haven't fallen out yet, but give me some time. I've only been hunting for 12 years. :D

RE: 30% of hunters fall out of their treestands
 

Count me in the 30%, had a step break while I was coming down, always figured as long as I have 3 out of 4 contact points I would be able to grab on. Nope, hit the ground before I knew what happened, step was about 10 feet up. Luckily stand was next to a stream and I landed in nice soft leaves/dirt. Tore up my right arm and fingers on my left hand pretty good.

Use nothing but the strongest steps I can find now, don't care what they cost.

Also have a fear of stepping off the platform after a shot or getting ready for a shot due to the brain concentrating on something else.

Most falls are stepping on/off the stand, I know I am nervous during this.

--Bob

RE: 30% of hunters fall out of their treestands
 

I have a lot of treestands and do the majority of my whitetail hunting useing them and in all my years I have never fell, but I have jumped. I do have a friend down in Fla. that cracked a vertabra as he went to place his pack under his seat and he did a summersault. After that accident, his been hunting in ground blinds. I know it should be a wake up call in using a saftey harness but I must confese like NYBH, I don't like using them either, most of my stands would be kinda hard to fall out of anyway as many times I can take a quik napp with no problem.;) Bobby

RE: 30% of hunters fall out of their treestands
 

I've never fallen out of my treestand, but I've had steps pull out of trees a time out two. Luckily, I was close enough to the ground that it didn't matter.

I've rarely, if ever used a pine tree for a stand. I use oaks, hickory's, wild cherry, and some others, but always look for good cover at my stand height. That's why I almost always use a hand-on type stand instead of my ol' man climber.

RE: 30% of hunters fall out of their treestands
 

i fell out of a permanent stand, i was crawling out and the top step broke in two, down i fell, it was an older stand

RE: 30% of hunters fall out of their treestands
 

Never took a plunge.

RE: 30% of hunters fall out of their treestands
 

Never got a scratch, Slim. It was a slow ride and the limbs held the trunk of the tree up and kept it from squishing me. But I took it as a sign that I was not meant to hunt from above. The friend who owned and set up the stand did weigh about half what I do and I guess it wasn't the sturdiest tree in the woods. He was a little bent outta shape that I felled his favorite tree. ;)

RE: 30% of hunters fall out of their treestands
 

ROFLMAO:D