The old buckshot does not use the tension straps. Instead he has a strap for the platform and another for the top portion that you hook to the bar at and bring around on your side of the tree to keep it from slipping.

Glad you are alright. Thanks for the tips too. Its unfortunate this happened but hopefully by sharing your storie others won't go through similar experiances.

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Len, If you need a partner who dosen't over sleep and fall out of trees you may want to look at a younger hunter

Even though David is a COF, he is actually younger than me. That's why I let him gut and drag my deer.

Glad to read all is well and thanks for sharing your experience with the rest of us. Sure doesn't take much for something to go wrong up there!
Len hit the nail on the head, always a good idea to hunt with a buddy!

Yeh.... hunting with a buddy is over rated. Nag Nag Nag [8D][8D][8D]

I hope it was a harness and not a belt. Dropping only a couple of feet will exert over 1300 pounds of pressure on you, and that will definitely jolt you a little. I took a tumble from 250' off a TV tower a few months ago, thankfully I was wearing a harness. Much like you, I took the spill because I got a little careless on that tower that day.

Glad everything is ok. Now, replace that harness, you can not tell if the threads were damaged on them.