Tragic Accident
 

A guy who lived about 40 miles from here was killed in his treestand last week when he slipped.... He had a safety harness on, but the weight of his body was too much for his lungs. He hung upside down for at least 6 hours, and died from not being able to breathe. Sad :(

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Good example of why treestand users should use FULL BODY harnesses. The single belt types, even when worn around the chest are deadly if you can't quickly get yourself righted. If he was found upside down then he probobly had the harness around his stomach which will prevent your diaphram from being able to move.

Of course this is an unfortunate tragedy, but we should all try to learn from this.

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That's terrible! I feel sorry for him and his family. Bad way to go.

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I messed up a few years ago with a single. I was shocked how quickly you run out of breath. I now wear a full body harness but if your not careful you can hang yourself with those. Got to watch where the rope is.

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Believe it or not even in a FULL body harness you can hang for about 15 minutes before your internal organs start to break down. This is due to the inability to get blood flow to your extremities. Most commonly your legs. And soon after the 15 minute mark your bodys interal organs will begin to break down. You dont have long to hang before things can become very serious after that 15 minute mark. Always bring a knife so you can cut yourself loose and land on your feet.

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Yeah should have all teh saftey gear, and be carful in those things.

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Maybe the best thing to do is hunt from a ground blind ...just a thought.

dd

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In my hunter's safety course they taught us that you never wear the harness around your gut. Always around the chest.

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Sorry to hear this,i personally dont wear a harness when i go hunting,its kinda a choice,would you rather hit the ground and maybe spring a bone,or kinda like you said have a chance at hanging upside down at death(treestands,climbers)

Now days i just hunt from a box blind that we build,
http://www.hartsco.com/Black%20blind.jpg
There pretty neat in the inside,you can fix them up very nice,with shelves etc inside.

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Only retarded thing about blinds is that you have to wear a hunter orange vest inside a blind!!!! They should make a law that allows someone to hunt in a blind without orange vests on, but they should pass a law that says there must be orange on the blind. That's what will work.

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that doesn't make much sense. i agree you should have orange somewhere visible outside the blind but having orange on inside the blind is as useless as tits on a boar hog. especially those "condo" blinds where you can do jumping jacks inside and the deer wouldn't even see you if they were 10 feet away.

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Trees were made for birds.:D

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Guys, I think the law is what it is because they don't want guys taking off the orange, and forget to put it back on when getting out.

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That sucks. Thats why I always have a knife on me when I'm up there.

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a few years back someone told me that you're supposed to use a short teather that is only long enough for you to maybe bend over and to strap it on about eye level when standing up that way you can slip and if you fall it dose not jerk as hard...and that it makes it harder to fall.

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Why doesn't the manufacturer build in a harness into a jacket system. On the fire department here we have all out jackets fitted with a pull harness, you could hook this to your safety strap on the tree and be off and running if something should happen. all is well assuming you have your jacket zipped up.

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Skidder,

I am not sure how the fire dept. jacket works, but there are several vest-style safety harnesses out there. I use one made by Gorilla. It is fairly simple to use (but kinda heavy!). Hunter Safety Systems make one too.

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I bet the PETA clowns are celebrating...

Too bad. Condolences to his family.

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I knew a boy about 20 years ago that died the same way. The game warden said the strap type belt was on as it was designed, yet it killed him. They found a place where he had cut about half way throught the strap, but his knife was on the ground.

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I only wear a strap in certain situations and stand placements (even though I should all the time). But I always have two knives on me. A guttin' knife and an all purpose knife.Mostly just in caseI need to cut my self down if I am wearing a strap. I guess keeping 2 on me is smart, since it sounds like he might of dropped his. Scary stuff.

Safety Harnesses remind me of seat belts. If you wear one, it will either save your life or take your life. All in personal prference I guess.

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I heard it on the news bristoboy, the guy was 6-4 250 he was in a 14 ft ladder stand when he fell but i was also told his leg was stuck between to steps and snaped leaveing him hanging up side down.back to then news they said his wife was getting scared because he wasn't home yet that was at 8.00 she call family member to look for him they didn't find him until 10.00 that night. very sad ending thats why we should always take our time getting down from our stand.

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Sad deal.

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Always wear my vest except when going up and down in my climber. Well it bit me last year that few extra seconds would have saved me surgery as I broke 7 bones in my shoulder 2 surgeries later I'm able to enjoy the season again. I was lucky it was my shoulder and not my head. Take the time to move the safety strap up and down when you climb on a climber you don't want to go thru what i went thru. TRUST ME