ha this is a ? like why do some people wear PPE at work and some don't. Yes some times it gets in the way, some times it sucks to have on, and maybe just forgot to put it on, but let me let you there is always that chance that some thing is going to go wrong. And when it does bad things can happen. There was just a pic on here of a guy that had one on and fell but it caught him and all that happened was a bad cut on his leg.

If he didn't have that on what could of happened maybe a broken leg, arm, neck, back or heck dead if he hit just right. I think if your in a tree stand and you can get one you should put it on. Why not whats the worst thing that can happen if your have it on??? miss a shot, to broken and not able to hunt or death and never hunt again.

for me it depends on how high i am going. or if i am in a portable or a perminent.

in a portable i always were one. in a perminent if it is a brand new well built stand with rails on the sides, i usually don't were one.

sometimes i bring my portable but put it up only 5-8 ft just to get a better view. the under brush and thicket is bad here in minnesota and i like to get up just high enough to see over it. at those hights i usually dont were a harness because if i fell i would be ok

some people don't like the inconvieniance of having to deal with them, and thats totally up to them. others like the piece of mind knowing they havea saftey net. i think it depends on the situtation if you ask me.

i heard most people fall when climbing up or down their stand. so if you already unhooked your harness to climb down, or have yet to hook your harness on your way up. the harness isnt going to do much good is it.

climbing trees is dangerous business. but i remember as a kid climbing 20-30 feet up into the high branchs of trees with my pals in the nieghborhood and no body got hurt.

i usually like a harness on when i am tired and am in a portable stand, that way if i fall asleep or something i will be ok. even though if i did fall asleep i doubt very much that i would fall out of it.

be careful out there people. i hate to hear about hunters getting hurt.

Without question, you are safer wearing a restraint. If you think you're safer without a restraint your just wrong. If you've decided that whatever risk reduction gained by wearing a restraint just isn't worth the the negatives that come along (i.e. inconvenience, lack of freedom of movement etc) with it then fine but please don't insult our intelligence with lame excuses or reasons why you're just as safe without one. You're NOT!