Now why is it ????
10-21-2011, 11:17 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Now why is it ????
If a paratrooper is hanging from a tree after a jump, that is considered to be a particularly dangerous form of parachuting.
But if you're a hunter with a safety harness, you are always suppose to be hanging from a tree.
Now why is that?
But if you're a hunter with a safety harness, you are always suppose to be hanging from a tree.
Now why is that?
10-21-2011, 01:06 PM
#3
Typical Buck
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if paratrooper is jumping in, chances are he's got hostiles looking for him, and every minute. He hangs with a paratroop signalling his location, greater chance enemy will find him.
As for hunter, only have wildlife laughing at them,
Also if improperly used can be difficult to recover from,
Supposed to be with minimal slack, so if you fall easier to get back on your stand,
If you fall below your stand. May not be easy or possible to get back up or down
As for hunter, only have wildlife laughing at them,
Also if improperly used can be difficult to recover from,
Supposed to be with minimal slack, so if you fall easier to get back on your stand,
If you fall below your stand. May not be easy or possible to get back up or down
10-23-2011, 03:39 AM
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: kansas
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if paratrooper is jumping in, chances are he's got hostiles looking for him, and every minute. He hangs with a paratroop signalling his location, greater chance enemy will find him.
As for hunter, only have wildlife laughing at them,
Also if improperly used can be difficult to recover from,
Supposed to be with minimal slack, so if you fall easier to get back on your stand,
If you fall below your stand. May not be easy or possible to get back up or down
As for hunter, only have wildlife laughing at them,
Also if improperly used can be difficult to recover from,
Supposed to be with minimal slack, so if you fall easier to get back on your stand,
If you fall below your stand. May not be easy or possible to get back up or down
10-25-2011, 01:48 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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pearsontx4 you came close to my thinking
Of course, I'm old and knew paratroopers. And for the life of me, I could never get it out of my mind, that a safety harness was like a paratrooper harness, and nothing about them was ever totally safe to me.
Of course when safety harnesses were introduced in hunting, I instantly fell to memories of those paratroopers and the thought of physical fitness. And we know physical fitness is rarely brought up on hunters.
And all this came to mind when I was tying my own prussic(prusik) knots and thinking of the actual physical fitness required to use them from a tree.
But it's not the first time I've thought of strange connections. Price of getting older I guess.
Of course when safety harnesses were introduced in hunting, I instantly fell to memories of those paratroopers and the thought of physical fitness. And we know physical fitness is rarely brought up on hunters.
And all this came to mind when I was tying my own prussic(prusik) knots and thinking of the actual physical fitness required to use them from a tree.
But it's not the first time I've thought of strange connections. Price of getting older I guess.
Last edited by Valentine; 10-25-2011 at 01:52 PM.
