Man dies after falling from tree stand
 

“Officials are investigating a fatal hunting related accident. It happened at about 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Officials with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said 70-year-old George Olivo of Reidsville was killed from the injuries he suffered when the tree stand he was in fell to the ground.

Olivo was transported to Cone Health where he died.

"As a hunter myself, of course you never want to hear about it, both in my personal life and work life. Again, it's something that could happen to any of us," said North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Officer Nathan Green.”

http://www.twcnews.com/nc/triad/news...-accident.html

Always use safety harness.

Sorry to hear about this death. Because here always seems to be a story like this every year I would like to rephrase what Hunter4512 Said:

ALWAYS USE A SAFETY HARNESS. ALWAYS USE A SAFETY HARNESS. ALWAYS USE A SAFETY HARNESS. ALWAYS USE A SAFETY HARNESS. Not enough said.

This is why I don't use climbing stands, I build my tree stands in the tree. I well remember a ride down in a Baker tree stand many years ago. What a shame, lived 70 years only to die like that.

Happens every year. Never understood why people don't wear harnesses. Makes no sense.

Some hunters
 

fail to use any safety device, including a safety harness.
Some hunters use a safety harness and die from a fall. Nothing absolute about safety.

It wasn't the climbing stand's fault the fellow didn't wear his safety harness.....

Am I missing where it said he was using a climbing stand?

Folks,
I must be missing something, I followed the link and I have not found the mention of a climbing stand until a reply concerning the incident. It was not in the origional decription or the link. All I saw was a stand fell, could be any stand. A strap could break and a stand fall. Where did I miss the reference to a climbing stand? This is a terrible event and hope we all take precautions as we use our stands but I did miss the climbing stand reference.

I think most here would agree it's wise to minimize risk.

I hate to say this but there is a generation that rejects the use of safety devices. I know I used stands for years without a harness, then it took me a couple of years (and the input from mom) to get my father to use a harness. He is in his mid seventies and uses his climbing stand daily (during season) but now with a harness:-)