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"A Slow, Deliberate, Emotionless, Open Conversation" About Hunting Accidents

Nutterbuster said:
Yeah, my bad. We talked earlier about that. I'd say shootings are definitely getting reported and the sample to real ratio is quite high. Hard to get shot and not end up with doctors and LEOs and reporters and such involved.

Falls? Probably less attention attracted.
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I'm sure a lot of close calls that result in no injury go unreported. I did not report the bullet that hit the tree above my head when I was 10 years old, only to my dad. No authorities were involved. I also didn't report my cousin when he almost shot my foot off with a 12 gauge while we were rabbit hunting. I've also been shot (peppered) several times on dove fields and had little red whelps to show for it, lol.
 
NMSbowhunter said:
I'm sure a lot of close calls that result in no injury go unreported. I did not report the bullet that hit the tree above my head when I was 10 years old, only to my dad. No authorities were involved. I also didn't report my cousin when he almost shot my foot off with a 12 gauge while we were rabbit hunting. I've also been shot (peppered) several times on dove fields and had little red whelps to show for it, lol.
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Sure. I'm sure nobody reports the times they almost fell to their death either.
 
tailgunner said:
Then compair Single steps to sticks.never hurt myself with singe steps.but i hear alot Of incidents happen with one or more sticks.
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I know there is no data for this.and sticks sell so well its a no no to poo poo.so we wont talk about that.or other methods of climbing since thats whats most relative to saddle hunters falling. it just seems like its harder to fall out of a saddle than off a treestand to me, i could be wrong..
 
How are we quantifying the missing data? In my mind the main area is falls that were not reported, as they most likely resulted in minimal/no injury or the hunter didn't even think of it as a fall because their safety harness worked?

Apologies if I missed it and this is not an original thought, but i'd be willing to bet that the number of unreported falls is at least equal to the number of reported falls, and likely larger. That increases the statistical risk, I'm just not sure by exactly how much.
 
Bottom line is everyone should do smart stuff ,but only compitant people should do stupid stuff.risking your life for a deer is not smart.but if you are compitant you realy arnt risking your life.pepole deside for their Selves that they are compitant, and then try to sue someone else when they get hurt.funny how that works.
 
A 2015 Marshfield Clinic study showed that 84% of gun hunters hunt from tree stands and 97% of bow hunters hunt from tree stands while at the same time, tree stand accidents are the leading cause of hunting related injuries.

Odds of a serious stand accident if you don’t wear a harness.
# of years hunting without a safety harnessodds of a serious stand accident
11 in 1010
101 in 100
201 in 50
301 in 33
 
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