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Another tree stand fall.
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Im trying....its just not working...holds up in court...so i just tell my aprentice if you fall ....you are fired befor you hit the ground.....i dont know this dude
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One hundo. It’s like coaching martial arts: I can show you how to keep your hands up, tell you it’s a good idea, show you the stance and how to balance, what to throw and when, how to sprawl on a takedown attempt and fire defensive shots off the break from a clinch, AND give you all the safety equipment to do so with as minimal a risk as possible to yourself BUT…
And this is a Sir Mix-a-lot sized BUT…
YOU have to do it. If you get KO’d or submitted cuz you DIDN’T use the tools provided, well you are fired before you hit the ground, to use your phraseology.
Not literally of course, as the coach I work for you lol, but your brain is sure fired from consciousness.
You can lead à horse to water ...cant make it drink..you can show à moron the facts....cant make them think.
One of the things I think about in situations like this is how indestructible we consider ourselves to be when we're young. So indestructible that we often don't consider the possible outcomes to our actions. As we ag, our responsibilities increase and we experience more tragedy in our lives and we start to understand how precious the little things in life are. That's when we start to take more precautions.
For easily the first 10 years I bow hunted I didn't have a stand, I just climbed a tree and stood on a branch. Safety harness . . . . yeah right. Even after I started using tree stands I never used one. It wasn't until I started saddle hunting, relatively recently in my 50 years of hunting, that I can truly say I was always connected to the tree while elevated.
Purpose of this post? Just trying to point out that we don't always make the best decisions, especially when we're young, and don't be too hard on folks how've made a serious mistake. Hind sight vision is always 20/20. I'm sure if these people had it to do again they'd take the proper precautions.
Its situations like this that we should be thankful for the much maligned "Safety Police" as they at least point out the potential safety issues we may encounter. In the end though its up to each of us to assume as much (or as little) risk as we are willing to.
For easily the first 10 years I bow hunted I didn't have a stand, I just climbed a tree and stood on a branch. Safety harness . . . . yeah right. Even after I started using tree stands I never used one. It wasn't until I started saddle hunting, relatively recently in my 50 years of hunting, that I can truly say I was always connected to the tree while elevated.
Purpose of this post? Just trying to point out that we don't always make the best decisions, especially when we're young, and don't be too hard on folks how've made a serious mistake. Hind sight vision is always 20/20. I'm sure if these people had it to do again they'd take the proper precautions.
Its situations like this that we should be thankful for the much maligned "Safety Police" as they at least point out the potential safety issues we may encounter. In the end though its up to each of us to assume as much (or as little) risk as we are willing to.
I like many have yet to understand why so many will not wear fall protection. It don’t weigh much and is way more comfortable than a wheel chair. Every time I see my neighbors dad use his pick up crane to unload his wheel chair because he didn’t wear a harness and is now paralyzed from the waist down. I think a harness would still have him chasing his grandkids. I’m OCD about it. My 14 year old gets aggravated at me because I check his harness, life line and stand before I let him in it. Hunting is supposed to be a fun experience not a life altering one. Just a small rant.
Homie pretty much sums it up right here.im à pric so i will just add that if you cant climb a tree without gear you probably shouldnt be in a tree even with gear.i have no place trying to dunk à basket ball....i got over it and did something else.
I’m definitely more safety conscious that I have a family that depends on me. I ain’t much use if I’m bed ridden. Helps that I’m kind of a wimp with heights to begin with. I’ll sit on the ground if I don’t have a safe way up a tree. I hate seeing some guys taking unnecessary risks just to save a couple of pounds or not wear a harness because it’s uncomfortable. I was at a state park hunt last week and a guy got flown out of there because he fell out of his stand and broke both legs and his back. Hopefully it’s recoverable injuries.
Thats crazy to me how many people fall...its not even realy a statistic in Oregon where most people hunt on the ground.our problem is lost people presumed to be dead.
DNR: Friendship juvenile injured from reported ‘tree stand’ malfunction fall
FRIENDSHIP, Ind. — Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a tree stand accident from over the weekend, leaving a minor child injured. Around 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, first respon…
fox59.com
I was hunting not far from there this weekend. It was the gun opener. Just irresponsible to not make your kid wear a harness.DNR: Friendship juvenile injured from reported ‘tree stand’ malfunction fall
FRIENDSHIP, Ind. — Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a tree stand accident from over the weekend, leaving a minor child injured. Around 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, first respon…
It was a different one. On the other corner of the state.
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Man taken to the hospital after falling from deer stand in Posey Co., officials say
A deer hunter fell out of a tree at the state park and had to be taken away by Air Evac.
www.14news.com
I’m another one. First time I went up a tree was in a saddle… because I’d heard too many stories from my uncles about falling out of stands lol.
Hunting elevated always sounded awesome but there was no way I was going up a climber free. Saddlehunting totally changed that for me. Some people are attracted because it’s mobile. For me it was actually more gear weight than just a backpack and hot seat. But after researching saddlehunting compulsively for months I was convinced it offered the connection safety I wanted. My first “saddle” test was actually in my basement wearing my work tool belt and a makeshift poly rope LB with a paracord prusik. I still remember how amazed I was such a simple idea worked!!
I just can’t at all figure out why people today don’t wear harnesses and practice with them, regardless of stand type.
That’s why I’m in a saddle, too. I stumbled on a Boswell video and that lead to a G2 video and that lead to practicing with my HSS in saddle configuration while awaiting my kestrel. I was sketched out by fall “arrest” and fall “prevention” was much more attractive.