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Hi hope i have the right place to post this....well question .. I was wondering does anyone know of hunters getting hurt using a Tree Saddle
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I think we’ve had a bunch of near misses and maybe a minor injury or two. None to my knowledge were the fault of equipment. Just misuse of a product.
Yeah, someone can correct me but there’s been some stick kick outs, some not correctly closing/locking carabiner gate. But not direct saddle failure stuff, more operator error than failures...
That is what both of us think. Overhand vs overhand on a bight. Still felt horrible.
He's healing up nicely. A few broken bones. Messed his season up.
I fell once. My auto locking carabiner was part open on I think winter clothing or the rope itself. My lineman’s rope let go six feet up. I could not see the saddle loop at my side. I extend those loops and double check everything now. Not hurt. Just bruised That was maybe 3 winters ago
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With all the sketchy stuff we were seeing over the summer I'm surprised someone didn't get seriously hurt.
I doubt too many widows go online in the saddle groups to post about it.
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I get your point, but if someone died in a saddle it would be a known incident........
I was hunting in a severe leaner not a good choice but it was where I needed to be,standing on a platform I lost my balance and gravity swung me around the tree and I knocked my bow off the hook and down it went the saddle kept me from falling no injuries except for a bruised ego now I stay out of hard leaners
There was a first-hand description of an accident in this post from a member who recently introduced himself on the forum:
https://saddlehunter.com/community/index.php?threads/introductory-post.24056/
https://saddlehunter.com/community/index.php?threads/introductory-post.24056/
I think I've read 3 accounts of people falling. The saddle itself didn't fail, but something else went wrong (improperly tied knots or falling while not connected to the tree).
However, that's just the people that came on and told their story. No way to know who fell and kept it to themselves or if there has been a fatality, depending on where it was and the publicity, we may not have heard about it.
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However, that's just the people that came on and told their story. No way to know who fell and kept it to themselves or if there has been a fatality, depending on where it was and the publicity, we may not have heard about it.
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That was the point of my widow comment. Be honest, if someone is injured it probably wouldn’t even make local news. If they die it might make local news but the chances of it getting back to us are not that great in my humble opinion.
Regardless it’s good for the community when people share their mistakes. We can all learn and grow and be safer for it.
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With as many people that are on social media I imagine it would come up....... if it’s a hunting death there’s usually a write up of some kind on the rough details of the event. As much information gets retransmitted here & other saddle related content I think it would be shared. I could be totally wrong & there’s plenty of information on mishaps , & falls. It’s never a bad thing to discuss the implications of what we do......... my bad if it didn’t come as such.