I've made that fall a few times, unintentionally, when I was still young and pliable in my pre-treestand days. Maybe that's part of why I can't jump anymore.If he was on his third stick up and using an aider, that's a jump I wouldn't want to make unless I was hunting one of my trees that hangs over the creek.
I have jumped dang near 20ft before though. My dad was hunting about a hundred yards away in some young pines and i heard gasping and retching. All i could think was he had fallen and punctured a lung or something. Got over there and apparently his breakfast bisquit disagreed with him...he felt better once he got it off his stomach.
We laughed, and went off to find a non-polluted spot. Good times.
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