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Have you had a fall climbing?

Have you had a fall while climbing with anything related to hunting?

  • Yes with saddle. Minimal injury. Ex.. cut, bruise, scrape

    Votes: 29 11.6%

  • Yes with saddle. Major injury. Involved a doctor's visit or more.

    Votes: 4 1.6%

  • No with all means. Everything has gone to plan to far.

    Votes: 132 53.0%

  • Yes with saddle But not even a scratch. Talking free fall for any length of time.

    Votes: 8 3.2%

  • Yes with hang on or climber. Minor injury. Cuts, scrape, bruise.

    Votes: 38 15.3%

  • Yes with hang on or climber. Major injury.

    Votes: 8 3.2%

  • Yes with hang on or climber. But not even a scratch.

    Votes: 27 10.8%

  • Took a fall free climbing a tree.

    Votes: 10 4.0%

  • Fell off my bucket once. Does that count? (Only if sober)

    Votes: 14 5.6%
  • Total voters
    249
The only time so far (knock on wood) that I have been injured in anything hunting related is two years ago when I stepped off the bottom rung of a 20 foot ladder stick I had set up in the yard for practicing archery at height. When I stepped down my ankle turned on a tree root and my foot went sideways in relation to my leg. It made a very loud snap sound like breaking a handful of sticks. I went to the ground immediately and just laid there for a few minutes in pain thinking what to do. I ended up crawling back to the house, about 40 yards away. I soaked the ankle in ice water and wrapped it tight in an Ace bandage. I could put weight on it after a few days. It was touchy for a few weeks. It still hasn't full forgiven me.

It was nothing dramatic or big but showed me how easily I could be incapacitated by one simple wrong move. I hate to think if it had happened a mile back in the woods. That would have been a long crawl.
 
NMSbowhunter said:
The only time so far (knock on wood) that I have been injured in anything hunting related is two years ago when I stepped off the bottom rung of a 20 foot ladder stick I had set up in the yard for practicing archery at height. When I stepped down my ankle turned on a tree root and my foot went sideways in relation to my leg. It made a very loud snap sound like breaking a handful of sticks. I went to the ground immediately and just laid there for a few minutes in pain thinking what to do. I ended up crawling back to the house, about 40 yards away. I soaked the ankle in ice water and wrapped it tight in an Ace bandage. I could put weight on it after a few days. It was touchy for a few weeks. It still hasn't full forgiven me.

It was nothing dramatic or big but showed me how easily I could be incapacitated by one simple wrong move. I hate to think if it had happened a mile back in the woods. That would have been a long crawl.
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Totally understand. One wrong move could put you in the hospital or worse. Currently I'm out of action. I slipped on some ice under a fresh snow. When I hit the ground with my elbow,, I heard a crunch. I knew right away it wasn't good. I sat 4 hours in the EM Room to find out I Seperated my Right Clavicle.

That's what makes what we do for fun so critical we do the right thing and don't cut corners. Little things like tying stoppers knots, locking the gates on our carabiners, wearing our lineman's belt, etc. Saddle hunting is safer but there is NO room to screw up.
 
MattMan81 said:
Can you guys post a picture of those hunting bakers?
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Off the internet. My DIY version had Al angle for the side supports instead of square tube. They weren't very stable on the tree and were infamous for the bottom dropping away and leaving you sitting on the upper.
 
boyne bowhunter said:
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Off the internet. My DIY version had Al angle for the side supports instead of square tube. They weren't very stable on the tree and were infamous for the bottom dropping away and leaving you sitting on the upper.
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Fancy one with the climber. Never had that, just had to hug and chug. I might need to take Dad's to the woods next season and make a hunt. Old Skewl
 
boyne bowhunter said:
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Off the internet. My DIY version had Al angle for the side supports instead of square tube. They weren't very stable on the tree and were infamous for the bottom dropping away and leaving you sitting on the upper.
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Thanks.. I thought that's what they were. But wanted to verify. Climbing tree stand version 1.
 
BTaylor said:
Fancy one with the climber. Never had that, just had to hug and chug. I might need to take Dad's to the woods next season and make a hunt. Old Skewl
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Honestly my DIY was a hug and chug too . . . never felt comfortable taking my feet off it. I should go dig around to see if I have any old pictures of it. I also never fell off it either . . . close a couple of times but never off. :tearsofjoy:
 
I saw one of those grown into a tree a couple of years ago. It had to have been there a while.
 
boyne bowhunter said:
Honestly my DIY was a hug and chug too . . . never felt comfortable taking my feet off it. I should go dig around to see if I have any old pictures of it. I also never fell off it either . . . close a couple of times but never off. :tearsofjoy:
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Took a crap in a gallon ziplock bag 20' up a tree on my Baker. Took a second to figure out the push and pucker rythm to get the job done and not fall out of the tree since we didn't know what safety equipment was back then. It was 45 minutes till dark. That aint no time to be climbing down.
 
Here she is....is it a Baker?
 

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Has anybody heard of a climber called a Fox Squirrel? A friend of mine swears one saved his life one evening walking out after dark. The plywood stopped a Zwickey Delta.
 
He said it was thick plywood and I think it hit on a downward angle. This was the late 70's or early 80"s. He said he was walking out in the dark and had on a coat with a fur collar and all of a sudden "whack!" He didn't know what happened until he realized an arrow shaft was sticking out of his climber's base on his back. He ran off cussing.
 
NMSbowhunter said:
He said it was thick plywood and I think it hit on a downward angle. This was the late 70's or early 80"s. He said he was walking out in the dark and had on a coat with a fur collar and all of a sudden "whack!" He didn't know what happened until he realized an arrow shaft was sticking out of his climber's base on his back. He ran off cussing.
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Scary.
 
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