Have you had a fall climbing?

[Jrogue]

My favorite trees to hunt out of are beech. Nice slick bark. Had a summit climber slide down 5 ft. First year saddle hunting had my top stick kick out on a different beech while moving over to my platform. I still hunt out of them...

 

[bfriendly]

Second SRT, doomed set up, practice tree. Took second or third step, I somehow kept tension on ropeman so it never bit down! I came down pretty quick, but not free falling either. Regardless, it was kind of freaky since I couldn’t stop til I was on my back on the ground….I bout died laughing. No vote cast

 

[arrow30]

Here she is....is it a Baker?

my very first store bought treestand, still have it.

 

[cedar paul]

Praise God I have never fallen in the yares rec climbing as well as saddle hunting. I am totally tuned in to every movement and realize that a misstep in judgment could mean severe injury or death ( but being somewhat of an adrenaline junkie I really enjoy the thrill). I am a firm believer in using properly inspected and rated gear. If it means a little more weight I guess I need to pump a little more iron LOL!

 

[MattMan81]

Back up. Everyone should be getting lots of practice in. Hope everyone is still being safe.

 

[n6dlh]

Fell out of a double ladder stand. I the strap was not set correctly and the tree leaned to the left side. The strap came loose a bit, I stood up and shifted my weight trying to take my jacket off. Well the stand shifted 90 degrees left and caused the latter to flex. The angle tilted towards the ground. I had to bail out or risk going head first. Rifle in hand I jumped. My hips hurt for a week after that and knocked the wind out of me. I still have some ladder stands up but do not care to use them anymore.

 

[MattMan81]

Fell out of a double ladder stand. I the strap was not set correctly and the tree leaned to the left side. The strap came loose a bit, I stood up and shifted my weight trying to take my jacket off. Well the stand shifted 90 degrees left and caused the latter to flex. The angle tilted towards the ground. I had to bail out or risk going head first. Rifle in hand I jumped. My hips hurt for a week after that and knocked the wind out of me. I still have some ladder stands up but do not care to use them anymore.

I just reset my double this weekend. I remember why I hate them. Hard to set and noisy to climb. But plan to take the kids out to it once or twice I hope.

 

[BTaylor]

Fell out of a double ladder stand. I the strap was not set correctly and the tree leaned to the left side. The strap came loose a bit, I stood up and shifted my weight trying to take my jacket off. Well the stand shifted 90 degrees left and caused the latter to flex. The angle tilted towards the ground. I had to bail out or risk going head first. Rifle in hand I jumped. My hips hurt for a week after that and knocked the wind out of me. I still have some ladder stands up but do not care to use them anymore.

I am not a fan of ladder stands at all.

 

[raisins]

I am not a fan of ladder stands at all.

interesting that what seems the most safe can be the most dangerous....partly because people think they don't need any safety gear on to install, climb, or sit in them

 

[BTaylor]

interesting that what seems the most safe can be the most dangerous....partly because people think they don't need any safety gear on to install, climb, or sit in them

I dont mind the stand aspect, it's the freakin ladder. I hate ladders, all of them, period.

 

[MattMan81]

interesting that what seems the most safe can be the most dangerous....partly because people think they don't need any safety gear on to install, climb, or sit in them

After using safety equipment to set any kind of tree stand. I can't believe what an idiot I was and how lucky I was to never take a fall. When I moved that last one, I went up, tied off in the tree. Lowered the stand down with a rope. Than rappelled out. Then climbed the new spot and pulled it up and fastened it.
Compared to 10 years ago with no safety anything hanging off the side of the tree, leg around a branch fighting to set that stupid thing. Solid pass.

 

[Rpd3d]

18 ft from lock on.

cable broke, then safety harness broke, hit ground parallel so took brunt across whole body. Knocked breath out of me, had some bruises, walked out, was sore for a while.

Very lucky.

 

[n6dlh]

Yea I always felt the ladder stands were safer than the rest. Been in an out of them for years. After my back injury, I cannot sit is a ladder stand for more than about 2 hours and I am done. Saddle I can sit all day, yes I will be sore the next day, but it can be done.

The funny thing is I do not like heights, at all. One of the reasons I rappel out of the trees now. Easy to miss a step coming down in the dark. Saddle feels so much safer to me. One thing I do is not rush, take my time and do things in a consistent manner. Have a routine and double check everything. Takes too long to heal as you get older.

 

[BigB]

Years ago hanging a chain on stand I had an accident. My right foot and ankle remind me daily. Put laddder sticks up pulled stand up chained and locked it on or so I thought. I stepped on to the stand was probably standing on platform for 30 seconds maybe longer still looking at the tree. All of a sudden I was in for a ride. I tried bear hugging the tree and was somewhat successful in slowing my fall. The tree tore my arms to pieces. My left arm hit the ladder foot peg tore my arm open above the elbow. I shattered my heel and really nasty sprain. Unable to walk and bleeding from my arms with a rather large gash open was a very rough trip to get out of the woods.

That accident haunts me every time I start a climb or sit in elevated stand. Things could have been much worse. Things can happen in a blink of an eye fellas. Complacency will get ya be vigilant and check your stuff.

The thing I like about saddle hunting is your are always tied in or should be with no slack in the system. I really want to give DRT or SRT a go just haven’t done it yet. Some preset paracord seems like a great way.

 

[TheBlindCat]

I was about 12, sitting on a bucket in the duck blind. Wood ducks flew in low, I stood up with my brother to shoot, took a terrible stance. Recoil for the quite light Westernfield 12 gauge staggered me back into the bucket, went ass over teakettle over the bucket ended up straight on my back. Kept the shotgun pointed down range though.

 

[harold wright]

Hung upside down in my climber 4 1/2 hrs Christmas morning 09, wasn't to bad other than having my hip and both knees replaced.

 

[PEEJAY]

Fell out of a double ladder stand. I the strap was not set correctly and the tree leaned to the left side. The strap came loose a bit, I stood up and shifted my weight trying to take my jacket off. Well the stand shifted 90 degrees left and caused the latter to flex. The angle tilted towards the ground. I had to bail out or risk going head first. Rifle in hand I jumped. My hips hurt for a week after that and knocked the wind out of me. I still have some ladder stands up but do not care to use them anymore.

Similar situation happened to me.

I was sitting in on my buddy's property and assumed everything was safe, i would only go hunting a few times a year at that point. Dropped an 11pt at the bottom of the hill, reloaded my rifle, waited until i knew he wasnt getting up. Started climbing down and the top strap snapped when i was about about 12 ft up. held on as long as i could and jumped at the very end. Ladder stand just missed me. Knocked the wind and busted my shoulder pretty good but was too pumped about the buck to care. It was my first buck. I never use his stands anymore either. The straps always look terrible.

 

[PEEJAY]

My favorite trees to hunt out of are beech. Nice slick bark. Had a summit climber slide down 5 ft. First year saddle hunting had my top stick kick out on a different beech while moving over to my platform. I still hunt out of them...

Me too. Especially in the rain or ice. I like living on the edge.

 

[sdoyle1]

Years ago hanging a chain on stand I had an accident. My right foot and ankle remind me daily. Put laddder sticks up pulled stand up chained and locked it on or so I thought. I stepped on to the stand was probably standing on platform for 30 seconds maybe longer still looking at the tree. All of a sudden I was in for a ride. I tried bear hugging the tree and was somewhat successful in slowing my fall. The tree tore my arms to pieces. My left arm hit the ladder foot peg tore my arm open above the elbow. I shattered my heel and really nasty sprain. Unable to walk and bleeding from my arms with a rather large gash open was a very rough trip to get out of the woods.

That accident haunts me every time I start a climb or sit in elevated stand. Things could have been much worse. Things can happen in a blink of an eye fellas. Complacency will get ya be vigilant and check your stuff.

The thing I like about saddle hunting is your are always tied in or should be with no slack in the system. I really want to give DRT or SRT a go just haven’t done it yet. Some preset paracord seems like a great way.

If you’re looking to rope climb I’d suggest giving the jrb climbing method a good look. I’ve tried DRT,SRT and JRB and I honestly believe the JRB method is by far the best.


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[DB4x4]

Hung upside down in my climber 4 1/2 hrs Christmas morning 09, wasn't to bad other than having my hip and both knees replaced.

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