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Hunter rescued after getting stuck upside down in tree stand
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rutjr
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I have friend who's climber bottom wasn't attached to the top and the bottom fell down the tree. He tried to get down by sliding/falling and got scrapes and bruises but ok. Now he will only hunt from ladder stands. I tried to explain to him to tie a rope from the bottom to the top but he's too scared.
Had they same thing happen to my buddy! His bottom fell 18 ft. He just continued to hunt till dark then yelled until I located him. I used my climber to bring his back to him. I shoulda left him there over night, since I had warned him days before.
kenn1320
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I had my bottom fall, but luckily I had a connector strap. I sat there paused dangling my feet thinking wow, thats why that strap is on there. lol
rutjr
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I have (2) stabilizer straps that connect the top and bottom. I use them to lock the bottom and top together when I'm packing in and out and they hold my pack in place on the stand when packing in and out. I attach them loose at the bottom of the tree in case the bottom falls. When I get to height I pull them tight and they lock the top and bottom so there is zero movement in the stand. Pretty awesome setup.
^^^Always do this!!!
I’m good with a climber over limbs and making adjustments to the length of my climbing straps that your not supposed to do and yet going up a tree normally I’ve had a climber kick out a few time now I see they have a stabilizer rope which may help but if your feet leave the ground you should be tied in any one makeing a switch from a climber to a saddle shouldn’t be and easy transzition since you’re only inching up the tree like you would with a traditional climber only now you’re not moving your harness your top and your bottom you’re just moving the top tether and your climbing method you did the one stick or gaffs or whatever
patriotoutlaw
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Just to clarify, you are talkin about the BREAKER, self-climbing treestand, right?
TonyGreenway
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I second this motion!
Here's my system:
I gave my wife my OnX login info.
When I park the truck, I mark it.
I track my path if hiking far. If following a previous path, I hide my content, except the path I'm following.
When I get to the tree, I mark it.
This sounds like a lot, but it only takes a few seconds to perform each step. My wife knows how to look at my content and see the date and time it was created. She can find me, or send help directly to my location. If nothing else, it's worth the extra few seconds to ease her mind. She also likes to occasionally follow along at home as I'm scouting and see what I'm finding as I go. She's always amazed by the amount of ground I cover and makes me feel manly by showing her surprise that I'm not exhausted. Come to think of it...
She may be stroking my ego like a good wife.
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Back when didn’t have hair on their chest....cause it was all scrubbed off
My platform dropped about 8’ once. I slid out of the top part while bear hugging the tree, slid down to my platform and got it righted. Then I brought my top down to me, climbed down and got the heck outta there.
After that I wouldn’t get in the thing if my platform wasn’t attached to my seat. Then I got smart and tied the two together via a rope thru the foot straps. Never had to struggle to get my loops up again and never had to worry about my platform falling. I felt like Wile E. Coyote after that stroke of brilliance
My friend was the one to climb up and calm him down. It was only 20 ft. still high enough to die from the fall. My friend said he could of easily reached up and grabbed the lower part of the climber and got himself out of trouble.
They brought in the rescue team because it was a good training exercise. No deer for him so far this season and the best part this the second time he got in trouble with the climbing stand. In early oct, he didn't have the top part tied to the foot part. And the foot part slid down the tree and he was sitting at 15ft He called his friend and he brought a extension ladder and got him down.
They brought in the rescue team because it was a good training exercise. No deer for him so far this season and the best part this the second time he got in trouble with the climbing stand. In early oct, he didn't have the top part tied to the foot part. And the foot part slid down the tree and he was sitting at 15ft He called his friend and he brought a extension ladder and got him down.
kenn1320
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Thanks for the update. Some guys just dont learn I guess. Lol
I was using the old Sneaky Sack harness many moons ago and fell out of the tree while climbing. I don’t know how high I was because I was climbing in the dark and literally climbing the tree. No steps or attachment to the tree of any kind. When I hit the ground I landed flat on my back and i felt no pain. Because of that I laid there thinking I was paralyzed and nobody knew where I was. I laid there for several minutes before I moved anything. I then started moving my fingers and toes and slowly worked everything until I got to my feet. This was probably 20-30 minutes after I fell until I got to my feet. I thanked The Lord for catching me and learned some valuable lessons that day not to be repeated.
That must be a Summit. Thats the best idea I've seen on a climber. Really makes them solid when cinched down.
4 years later…….
I did the same thing last time I used a climber. That’s what got me into saddle hunting. My partner came over and saw what happened, laughed his butt off, took some pictures and left me there for a good 30 minutes.
First and foremost, glad the hunter was ok, too many of those stories as of late. Maybe I missed it in the story, but stated the "lone outdoorsman", implying he was solo, but is he not hanging from a climber above another climber? Did he fall out trying to transfer from one climber to another? Sorry if someone pointed this out...
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cjr4497
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You advance your harness tree tether up while you climb. That is all you can do. If you want a lifeline type system you just tie it in at hunting height just like with a loc-on. Leave it in the tree if you are plan on hunting that spot multiple times. You could also use a long line as a tether so you can repel down if you can't get back into the stand.
I have hunted out of climbers since I was 15 years old and I am 41 now. I have never and would never climb without a harness or without the two sections tied together. The closest call I had is when my foot section slipped off my feet. I only used sit in climb climbers and that is what saved me from a miserable situation. While sitting on the bar I had to pull up the foot section to where I could hook it to my feet and reset it on the tree.
Iron_llama
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Not necessarily, I used some Menards cam-lock straps on the two halves of my climber to accomplish the same thing. Knockoff of the Third Hand stabilizer straps. Those straps were the best part of my climber; I went to saddles because of what a nightmare climbing stands are.