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Official admit you fell of your stick thread

This qualifies in the official admit you fell, but is not my sticks....

I was out bow hunting the afternoon of Nov 7, with my longbow, I was using my 5 year old CRUZR XC saddle and my new LWCG Ranger Hybrid platform. I was 15 feet up and suddenly very very dizzy.
As I sat down on the Ranger seat, I looped my 2 year old CRUZR tether over my left shoulder. The next thing I knew, I had passed out and fallen off the platform.
When I came back to consciousness, I could see the sky, the tree and my tether. I was hanging by my bridge, parallel to the ground, approximately 15 feet up. Once I realized where I was and what had happened, I grabbed the tether and used it to get back on the platform.
My longbow and arrow were laying on the ground where they had fallen. I was not feeling well, but managed to get down safely and get my Ranger down as well.

I'm 70 years young and I have a condition where my blood sugar can crash, drop very quickly. In worst cases, I will pass-out. I carry glucose tabs, and after resting and eating them once i got down, my blood sugar stabilized.

I am convinced that I would have been severely injured if not for the saddle and the tether.

I do not think either the saddle or the tether were damaged, but my upcoming Christmas bonus will be used to purchase a new XC, a new tether and lineman belt and the others retired. I will not stop getting in trees, but this has given me a reason to pause and reflect.

Yall stay safe.
 
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Trying to hurry too much one sticking this afternoon. I dont know exactly what happened but I think I stepped on the amsteel rope when stepping up I to the second aider loop, and pulled the rope out of the cam. Only fell about a foot back into the saddle (minimal slack on tether) but it definitely surprised me. Didn't drop the stick or get hurt (very small scrape on front of left hip was only injury).

Lucky reminder to slow down and climb safer. Didn't need to hurry to be up 2 min faster.
 
katiesmom said:
This qualifies in the official admit you fell, but is not my sticks....

I was out bow hunting the afternoon of Nov 7, with my longbow, I was using my 5 year old CRUZR XC saddle and my new LWCG Ranger Hybrid platform. I was 15 feet up and suddenly very very dizzy.
As I sat down on the Ranger seat, I looped my 2 year old CRUZR tether over my left shoulder. The next thing I knew, I had passed out and fallen off the platform.
When I came back to consciousness, I could see the sky, the tree and my tether. I was hanging by my bridge, parallel to the ground, approximately 15 feet up. Once I realized where I was and what had happened, I grabbed the tether and used it to get back on the platform.
My longbow and arrow were laying on the ground where they had fallen. I was not feeling well, but managed to get down safely and get my Ranger down as well.

I'm 70 years young and I have a condition where my blood sugar can crash, drop very quickly. In worst cases, I will pass-out. I carry glucose tabs, and after resting and eating them once i got down, my blood sugar stabilized.

I am convinced that I would have been severely injured if not for the saddle and the tether.

I do not think either the saddle or the tether were damaged, but my upcoming Christmas bonus will be used to purchase a new XC, a new tether and lineman belt and the others retired. I will not stop getting in trees, but this has given me a reason to pause and reflect.

Yall stay safe.
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That would be spooky.glad that you and your spirit are up.
 
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