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gundog870

gundog870

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Just thought I would make a post to remind your to WEAR YOUR HARNESSES!!!

Last Friday, I called my buddy at midday and got the return text, In the tree, we texted about deer movement throughout the afternoon and soon there were no more texts. Which is typical this time of year when deer are around, so I thought nothing of it. The next message from his phone was being contacted from his younger brother pretty shook up saying he had fallin. Needless to say that ended the evenings hunt.

He has a harness and usually wears it, but friday his girlfriend was with him, so she wore his harness. Definitely unfortunate.

Long story short a broken back and compressed spine sent him to Rochester immediately and seven hours of surgery now has him on the long road to recovery. Feeling below the waste is limited and it is uncertain how it will go. But there is hope!

Prayers are appreciated, but I mostly want you all to think twice about going to the tree without a harness.
 
I really need to invest in a harness... Geesh. A family member of one of my friends fell and broke his back a couple weeks ago as well. Prayers sent.
 
There was a guy I know fairly well fall in the New Virgina region a couple weeks ago with the same outcome. Middle aged man, who had been hunting his whole life.

I have never really worn a harness till last year. Seems I have more to come home to, and want to make sure I do.
 
Sorry to hear about the misfortune. I wear a harness religiously, but moving from the steps to the stand platform, I'm vulnerable. Maybe need to think about fixing that as from what I hear, that is when most accidents happen.
 
Sorry to hear about your friend, prayers sent.

Those Hunters Safety Sytem lifelines are a good investment for those wanting to stay connected from the ground all the way into the stand. I bought one earlier this year and then just started making my own, they're pretty simple with the prusik knot. Before this year I always wore the lineman's belt strap to climb.

I think I heard somewhere that like 90% of all treestand accidents happen while climbing or stepping off the sticks and onto the platform.
 
Thoughts and prayers sent to your friend. The guy in New Virginia hunts not to far from a couple of farms I hunt. Talked with a friend of the family and like nanny said and has been hunting for years. Laid there for 7-8 hours before he was found.

Make sure you wear a full body harness. I had a classmate that was wearing one of the old belt type that wrapped around your chest and fell. He could not get back on the stand and a farmer heard him yell. He got to him but could not reach him, so the farmer went to get a ladder. By the time he got to him his clothes had bunched around his neck and strangled him. He left behind a wife and two small kids.
 
It's a good safety reminder this time of year. We can be so excited to get out in the tree to see some rut action and forget half the things we normally take with us.

Hoping your friend can heal and will be able to hunt again sometime. This happens way too much to bow hunters. We all need to learn to wear a safety harness, regardless of our excuses why we don't.
 
Hope he has a speedy recovery Nick...makes me sick to my stomach thinking about it. Stay safe everyone.
 
Sorry to hear about your friend. I hope things turn out ok down the road.

As far as the safety line for use when climbing the tree. I would like to see what some of you guys have been using. I think that would make a good thread. SEIowadeerslayer. It you could sometime post some pics of what you've been using.
 
harnesses are DIRT CHEAP when you consider the alternative. I myself wear one 90% of the time, but am a violator. When I received the call I was in a tree without one, while my little brother sat next to me wearing mine.. It could happen to ANY of you or me. Just get one! Or go by yourself a 30 dollar rivers edge stand and get a free one.
 
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