huntnfish21
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I found this thread on another board. It just goes to show you that you should ALWAYS wear your FULL Body harness while climbing as well as when you are hunting. I don't blame the stand so much as the hunter, any product can fail and we all have loved ones that need us around. Do 5 shot a favor and wear your harness!
My Buddy met me after work on Saturday to hunt the Nonquota Bow Hunt at AEDC this past weekend. We got back to the area we planned to hunt (Sinking Pond Area) about 2:45 PM. We left the vehicles shortly later and I told him I would see him at dark. I was still walking around looking for fresh sign and a tree to climg about 3:15, when I heard someone yelling. I first thought it might be someone at a nearby farm. I immediately started walking toward the yelling, when I caught the word help. It was in the general direction of where I thought my partner was, so I started running toward the general direction yelling back. My worst imagination was realized, My buddy was laying flat on his back at the base of a tree in extreme pain and unable to move. I looked up to see his seat climber about 30 feet up the tree, but the base (platform) was lying about 5 or 6 feet from the tree on the ground. The cable or belt that held the stand to the tree had come out of one side of the platfom, plunging my partner 30 feet to the ground. He hadn't had time to put his safety belt on when the incident occured. His tow rope was still tied to his bow. This was a brand new treestand (Lone Wolf) and this was only the third time he had used it. Needless to say, it will be his last. I got emergency personnel to him and he was transported to Harton Hospital in Tullhoma, and then to Vanderbilt Hospital where he is today. He has two broken legs, two broken ankles, broken bones in his feet and back. I ask for prayers for him, his name is Richard Moffat, and has been hunting exclusively with a bow for over thirty years. He has taken large bucks over the years, his biggest being a 12 pointer killed at AEDC. I finally went back hunting again myself this morning and took a doe. He couldn't be with me to enjoy it, but I was able to call him on the phone and tell him about it. TWRA Official' have been investigating the accident, and have ruled the accident as a tree stand failure. Does not look good for "Lone Wolf Treestands". For those of you that might have one, be careful and know that the rachet mechanism that holds the cable can let go. Thanks again and we will appreciate your prayers!
My Buddy met me after work on Saturday to hunt the Nonquota Bow Hunt at AEDC this past weekend. We got back to the area we planned to hunt (Sinking Pond Area) about 2:45 PM. We left the vehicles shortly later and I told him I would see him at dark. I was still walking around looking for fresh sign and a tree to climg about 3:15, when I heard someone yelling. I first thought it might be someone at a nearby farm. I immediately started walking toward the yelling, when I caught the word help. It was in the general direction of where I thought my partner was, so I started running toward the general direction yelling back. My worst imagination was realized, My buddy was laying flat on his back at the base of a tree in extreme pain and unable to move. I looked up to see his seat climber about 30 feet up the tree, but the base (platform) was lying about 5 or 6 feet from the tree on the ground. The cable or belt that held the stand to the tree had come out of one side of the platfom, plunging my partner 30 feet to the ground. He hadn't had time to put his safety belt on when the incident occured. His tow rope was still tied to his bow. This was a brand new treestand (Lone Wolf) and this was only the third time he had used it. Needless to say, it will be his last. I got emergency personnel to him and he was transported to Harton Hospital in Tullhoma, and then to Vanderbilt Hospital where he is today. He has two broken legs, two broken ankles, broken bones in his feet and back. I ask for prayers for him, his name is Richard Moffat, and has been hunting exclusively with a bow for over thirty years. He has taken large bucks over the years, his biggest being a 12 pointer killed at AEDC. I finally went back hunting again myself this morning and took a doe. He couldn't be with me to enjoy it, but I was able to call him on the phone and tell him about it. TWRA Official' have been investigating the accident, and have ruled the accident as a tree stand failure. Does not look good for "Lone Wolf Treestands". For those of you that might have one, be careful and know that the rachet mechanism that holds the cable can let go. Thanks again and we will appreciate your prayers!
