Wear your harness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kykiller]

I hunted out of a buddy's stand this morning that hunts on our farm and about 8:00 I stood up to strech my legs and POP! next thing I new I was hanging by my harness strap.  Come to find out he rachet straps that attach the stand to the tree had broke, he said they were old.  Thank the Lord my wife talked me into getting a harness in 2007.  What would have been a 20ft. drop to a rocky ground would have at least broke my legs and if I had feel right maybe even my neck.  Instead of a tragic event I calmly reached my climbing sticks unhooked and climbed down and went to another stand and saw some deer and almost got a shot at a doe.  On a side note for saftey, rachet straps are cheap buy a new set every couple of years, being out in the elements from August till January takes its toll.

[Hawken1911]

I'm glad you did it right, and I'm glad you are O.K.  Too bad your wife gets an opportunity to say "I told you so" though  

[kykiller]

I'll gladly take the "I told you so" it won't hurt near as bad.

[Roy from Pa]

Two Pa bow hunters have died the first week of bow season from tree stand falls. And there will be more I am sure.

[rastaman]

Thanks for the reminder! Glad you are ok...  

[Tomahawk2]

Excellent post!!!
I had a stand break while I was setting it up. No saftey strap, fell 20 ft....NOT FUN.
Think saftey!
Glad your Ok kykiller.

[mickeys4]

Glad you're OK! Wearing a harness gives me peace of mind and one less thing to think about in a treestand. I recently purchased a rope with a prusik knot to stay with the tree all the way up. I feel a whole lot better climbing to that stand early morning in the dark.

[RedShaft]

Good Lord, thank goodness you had it on. living testament secure from the ground up! glad to hear it turned out well. be safe.

[dan d]

I gave up climbing trees, now that I'm over 50 I finally realized   Maybe I'm not indestructible afterall      :rolleyes:

Dan

[wooddamon1]

Glad you're ok, good reminder.

[Tony Chinn]

hey pal glad your ok

[Frank V]

Glad you are ok & able to write about it. I'm old enough that I probably won't be getting into any more trees, but it's a good reminder to all of us.  SAFETY frist!
Frank

[Uncle Buck]

Glad you are OK thats why I hunt from the ground. As clumsy as I am, I've never fallen off the earth.

[The Night Stalker]

Did you check your shorts when ya got home. I have a safety line on every stand now with a pritchet knot. I am tied in from the ground up. I did that when I started hunting with my stepson and his friends.

[KSdan]

I will never leave a stand in the woods/weather.  Not needed or wise.  Glad you were OK.  

Dan

[Big Ed]

Scary to say the least ! Glad to hear your OK, thank goodness you had your harness on!!!

[Red Beastmaster]

Last year I really screwed my back up hanging stands prior to the season, cost me hundreds of dollars at the chiropractor, and I'm still not 100%. I haven't hung a single stand this year and I don't think I will. I never saw one deer from those stands anyway.

Every year we hear of bowhunters falling and we all know it is just a matter of time 'til we are next. I am seriously considering having a treestand sale.

[South MS Bowhunter]

Thank the Good Lord you took the good sense he gave us to think safety!  Glad your all right, and the wife get to wait a little longer to use the insurance money, which i’m sure she would agree!

[Joshua Polland]

I'm glad to hear that you are ok. The older I get and now that I'm a father I take a lot less risks than I used to. There are times when you must put it all on the line, but hunting just isn't one of them. Stay safe and God Bless.

[GRINCH]

I'm so glad you wore your harness,it wasn't only the smart thing to do it was the right thing to do,we have to play smart to stay safe.