#1707646 - 01/04/10 08:59 PM
Re: Treestand Accidents & Mishaps
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mallardman09
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I fell 18 foot out of an old school summit that has the flip up seat attached to the platform, and the top was just the climber part. Luckily I didn't get hurt other than feeling like I had been hit by a train the next few days. I was made a beliver of the safety harness
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#1708179 - 01/05/10 08:57 AM
Re: Treestand Accidents & Mishaps
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Tnyoteboy
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Loc: Bartlett
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IT ONLY TAKES ONCE GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#1708188 - 01/05/10 09:00 AM
Re: Treestand Accidents & Mishaps
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BZ911
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this year, I had my first accident getting into a hang-on.....both straps broke at the same time....The stand hit the ground, but luckily I had a hold of a limb and still had one foot on the ladder (climbing stick)....
I guess I'm glad it happened when it did and not after I had gotten all the way in the stand....
I can't attach my safety harness to the tree until I get in to the stand.....
I guess after 37 years of deer hunting, I was due......right?
BH
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#1708195 - 01/05/10 09:04 AM
Re: Treestand Accidents & Mishaps
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stik
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The Bakers were before my time, but i can't imagine them being much worse than the old Summits with the hand climber. I had a friend off work for a year after one slid coming down the tree and, of course, no harness. Mine has slid several times coming down, leaving my hand climber several feet up the tree. Needless to say, I've retired the old Summit. I don't even use a climber much anymore. I feel much safer in a loc-on or a ladder stand.
i still have one of those old summits i still use on occasion. it has never slipped with me. and the bakers were MUCH worse!!!
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#1708234 - 01/05/10 09:40 AM
Re: Treestand Accidents & Mishaps
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A.K.A.
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Registered: 11/11/08
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....I can't attach my safety harness to the tree until I get in to the stand.....BH Oh, yes you can!! Prussik Knot on a rope is all it takes. Come on guys!! I'm with BigJ on this issue: there are NO excuses. 
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