Folks, remember the thread a while back about "when do you cap your ML"? Remember when I commented that I will put my primer in when I leave the truck, then REMOVE IT WHEN HOISTING AND LOWERING my ML from the stand? Well, it could have possibly saved my life last eve. I hurried to my stand yesterday eve to get a few min of eve hunting in after work. The ladder stand I went to has a hoist rope that has been out there for a couple of years now, but, I had brought one to replace it on the LAST hunt I had in it. Only thing is, I left it on the seat upon top when I came out, hooked up alright, but still laying on the top seat. I remembered this only when I arrived yesterday eve, and thought, well I'll just use the old one "just one more time". Well, one more time didn't happen. I started hoisting my ML up, WO THE PRIMER IN, and about 1/3 way up, it snapped, and my ML planted firmly on the buttstock, and fell over. Who knows, if that primer had been in..... 
Folks, I've heard of it happening before, actually to Spitndrum on here, and now it has happened to me. Spit didn't fare so well, as his stock shattered, if I remember correctly. But, be safe, and don't take a chance with your life over taking such a simple precaution.
Folks, I've heard of it happening before, actually to Spitndrum on here, and now it has happened to me. Spit didn't fare so well, as his stock shattered, if I remember correctly. But, be safe, and don't take a chance with your life over taking such a simple precaution.
