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Just a Reminder - Be Careful Out There- Tree Stands
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<blockquote data-quote="CHRIS WILSON" data-source="post: 5747621" data-attributes="member: 2609"><p>Happy to hear it wasn't any worse than what it was and you're now on the mend.</p><p></p><p>Folks....be sure to wear your safety harness and safety lines when you're off the ground. Had the platform section of my climber stand let go a few weeks back while I was climbing up a hickory for an afternoon hunt. I'd made it about ten feet off the ground and stood up on the platform to move my safety rope to a new position on the tree trunk. I'd just cinched the safety line back into place when the platform let go. In a split second, I found myself hanging by my safety line and the seat section was now about shoulder level. The stand tether caught the platform and my feet were just barely touching it. Had to hang there for a few seconds to catch my breath and check my pants before I was able to recover the platform section. I walked away pretty much unscathed except for some pretty good size bruises on the tricep area of my arms where I whacked them on the seat section as I fell thru it. I've used a climber stand for several years and that was the first time I've ever had anything like that happen. Still trying to figure that one out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CHRIS WILSON, post: 5747621, member: 2609"] Happy to hear it wasn't any worse than what it was and you're now on the mend. Folks....be sure to wear your safety harness and safety lines when you're off the ground. Had the platform section of my climber stand let go a few weeks back while I was climbing up a hickory for an afternoon hunt. I'd made it about ten feet off the ground and stood up on the platform to move my safety rope to a new position on the tree trunk. I'd just cinched the safety line back into place when the platform let go. In a split second, I found myself hanging by my safety line and the seat section was now about shoulder level. The stand tether caught the platform and my feet were just barely touching it. Had to hang there for a few seconds to catch my breath and check my pants before I was able to recover the platform section. I walked away pretty much unscathed except for some pretty good size bruises on the tricep area of my arms where I whacked them on the seat section as I fell thru it. I've used a climber stand for several years and that was the first time I've ever had anything like that happen. Still trying to figure that one out. [/QUOTE]
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