Fell about 15 feet from a climber while climbing up about 30 minutes before light one morning. The bottom just slipped out from under me. My chin hit the top piece falling through and evidently knocked me out cause I woke up at the bottom of the tree and it was light out at this point. Probably being a little concussed I thought to my self it’s still early I’ll just sit here at the bottom of the tree and try to hunt a little. After a couple of minutes of coming to my chest started feeling wet and I realized I was covered in blood. Where I had hit my chin on the stand during the fall was split wide open and gushing blood. At this point I tried to stand up and couldn’t put any pressure on my left leg. So I crawled out of the woods to my truck, and drove my self to the ER. They got me stitched up and I was one crutches for 2 weeks because of my knee, but counted that as a win. When I fell I landed on the bottom of my stand so hard that it bent it almost into a V. I think being knocked out during the fall prevented me from breaking my legs as I was just limp.
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