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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: Bryand12872]
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02/13/21 12:02 AM
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I hunt off a turkey chair 99.9% of the time. No harness needed
Carrying a gun isn't comfortable; but at times it is comforting
"Cause the cause for the pause you think you see is really concentration on the steel” NonPoint
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: Bryand12872]
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02/13/21 12:31 AM
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I like my 4 LW climbing sticks and hang-on when I have those trees in a great spot that don't work well with a climber. But there are much more opportunities for a mistake/failure than a climber. Each stick has a chance of me doing something wrong. Then transitioning from sticks to the stand. The two straps holding the stand to the tree are more opportunities. It takes additional practice and attention to detail to get it right. I'll strap on the first two sticks without a safety belt, but after that, the lineman belt comes out and a safety rope. I do not go up or transition around limbs or get on a stand disconnected.
Nathan Carl Goff 19 Sept 2016 - 14 Jan 2017.
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: Bryand12872]
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02/13/21 08:47 AM
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I don't use a climber or a lock on, I use either a shooting house, ladder stand, or sit against a tree like turkey hunting.
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. Thoreau
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: Bryand12872]
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02/13/21 11:06 AM
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Turkeyboy
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Opening day 2015, after 45 years of bow hunting. Went to a loc on with climbing bar with new straps for both. I always replaced straps annually. When I got there it had new straps, a buddy had replaced them. I climbed up, attached my safety belt , then a new strap on the loc on and stepped into the stand. Hunted two hours and reversed the procedure. Half way down the steps separated and I went to the ground with a thud that echoed through the woods I still remember! Lay there a moment and said “Thank you Lord” when I realized I was still alive. Broke my wrist and suffered contusion for several weeks. Moral of the story: don’t trust anyone else’s rigging! Had killed several from m ground blinds and knew they were effective for bow hunting, some shots at 5 steps. I now own 6 blinds but can no longer pull my bows due to RA, tried a crossbow but didn’t like, just not the same, but had several opportunities this year that made me wish I had a crossbow, may try it again, particularly early season. Have a buddy who has hunted a diy saddle system , self drilling for steps. He was putting up a ladder stand alone and it slipped off the tree and he broke his lower leg . It can happen with ANY type stand.
The Earth is Gods footstool
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: Bryand12872]
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02/13/21 01:14 PM
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I only climb if I believe it’s absolutely necessary for sight purposes now. I have a Summit climber, all I’ve ever used and thankfully have not ever had a problem or a slip. I don’t climb slick barked trees, always look for pine or oak so I get good bite. Falling has always been a big fear so I’ve never climbed without a harness. I also make sure I’ve got a tension relief strap on my harness to take pressure off my legs if I ever did fall. With each hunting season that passes, I climb less and less. I use a Fanatic Outdoors Hammock Seat 75% of the time now. It’s easy and quick to setup, very quiet, and every bit as comfortable as my Summit. It also is nice not to be sweating profusely from the weight of a climber when you get to your hunting spot. The more I’ve ground hunted the last 4-5 years the more I’ve realized you just don’t need to climb as much as you may think. It may be your preference, but it’s not necessary to see and kill deer, especially if you hunt steep terrain.
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: olemossy]
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02/13/21 01:29 PM
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Like most of you on here have said. When i was younger there was no such thing as a harness to me. I climbed as high as i could every time out. Some times i climbed until my pullup rope was swinging in the wind. Never bothered me. After kids and life and some years i just started feeling a little less bullet proof. What really did it was when i bought my son his Summit and he was practicing in the backyard. I couldnt bare to watch without him buckled in. That changed me and my views forever. Never get in one without a harness anymore. And that Summit will go as high as I am comfortable. I dont climb as much as i used to or near as much as i should, but these stands are much more realiable and safe than the Warren and Sweat stands i grew up in. Nothing quite as satisfying as hunting from a climber and being able to close the deal on a good buck, with a bow or rifle. Changed a lot for me too watching my son practice. He’s 15 now and climbed a bunch but I still make him text me when he’s settled and I’m pretty nervous the whole time while he’s in the tree. And if we are early enough I’ll watch him climb and make sure. Check on him real regularly too.
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: Bryand12872]
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02/13/21 01:44 PM
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olemossy
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Like most of you on here have said. When i was younger there was no such thing as a harness to me. I climbed as high as i could every time out. Some times i climbed until my pullup rope was swinging in the wind. Never bothered me. After kids and life and some years i just started feeling a little less bullet proof. What really did it was when i bought my son his Summit and he was practicing in the backyard. I couldnt bare to watch without him buckled in. That changed me and my views forever. Never get in one without a harness anymore. And that Summit will go as high as I am comfortable. I dont climb as much as i used to or near as much as i should, but these stands are much more realiable and safe than the Warren and Sweat stands i grew up in. Nothing quite as satisfying as hunting from a climber and being able to close the deal on a good buck, with a bow or rifle. Changed a lot for me too watching my son practice. He’s 15 now and climbed a bunch but I still make him text me when he’s settled and I’m pretty nervous the whole time while he’s in the tree. And if we are early enough I’ll watch him climb and make sure. Check on him real regularly too. He was 13-14 when he started and i did the same thing. I would watch him climb and then go climb myself, found myself actually hunting more back then and it was much more rewarding. The entire checking on him and making sure everything is ok will never go away.... he is 24 now and i still check on him. Only now i find him checking on me. Haha.
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
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02/13/21 01:57 PM
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I get to a certain height and I suddenly become tense and very aware of how high I am off the ground.. This is exactly what happens to me. I’m totally comfortable till I begin exceeding what I mentally estimate as 18-20 feet. It’s like I take one more bite climbing and my mind starts telling me to stop. Like you said I suddenly am super aware of being elevated off the ground and every ounce of my is uncomfortable. Sometimes I push through it to gain a few more feet depending on the situation. I’m normally fine sitting still at the height, but then when I stand to begin descending (especially in the evening) it hits me again till I’m below that 18 foot or so mark. Weird
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: Bryand12872]
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02/13/21 02:01 PM
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Some of you sound like democrats, do as I say not as I do. Just kidding, seeing our kids go through things wakes us up.
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.” Napoleon Hill The most difficult thing to understand during conversation is silence. Thoreau
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: Bryand12872]
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02/13/21 02:35 PM
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I have used a tree lounger tree stand for the last 30 years. It is the only climber I don't use a harness with. I have never had it slip or had any problem. I think next year I might start using a harness. Getting on up in age will be 66 this year so its maybe time. In my opinion its the safest climber made. I have two of them. The only thing I worry about is maybe a mechanical break. Its the only stand I know of you can fall asleep in and not fall out.
It's not how much money you make, but how much you can keep.
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: M48scout]
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02/13/21 02:55 PM
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I get to a certain height and I suddenly become tense and very aware of how high I am off the ground.. This is exactly what happens to me. I’m totally comfortable till I begin exceeding what I mentally estimate as 18-20 feet. It’s like I take one more bite climbing and my mind starts telling me to stop. Like you said I suddenly am super aware of being elevated off the ground and every ounce of my is uncomfortable. Sometimes I push through it to gain a few more feet depending on the situation. I’m normally fine sitting still at the height, but then when I stand to begin descending (especially in the evening) it hits me again till I’m below that 18 foot or so mark. Weird Same way for me too. The higher I get the more and more anxious I get. Used to not be that way. Once I get settled in I’m fine, unless the wind starts whipping pretty good. It’s the actual climbing that gets to me, once I get around that 18-20 ft mark
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Re: Tree stand accidents???
[Re: Bryand12872]
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02/13/21 06:50 PM
02/13/21 06:50 PM
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The older I get, and the more stories I read, the more paranoid I am about it. Being a big feller, I won’t climb in a lock on at all anymore.I just don’t trust them to hold. When I was younger I didn’t ever use a harness ever. But after kids came along and priorities changed I won’t hardly climb without one these days. I hear the stories but never the details. In you guys’ experience and opinions, which stands and when do most of these accidents happen? Straps breaking? Ladder folding or breaking on the way up, or a cable or platform malfunction on a climber??? Etc. Anxious to hear what y’all have to say..... You said you won’t hardly climb without one these days. What conditions cause you to not use a harness? Just curious, not busting your chops. People’s behavior under certain situations change their decision making. Maybe think about what would always force you to use a harness. Stay safe
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