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I hunt alone but always keep my wife updated with my whereabouts. When I'm about to come down the tree I message her, then do the same at the bottom and again at the car.
Of course if your hunting away from cell signal then that adds another issue entirely. I've considered getting a SPOT or similar device but hunting with a partner is a safer bet.
Sadly I doubt this gentleman will recover from his injuries at his age. :-(
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Some years back there was a story on OOD about a guy near London who took a fall from a tree stand & broke his pelvis, spent an unplanned night in the woods. About 1 km from home ... he didn't bring his cell phone.
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Joe, you're back from your self imposed exile? Missed us huh?
2 days hanging upside down ?
Surprised he was even alive when they found him.
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Originally Posted by Bushmoose
Maybe , he found out that others on other sites were harder on him than we were!
Na - just staying away from that off topic site - too much BS and dummies there - I'm still interested in the fishing and hunting - I bet they miss me because there ain't anyone there to set things the record straight anymore - been busy fishing and working on my boat
Hope you included yourself in that !Quote:
Originally Posted by JoePa
Welcome back Joe !!
A co-worker hung by his harness for 11 hours before he was found and ended up crippled for life. He lost one leg at the hip and the other from the knee down. He,too,was lucky to be alive,but,his quality of life was horrendous. He finally succumbed to complications after seven years in a wheel chair. I vowed then and there to never use a tree stand.Quote:
Originally Posted by smokin'stoegie
Oh,yeah,welcome back JoePa.
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Originally Posted by rick_iles
I see some can't wait to jump on you already. Don't let them get to you Joe; be who you are.
Since I've had 2 strokes I don't go out alone to the woods etc anymore. Fortunately my husband loves nature so is glad to go with me. I have a "help me, I've fallen " device I wear which covers my property. You can get a satellite - monitored type for going afar , but there has to be a cell signal available. I figure if I pass out in public someone will help - ??
It's not the tree stand, it's the harness people are wearing. Take a look at rock climbers. They fall and self-rescue all the time with their climbing harnesses. For some reason hunters are using a harness that requires a buddy to escape from.Quote:
Originally Posted by trimmer21
I hunt alone in a tree stand and use a climbing harness and keep a knife and a set of prusicks in my pockets in case I fall. There is no reason to be trapped in a harness.
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Originally Posted by walkinandsittin
Have a knife easily reached--like close to chest-- in case of situation like this.
Cutting harness and falling, even if you break a leg, is better than the Oregon hunter experienced
The cardiac arrest from restoring blood flow to the legs means his legs were so deprive of Oxygen that they metabolised Anaerobic (no O2) for all that time. The end result is an extreme build up of organic acids. When they are flushed back into general blood circulation, the acid hit to the heart will stop it cold.
They were lucky to revive the heart.
Even if he lives, he will lose the legs.
Swear to God it looks like someone pretending to be Adam West...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by JoePa
Thanks Joe...furthers my hatred of them, this happens far more than you hear about.
The harness I have actually came with a razor blade stored in velcro pocket on one of the chest straps for just this purpose if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by johny
I think that if you follow the directions exactly - and you must - there is no way you can hang upside down on a fall as the strap is anchored at the top of the back close to your neck.
Maybe the guy was using a home made strap or was not wearing it properly.
This said, one should ALWAYS be prepared what to do in case of a fall as hanging even upright for a long time is very bad.
I review my tree-stand and safety harness instructions at the beginning of every season to make sure I have not forgotten all the safety rules.
Even simple things, like buckling the straps the right way, can make the difference between life and death.
Be triple careful this season my friends!!
The harnesses that come with tree stands are garbage and I see how someone could be caught upside-down with one of those. I have a harness made by muddy outdoors that makes it unlikely to hang upside down. I also carry a knife in my pocket at all times when in a harness if I have to cut myself loose. I hope to never use it.
Tree stand manufacturers must be terrified of the American Legal system and the massive/frivolous/sue-any-one-because-I-am-stupid mentality that exists there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Useless
So I figure the stuff they sell: stand and safety harnesses must be pretty good.
I use ladder stands from BigGameTreeStands.com.
The stands are rock solid when braced to a tree. The engineering makes sense as to how they distribute/balance/reduce the weights and strains that obviously occur.
The safety harnesses make perfect ergonomic sense if you fell or the stand collapsed.
I have feared heights since I was a child but feel totally safe in these stands.
Now, ask me to sit in someones "home made" stand...even if the builder is a construction/housing contractor... no thanks!!