I hope this thread finds everyones seasons going well. My season ended before it started due to a fall while preparing one of my sets on Aug.13. I suffered a compound fracture on my left leg just above the ankle and also fratured the L3 vertebra in my back by the grace of God I'm not paralyzed or worse.I'm writing this guys to say BE CAREFUL! use this as a reminder to check your own safety practices.I consider myself to be very safety conscious be here I am writing this thread.I'm not questioning your safety practices I'm just saying BE CAREFUL!! When you think you're being careful THINK about it some more.Another hunter from my state died last Friday from an 18 foot fall.I don't know the details but it does'nt matter,it's still sad someones husband or father WON'T be coming home------EVER!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!!!! it only takes a split second for something to go wrong,a brief lapse in concentration and it,s OVER!!! Remind your friends and who ever else about how important tree stand safety is. Use my accident to prevent someone/anyone from experiencing this.It's been three operations and a little over two months since my accident,I walk with a walker and or crutches but I'm gonna be ok hope to walking on my own soon.Again guys BE SAFE----PLEASE and happy hunting,best of luck. Don Proverbs 3:5-6
Sorry to hear about your unfortunate fall. Hope the road to a full recovery is short. Safety First Everyone!
Sorry to hear about your accident. I will make sure to double and triple check my safety harness, etc. Hope you have a speedy recovery and are walking soon again.
Prayers for a speedy Recovery, and you have convinced me to buy a safety Harness. Have a 6 mo old at Home and I have to be around to teach him to Hunt.
SlingBlade, So sorry to hear about your accident. Prayers for your quick recovery! Thanks for your post and I hope we all heed your comment!
Remember folks, nobody PLANS to fall out of a tree. Always be prepared for the worst and you'll never experience it. Thanks for sharing this story SlingBlade. Heal up well.
Prayers for a quick recovery and glad it wasn't worse. Thank you for the reminder it only takes a split second
God bless,Pray for u'r full recovery! Thank u for the reminder.I won't leave the ground without my uncomfortable industrial harness/lanyard,''yo-yo''on!!!!! Most safety rules are written in ''BLOOD''! SAFETY IS ''NO''ACCIDENT!!!!! Its not the fall that kills...its that sudden ''stop''! Gravity...what a fickle b**ch!!!!
