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re: Do you use a safety harness when hunting in a tree stand?
Posted on 8/31/12 at 2:39 pm to Ole Geauxt
Posted on 8/31/12 at 2:39 pm to Ole Geauxt
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Posted on 8/31/12 at 2:41 pm to Ole Geauxt
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neither did the rest of em..
2 shay
Posted on 8/31/12 at 2:45 pm to tkr1407
BIL's dad lost his life from a fall. He had his harness on but wasn't tied off. Make sure you tie off also.
Posted on 8/31/12 at 2:45 pm to Salmon
quote:in the 70's i used to hunt out of those old amackers and when gun hunting turn the seat toward the tree..(no safety belt),,, after lunch i would lean forward and put my forehead against the tree and take a nap... i would freak when i jumped a bit and started to lean back... i was a dumass, dumass, dumass...
when you wake up
Posted on 8/31/12 at 2:53 pm to BRgetthenet
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My Gorilla is rated for 300lbs.
What's that job good for?
300
Posted on 8/31/12 at 3:04 pm to lv2bowhntAU
I'm embarassed to admit that I own a nice Muddy Outdoors harness and I have never worn it in the tree. I've always thought about it, but I never do it. I believe they have now come out with a new tether you can use while climbing itself.
Posted on 8/31/12 at 3:19 pm to Judge Smails
Wear that thing man! Muddy ones are nice,besides you not gonna give a shite how nice it is til ya need it. Plus I'd go up against anyone climbing without a harness vs. me with one. Mine came with a climbing rope and once ya get used to it they won't slow ya any. Plus I always know I'm going home in the same shape I left in
Posted on 8/31/12 at 5:22 pm to lv2bowhntAU
Any of you ever seen this one? Looks to be the best one I've seen, and it's only about $15-$20 above the average prices.
Posted on 8/31/12 at 5:27 pm to tkr1407
Hunter Safety System
I never wore one until I had kids. I will not go up with out it now. I had a lock-on stand seat break under me once. The lanyard caught me and I was able to regain my balance before I went over.
I never wore one until I had kids. I will not go up with out it now. I had a lock-on stand seat break under me once. The lanyard caught me and I was able to regain my balance before I went over.
Posted on 8/31/12 at 5:33 pm to MSWebfoot
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MSWebfoot
You don't happen to have a Supernova for sale do ya?
Posted on 8/31/12 at 6:14 pm to lv2bowhntAU
When I was a teenager I bought a shitty walmart climbing stand and had left it in the woods the previous year. It had a black plastic coating over the metal cable going around the tree. Little did I know that a bug or something had bored a microscopic hole in that plastic and it had rusted out the cable hidden beneath it. I was coming down from the stand waaayy up in a pine and heard a "pop." I woke up hanging upside down by my toes which had luckily somehow stayed up under the strap of the lower part. Fearing for my life that my toe would slip for an hour until a buddy found me was not fun.
I never got in another climber again. I use heavy duty lean to's with guard rails without a safety harness but should probably still get one.
I never got in another climber again. I use heavy duty lean to's with guard rails without a safety harness but should probably still get one.
Posted on 8/31/12 at 7:11 pm to Monticello
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I was coming down from the stand waaayy up in a pine and heard a "pop." I woke up hanging upside down by my toes which had luckily somehow stayed up under the strap of the lower part. Fearing for my life that my toe would slip for an hour until a buddy found me was not fun.
I never got in another climber again. I use heavy duty lean to's with guard rails without a safety harness but should probably still get one.
And you were one of the lucky ones man. Always wear your harness
Posted on 8/31/12 at 8:48 pm to tkr1407
I knew a guy who did not return from a afternoon deer hunt. The wife called some family to go check on him and they found him hanging from his tree stand. He was using a rope instead of a proper safety harness and it somehow got wrapped around his neck. They found his pocket knife laying on the ground under his body with the blade half open. His feet were about a foot off of the ground.
Do your family a favor and wear a safety harness.
Do your family a favor and wear a safety harness.
Posted on 8/31/12 at 9:47 pm to tkr1407
I use the one that came with my API.. Has harness and belt loop.
Posted on 9/2/12 at 12:55 am to Ole Geauxt
if you don't then this may happen
LINK
LINK
Posted on 9/2/12 at 2:37 am to FelicianaTigerfan
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No because im too cheap to spend $150 on something I never needed before
I don't deer hunt, but if I did, I'd use a harness. I know a couple of people who were severely injured falling out of a stand. I'm talking months of rehab, and in one case, permanent disability.
Posted on 9/2/12 at 5:36 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
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No because im too cheap to spend $150 on something I never needed before
Then you're really gonna bitch about what the emergency room and ambulance ride is gonna cost ya if ya ever fall. I enjoy your posts man and I'd hate to miss out on them because ya didn't make it back from a trip
Posted on 9/2/12 at 5:49 pm to tkr1407
I don't but I definitely need to.
Posted on 9/2/12 at 6:45 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I'm gonna start wearing one this season
Posted on 9/2/12 at 6:48 pm to tkr1407
I rarely hunt anything but a box, I should buy one for ladders and climbers but I don't
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