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    falls??

    OK I know this might be a off subject,
    but how many folks here have ever fallin out of a tree stand
    I know over my yrs of hunting, back when we used to build tree stands out of other tree's, and I was very young and didn't know any better, and there really wasn't any comercial tree stand on the market, or I never heard or seen any!
    I maybe fell out of about dozen or more, mostly while building them, rather than hunting out of them
    its been a good 20+ yrs now since the last fall(and hope no more too)
    But with so many folks now a days using treestands, I was just wondering how many on this site have had a fall?

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    I fell back in 2001 from 18 ft i got lucky god was with me that day and i landedn bounced ya iam a little over weight lol but nothing serious bruses nothin broken i left the woods and went to a sporting good store n bought a harness or belt system i dont remember which it was but i have worn one ever sense

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    No falls for me. I always have a harness on and am tied in from the moment I leave the ground. The closest I've come was when descending in my climber the foot portion of the climber didnt bite as well as I thought and I had a little six inch slide. Not enough to for my harness to catch and I caught myself on my forearms on the summit climber rail. I took a minute to make sure everything was good and continued on down the tree. But six inches of free fall is still enough to make you need a change of underwear.
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    I've only had one i feel a sleep in a hang on stand and toppled over my harness caught me but I did take a couple of my climbing steps to the ribs but luckily all I had to do was get back on the steps and climb back in. That's why I'm more into hang on stands now days than climbers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nomad_archer View Post
    No falls for me. I always have a harness on and am tied in from the moment I leave the ground. The closest I've come was when descending in my climber the foot portion of the climber didnt bite as well as I thought and I had a little six inch slide. Not enough to for my harness to catch and I caught myself on my forearms on the summit climber rail. I took a minute to make sure everything was good and continued on down the tree. But six inches of free fall is still enough to make you need a change of underwear.

    HAHA I have done that with a climber yrs ago, an old Baker climber, didn't ever grab all that well and while going up a smooth bark tree about 8 ft up the bottom lost grip on the tree and did a very fast decent, dragging my forearms and face down the side of the tree, then the dam thing caught and stoped at about a ft off the ground(guess the taper of the tree caused it to grab), and I had my feet in straps, so when it stopped I tipped over the sides a ft off the frong and almost broke both ankles, as mine don't like to bend 90 degree;s to the side above me LOL
    minus some cuts and scrapes, no broken bones
    gut lucky, But even after that I didn't know of any harness's on the market, and no one was using one to climb with
    close calls, us old timer's I think maybe had more of, just due to lack of information, and well the quality of things wasn't up to todays spec's
    all the fall's I had, were a little on the comical side looking back now, , since no major injuries
    well I once fell helping a person build a stand, they had all the ssteps nailed on, or so I thought, but wasn't comfortable on the higher one's
    so I climbed up to help finish, and the l;ast step he nailed on, he only had one nail on each side, and it came off as I was hammering on the platform, standing on his last step
    and fell, and landed on him, Broke his arm, too, I didn't get a scratch
    told him it was his fault, and back then being young and dumbm, we laughed it off
    but was surely lucky over the yrs
    and maybe why I am mostly a ladderstand guy now a days, not that they cannot fail, but feel there are less risky, as I tend to bo9lt them to the tree and together, as to say a climber and a loc's on with more worries of attachment safety issue's to worrry of a failure

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    I like ladder stands I still dont like hang on especially the part about hanging them and the steps. Plus climbing those little bitty climbing steps/ladders and transitioning into the stand. I'll take my climber over that any day.
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    well I'm OK with loc on's to a point, and I simply found that when ever I want to use one, I take a 24 ft ladder to hang them, , ratchet strap the ladder to the tree, and it makes for a rock solid stand set up, plus it gives me a chance to see the view before all the work of steps and hanging a stand
    I do this with every set up I do anymore
    I can take the laddre almost any place I can get my atv to, so its been the prefer method for me for last 10 yrs of installing all my stands here in PA
    feels a lot safer too, than a linemans harness or vest , for hanging stand, still tie off on the ladder, but better than just the one

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    Hunting public doenst afford me the ability to get an extension ladder in and out but I know your hunting circumstances are different. The only thing I would tweek with your set up is to tie off to the ladder and the tree.
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    I do tie off when up the ladder, and I ratchet strap the ladder to the tree before I climb it LOL
    I used to carry a ladder in on public lands in PA
    up on game lands in SUllivan Co,
    used to use loc's on and then leave the first 2 climbing sticks off, so they didn't grow legs and walk away when I wasn;t there
    was more work for sure, but not too bad
    would ratchet strap the stand the climbing sticks and all to the ladder, and then me and a buddy would walk the ladder in, and hang our stands
    used just a 14 ft ladder, to get stands up about 15 ft then
    ladder was very light empty, so the way out was always more fun than going in LOL

    but being able to use a ATV is the way to go for sure!

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    for ladder stands on public land I like to use a deer cart. Im actually gonig to put up a ladder this year for the first time in a spot since there are no suitable trees where I want to be.
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