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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 4, 2015 15:04:43 GMT -5
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Post by West28 on Oct 4, 2015 19:32:55 GMT -5
Thoughts and Prayers going out to this family!
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Post by johnc911 on Oct 4, 2015 19:52:38 GMT -5
Awful accident, not pleasant at all
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Post by firstwd on Oct 4, 2015 20:06:40 GMT -5
Sounds like that stand needed removed quite some time ago.
Prayers for all involved.
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Post by nfalls116 on Oct 4, 2015 20:27:53 GMT -5
Sounds like that stand needed removed quite some time ago. Prayers for all involved. My thoughts as well |
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Post by trapperdave on Oct 4, 2015 20:42:24 GMT -5
three miles due south of me in my old trapping/hunting grounds. Area is full of dead trees from a twister a few years ago
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2015 20:48:24 GMT -5
Safety harness would have done no good in this case.
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Post by jjas on Oct 4, 2015 20:58:44 GMT -5
Scary stuff.
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Post by johnc911 on Oct 5, 2015 1:14:17 GMT -5
Safety harness would have done no good in this case. Yep if anything he could have had a chance to jump away from the tree but he did even have that option. Sad deal !! |
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Post by deerpreacher on Oct 5, 2015 5:45:48 GMT -5
When I received a call on this it was stated that it was a tree stand accident and I presumed it was a typical fall but in lite of this article I agree it looks like a harness would not have helped. Terrible accident. Praying for the family.
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Post by freedomhunter on Oct 5, 2015 6:41:52 GMT -5
lesson here is to put stands in trees that are very much alive and not subject to any dead or dying stuff. I always try to recommend poplar trees. But like Dave said, it could have been storm damage.
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Post by deerhunter23 on Oct 5, 2015 21:34:11 GMT -5
That area has been hammered by the emerald ash borer as well. Sad deal all around, one of the wife's favorite customers.
Prayers to the family and friends
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Post by johnc911 on Oct 5, 2015 23:19:12 GMT -5
Pretty sure this stand was pretty much holding up the tree, the tree had somewhat grown into the stand
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Post by bullseye69 on Oct 16, 2015 12:10:00 GMT -5
We had a stand in the similar situation. We just left it and let nature takes its course. Just noticed if fell sometime last month maybe. 
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Post by esshup on Oct 16, 2015 20:49:42 GMT -5
The guy that I bought this house from had a couple of 2x4's nailed between 3-4 Maple Trees that were about 8" dia. He had a wooden ladder to get up there. One day one rung broke and he took a tumble, screwing up his back. After I bought the place I just left it as it was, and put up a 2-man ladder stand next to it in a much larger tree. Earlier this year those trees and the remains of his stand all came crashing down in a windstorm.
I don't trust wooden ladders any more, either in the shop or in the woods.
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Post by dbd870 on Oct 17, 2015 5:36:30 GMT -5
Agreed, I will not have a wooden ladder.
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