Man Falls

[Paula]

http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/genesee/Hunter-injured-after-30-foot-fall-from-tree-stand

[Culvercreek hunt club]

He is one luck guy that he could get the phone out and dial it. I know this isn't on topic but I want every one to put a contact in their phone. list the emergency number of your wife/husband/someone to contact....list it as ICE (incase of emergency). that way they have someone to notify if you should get injured and cant speak. They will look at your contacts (assuming the screen isn't password locked)

I know a lot of times i don't carry my wallet with me and the only ID I have is my license but there is no address or contact info on that just your address.

[Paula]

good idea

[WNYBuckHunter]

My phone has an ICE list right at the top of the list of contacts. I think I have 3 separate ones in there.

My thoughts on the accident, hes lucky if he lives through it unscathed, and what in the world would posses him to go up 30 feet and be climbing around on branches. Not a smart choice IMO.

[Paula]

I thought 30 ft seemed high

[SteveNY]

I hate seeing these stories... I hope hes alright.

and what in the world would posses him to go up 30 feet and be climbing around on branches.

I have a guess....

[Paula]

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I hate seeing these stories... I hope hes alright.

I have a guess....

[UpStateRedNeck]

30 feet wow. Highest I have is about 24, and that's in a pine tree where I have to weave through the branches. I also have to stand on a branch to get into the stand, scares the snot out of me every time I do it. But I hook into my safety belt with my HSS harness before I step onto the stand. It's still friggin risky.

[Doc]

30 feet in the air ........ I can't even imagine trying to shoot from that high....lol. Of course in my case, with my fear of heights, I'd have to learn how to shoot my bow with both arms wrapped around the tree ...... lol.

But seriously, do you suppose these guys practice their shooting at home from 30 feet in the air just to get familiar with how that kind of a shot has to be compensated for?

Anyway, the guy is just lucky he is still alive with a fall from that height. Or who knows, maybe he will not really consider that to be a lucky thing depending on what his final condition turns out to be.

[Fantail]

That cell saved his @ss no question.

I've gone 20' maybe a bit over before, and over the years gotten comfortable with 17'+ but over 25' to 30'? Screw that - might as well piss myself now.

[HHC1]

lol @ Fantail....I hear ya, I can't even imagine being up that high, and especially if he didn't have a harness on...although it said he was on his way down, possibly unclipped. Either way, he is one lucky individual. I fell from about 15' before, hanging a stand and the whole left side of my body, the side I landed on, was a huge bruise and the fall knocked every last breath out of me...it took me a full minute or two just to start breathing properly again.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I went to 22 once and that was becasue I wanted to see over a rise. the terrain was like a gully. Never again. I can't imagine trying to get a vital hit from that height.

[burmjohn]

Hopefully he is OK. The comments on there were disgusting, but expect nothing but the best from those peta people.

[sampotter]

I go to 30ft sometimes, but I use a Tree Saddle, kind of like a lineman's belt. I am never not attached to the tree, although it does make me pucker up a little sometimes.

[Doc]

Hopefully he is OK. The comments on there were disgusting, but expect nothing but the best from those peta people.

I hadn't even looked at the comments until you mentioned it. Pretty shocking stuff! It kind of puts the mentality and values of those animal rights wackos in perspective. They certainly are a twisted bunch.

[SteveNY]

I hadn't even looked at the comments until you mentioned it. Pretty shocking stuff! It kind of puts the mentality and values of those animal rights wackos in perspective. They certainly are a twisted bunch.

For some reason those comment sections under news stories always look like that. The people who comment on them always seem to be perfect and never made a mistake in life.

[Deerthug]

I can't imagine being up that high to hunt. Max for me is 15-17 feet.

[oneidacountyhunter]

LMAO at Doc ( learn to shoot with both arms wrapped around a tree ). That's about how I feel. I hunt out of 12'-16' ladder stands with my HSS and that is enough for me!

[132 eight pointer]

That cell saved his @ss no question.

I've gone 20' maybe a bit over before, and over the years gotten comfortable with 17'+ but over 25' to 30'? Screw that - might as well piss myself now.

:lol:

Edited November 2, 2011 by 132 eight pointer

[Lawdwaz]

I'd wager a small bet the guy wasn't 30' up anyway. It doesn't matter anyway but I'm sure it was just a fireman/EMT nest estimate in the dark.

Even us hunters have a hard time estimating height, weight, length etc.

I really don't have sympathy for someone who has fallen out of a tree these days. No excuse anymore.

[KEVA]

I have one stand that is around 28', but that is a result of being at the bottom of a hill.

[the blur]

28-30 feet is actually pretty high, like a 3 story building.

When I took the bow hunting class, the guy talked about harnesses for 1 hour, and repeated harnesses 30 times after that. Then he proceeded to talk about heights, and why there is no good reason to go above 10-12 feet.

[sampotter]

I go high if the tree is growing on a sidehill below where I expect deer. It really doesn't matter if its 12ft or 40, falling can hurt or kill you. I know a farmer that fell 8' out of a hayloft on the back of his neck and is a quadriplegic. I like going high because I like the views.

[ny hunter]

30 feet is just insane,I put up 2 15ft ladder stands this year because they were a good price,I well most likely never use them because I am not crazy about heights.

[moose]

I climb telephone poles for a living heights don't bother me. But i only go 18 to 22 feet for tree stands just because of the shot angles the higher you go the smaller the vital window is.