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Post by bucksathome on Sept 21, 2010 19:21:58 GMT -5
 I just purchased the hunter safety system this week. It will be an adjustment to my hunting but it will be well worth it. Last year a buddy of mine fell out of a tree putting up a lock on stand. He broke 4 ribs,a punctured lung and a crushed hip!! He,s lucky he survived!!I,ve been hunting out of a stand for for 28 years without a safety harness and have had a few close calls!! I,m no spring chicken any more and owe it to my family and myself to be safe in the stand. If you do not use a safety device you should reconsider. All it takes is one unsafe hunt to be your last, I,m changing my approach to this and i hope every one else will do the same! Be safe guys, and ask yourself before you climb that tree, am i being safe?  ?? You owe this to yourself and your family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by brettgerhart on Oct 14, 2010 8:03:20 GMT -5
I have a vest by gorilla and it is quick and easy to put on. The belt that goes around the tree is quick and easy too. Only thing I hate is that if you have to turn to the side and behind you to shoot it is harder to hit your target. Had a doe come in front of me and walk to the right side of the stand. It was very difficult to draw back and shoot that deer! You have to play with the height and find what works best for you. Annoying but I got three kids who love their daddy!
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Post by Hunting Addict on Oct 19, 2010 15:29:09 GMT -5
Make sure you wear it while climbing down as well. I was climbing down 2 years ago and some how my cable came out of the bottom of my climber, still haven't figured it out and I still use the stand with no issues. Lucky I was using a stand that has a footrest that flips up as a shooting rest (Summit Python) so I was able to sit on the footrest and quickly attach my safety harness. After a minute or two of calming down I called my Dad and a hunting buddy and they brought a ladder out to get me down. I couldn't shake the stand off my feet either so if my last resort was to drop down I would have landed with the stand still attached which would have made it even worse.
I had a buddy fall out and break his back while climbing out of a permit stand he just simply slipped. He had done this a million times and never slipped once. I was the one who found him and he is lucky to be alive and walking today. Doctor said if he was a foot higher he would have broken his neck, he landed on his shoulder blades. It was a scary situation, just think how hard it would be to get you guys out of the woods and to the hospital from some of the places you hunt with a broken back. He was in extreme pain and it was impossible to be gentle as we carried him out. Luckily he was only about a 125 yards from a logging road, but it was still a pain getting him out and it took almost an hour.
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I just purchased the hunter safety system this week. It will be an adjustment to my hunting but it will be well worth it. Last year a buddy of mine fell out of a tree putting up a lock on stand. He broke 4 ribs,a punctured lung and a crushed hip!! He,s lucky he survived!!I,ve been hunting out of a stand for for 28 years without a safety harness and have had a few close calls!! I,m no spring chicken any more and owe it to my family and myself to be safe in the stand. If you do not use a safety device you should reconsider. All it takes is one unsafe hunt to be your last, I,m changing my approach to this and i hope every one else will do the same! Be safe guys, and ask yourself before you climb that tree, am i being safe?
?? You owe this to yourself and your family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!
