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Checked tree stands and blind for upcoming hunting season

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BowEd:
All stands look good to go for this hunting season.Always need to check them this time of year for cleaned up shooting lanes and security reasons also.
Funny I test them all climbing up in them checking attachments etc. without a vest and hunter safety system but during hunting season I use the vest and tie myself off.They really are over secured to the tree with chain and nylon straps.
PS....I have a friend and his daughter who has fallen from one not tying themselves off.Not a good deal at all.

Pat B:
I hunted from tree stands for many years but a few years ago I climbed in one just to look around and see how it was positioned and started feeling very uncomfortable. I climbed down and haven't been back up. I'm OK in a ladder stand but for some reason the climbers and strap on stands make me uncomfortable...and I always wore a safety belt or later a harness.

osage outlaw:
We haven't put our stands up yet.  I started wearing a harness after I fell while putting up a ladder stand.  I got lucky.

Good luck this season Ed and Pat.

bjrogg:
Good Luck Ed, stay safe out there everyone. Just read a post on different site about a hunter who hung upside down for two days before someone found him. Doesn't sound very good for him. Got him in a medical induced coma and on a respirator.
Bjrogg

Pat B:
Even hanging from a tree with a harness on can cause death if you don't recover quickly.
 Stay safe everyone and hook up as soon as you leave the ground.  :OK
Good luck with your season Ed and everyone else.

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