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another hunter falls from tree #47754
11/18/2012 11:07 AM
11/18/2012 11:07 AM
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Hancock Co.
trapperDave Offline OP
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Re: another hunter falls from tree #47755
11/19/2012 05:30 AM
11/19/2012 05:30 AM
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"he was trying to relocate himself from the tree stand to the foot step below the stand when he lost his grip and feel 22 feet to the ground."

WHEN are people going to learn?? This guy is lucky to be a live after a 22 foot fall.

A $40 lifeline system could have saved all this pain and his medical expenses, likely in the thousands.

Re: another hunter falls from tree #47756
11/19/2012 06:10 AM
11/19/2012 06:10 AM
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Angola
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That is the most dangerous part of tree stand hunting. The transition too and from foot step to stand.

Life lines, life lines, life lines ... they could have prevented this.


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Re: another hunter falls from tree #47757
11/22/2012 04:06 PM
11/22/2012 04:06 PM
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Crawfordsville, IN
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I agree with the life lines and all that and I'm not trying to be judgemental, but what is a 64 year old man doing 22 feet up a tree? He may be in superb physical condition but I can't picture a 64 year old climbing that high into a treestand...I know I won't be when I'm that age.


RECYCLE and save the trees! Where else am I going to put my tree stand?
Re: another hunter falls from tree #47758
11/22/2012 08:11 PM
11/22/2012 08:11 PM
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laporte
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Amen to that! I am 63 and I'm not near as nimble as I was even 5 or 10 years ago.


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