Tree stand safety and a bowhunter down

Hot Hap · October 23, 2011, 03:49:00 PM

Good luck for a speedy recovery. I haven't been off the ground since '73. Hap

kennym · October 23, 2011, 03:56:00 PM

Dang Mike! Hope you heal quickly,sounds like you have the right attitude to get after it!

Huntschool · October 23, 2011, 04:12:00 PM

Damn Mike... heal up quick. Those White Co. deer will still be there....

Seeza · October 23, 2011, 04:27:00 PM

Thanks for the great reminder. Things can happen so fast. Take care and all the best for a full recovery and return to shooting.

Hawkeye · October 23, 2011, 04:33:00 PM

Man, Mike! I am really sorry to hear this, but glad you are well enough to be able to tell the tale!!!

If you end up needing a different bow, I have a 42# Howatt Hi-Speed Lefty that I'd be glad to loan to a fellow UBI member. It's a beater, but it is another option if Jack's doesn't work for some reason.

Hoping your recovery goes well,

Daryl

Keefer · October 23, 2011, 04:43:00 PM

Mike,
Thank God you are alive to tell us about it and the damage wasn't worse...I know it can get frustrating not going out hunting right away but you seem to have the right spirit and determined to follow the therapy that you will need to heal...Thanks for reminding us and for the pics to show all including myself that just taking a second to put a safety harness on can be fatal..We all need to be careful each and every time we climb and stands need to be gone over each season...God Bless you in a speedy recovery! Keefers <><

Dirtybird · October 23, 2011, 04:50:00 PM

May you heal fast. I'm glad you didn't suffer any major damage.

Mudd · October 23, 2011, 05:05:00 PM

I thank God for your life and for 100% healing of your wounds.

It happens so fast that the only real time time do any thinking is before you ever put the 1st foot up to climb up into a questionable stand.

God bless,Mudd

b.glass · October 23, 2011, 05:11:00 PM

Prays here for quick healing and thankful it was not worse.

Red Tailed Hawk · October 23, 2011, 05:24:00 PM

get well soon, glad you were not hurt worse...

Zenzele · October 23, 2011, 05:25:00 PM

Heal up quick! Lucky I'm scared of heights so there's little chance of finding me up a tree anytime soon! Glad you're still with us!!

Steve O · October 23, 2011, 05:33:00 PM

Gosh Mike, I am glad you will recover, it could have been so much worse. Good to see you are in fine spirits, are looking at the positives, and trying to help the rest of us!

I promised my family a long time ago I was not going to fall out of a tree. It has probably cost me some bucks, but I always have two lines with me so I am never NOT connected between the tree and my harness. No shortcuts and since I don't have any preset stands, it takes me a long time to get set up sometimes, but coming home is worth a lot more to me than any deer.

A speedy recovery to you my friend

mcgroundstalker · October 23, 2011, 05:34:00 PM

OMG!

Just glad you can write about this... Could have been a lot worse...

... mike ...

PaPaFrank · October 23, 2011, 05:51:00 PM

Wow, not good Mike! I am so glad that you will be hunting and sharing your talent for story telling again, real soon. Obviously, things could've gone really bad, but thanks for turning your misfortune into a teachable moment for everybody. I wish you a fast recovery my friend...

Gary Logsdon · October 23, 2011, 06:27:00 PM

Certainly glad that you lived to tell the tale Mike. I fell out of a tree near our old stomping grounds, near Murray State, while hunting LBL . . . back in the days before commercial safety belts had been invented and many of us still hadn't put 2 and 2 together for ourselves. Heal quickly buddy.

DannyBows · October 23, 2011, 07:42:00 PM

I have no way to practice from a tree stand so I'm on the ground, plus I have no one to look for me if I don't come home from a hunt. Your story makes me have no regrets about it.

I'm glad you weren't hurt worse, and Prayers for a full and speedy recovery.

RedShaft · October 23, 2011, 07:46:00 PM

glad your okay! i know what you mean about the judo fall, i took judo and Ju-jitsu for years. little things like that help.

kevsuperg · October 23, 2011, 07:51:00 PM

i'll share your story with a friend of mine. he told me just today that he never wears a harness in our ladder stands, " i feel pretty safe" it only takes a second for some thing to happen.
hope you have a speedy recovery. i am an orthopaedic nurse , so i feel for ya.

dave19113 · October 23, 2011, 08:00:00 PM

Get well brother..... :(

A.S. · October 23, 2011, 08:14:00 PM

Sorry to hear about your fall!

If you do a search, I started a thread about a week ago titled "6 years ago today".

I told my story of falling, and how I take measures now to prevent it.

My prayers to you for a quick recovery!