I was reminded today why complacency can kill

While hanging stand today we had set three ladder stand and we're one the last, which was a hang on that I intended to set about 28 feet off the ground in a large oak tree.

While standing on the ladder sticks working on putting the final touches on the stand my foot slipped off the step and grabbed the nearest thing I could grab which was the halfway secured loc on stand which immediately twisted and cause me to further lose balance and sent me off the ladder.



Thankfully I was wearing and harness with a linemans strap which only let me fall a couple of steps before "catching"

I gathered wits, climbed down and checked myself out, some scratches and a pretty nasty road (tree) rash but otherwise no worse for the wear

Thing is, normally I don't waste time with with a harness and such when hanging stands...That won't happen again


Safety first guys

The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude


Whatever. Tell the oompa loompa's hey for me. [/quote]. LtPPowell