Post by 10point on Nov 26, 2007 8:04:32 GMT -5
See the article below. At the end this guy says he has rails on his stand to catch him if he begins to fall. I would ask him what happens if the stand breaks?
Safety always issue for hunters
No restraint, lack of sleep are factors
By MICHAEL MALIK
mmalik@journalandcourier.com
Each time Shane Weaver, Delphi, goes hunting he takes certain safety steps to make sure he makes it back unharmed.
He wears hunter orange and doesn't load his gun until he is sitting in his tree stand, Weaver said Sunday.
However, he doesn't wear a safety belt when sitting in his tree stand.
"I should, but I don't," Weaver said.
Indiana law doesn't require hunters to wear safety belts when in their tree stands, but Conservation Officer Matt Tholen of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources highly recommends wearing one to stay safe.
Last week a hunter died in White County of blunt force trauma after falling 15 feet from a tree stand. He was not wearing a restraint.
Tholen said it's also important for hunters to be mindful of other hunters in the same area because hunters typically flock to the same areas.
Also, Tholen said, if hunters are duck hunting from a boat, there needs to be one life jacket, per person.
Brad Haug, owner of Arrows III & Tackle Too in Lafayette, said he's heard all sorts of stories about hunters getting hurt.
However, he said, he hears more stories about people being hurt while using a tree stand than about hunters who are accidentally shot.
Sometimes hunters will get hurt after returning to a stand they built a year or two before because the nails are rusted, Haug said.
Hunters not getting enough rest, Haug said, can be another problem. Hunters sometimes fall asleep sitting in a tree stand because, Haug said, they got up so early to get to their spot.
All the things that could go wrong don't bother Weaver.
Weaver, who killed a deer Sunday, said his tree stand has rails along the sides to catch him if he starts to fall.
Safety always issue for hunters
No restraint, lack of sleep are factors
By MICHAEL MALIK
mmalik@journalandcourier.com
Each time Shane Weaver, Delphi, goes hunting he takes certain safety steps to make sure he makes it back unharmed.
He wears hunter orange and doesn't load his gun until he is sitting in his tree stand, Weaver said Sunday.
However, he doesn't wear a safety belt when sitting in his tree stand.
"I should, but I don't," Weaver said.
Indiana law doesn't require hunters to wear safety belts when in their tree stands, but Conservation Officer Matt Tholen of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources highly recommends wearing one to stay safe.
Last week a hunter died in White County of blunt force trauma after falling 15 feet from a tree stand. He was not wearing a restraint.
Tholen said it's also important for hunters to be mindful of other hunters in the same area because hunters typically flock to the same areas.
Also, Tholen said, if hunters are duck hunting from a boat, there needs to be one life jacket, per person.
Brad Haug, owner of Arrows III & Tackle Too in Lafayette, said he's heard all sorts of stories about hunters getting hurt.
However, he said, he hears more stories about people being hurt while using a tree stand than about hunters who are accidentally shot.
Sometimes hunters will get hurt after returning to a stand they built a year or two before because the nails are rusted, Haug said.
Hunters not getting enough rest, Haug said, can be another problem. Hunters sometimes fall asleep sitting in a tree stand because, Haug said, they got up so early to get to their spot.
All the things that could go wrong don't bother Weaver.
Weaver, who killed a deer Sunday, said his tree stand has rails along the sides to catch him if he starts to fall.
