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Post by featherduster on Oct 9, 2012 13:46:17 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 9, 2012 13:50:36 GMT -5
I'm 73 and I still go up and down.. I have a lifeline though.... |
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Post by raporter on Oct 9, 2012 17:55:14 GMT -5
Soon to be 72 and still at it. Just scored on a doe this morning. Still using a compound too. Since I tried trophy hunting last year and then was unable to hunt late season this makes the first since turning 70. I have now taken with a bow deer in my 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s.
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Post by steiny on Oct 9, 2012 18:39:10 GMT -5
My dad is 82 and still at it. Kind of scares me, him going out and climbing up into stands, but I'm not about to tell him he can't. Hope I'm still doing it at his age.
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Post by parkerbow on Oct 9, 2012 18:46:34 GMT -5
All I can say is if I am alive at 80 I would like to see someone try and stop me from climbing a deer stand. You know us men folk are stubborn and do what we want.
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Post by mkfrench on Oct 9, 2012 20:35:41 GMT -5
What's wrong with hunting/climbing a tree at 80? Anyone 5, 25, 45, any age should feel free to do what they can....just do it safely! Gonna say that a fall restraint would've helped in that case regardless of age. |
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Post by oggie on Oct 9, 2012 20:45:00 GMT -5
Hope to still be up a tree if I make it to that age
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Post by bladerunner on Oct 9, 2012 21:12:05 GMT -5
I would rather die in stand than a nursing home. I told my wife if She had to take care of me then take me to the woods and leave me.
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Post by raporter on Oct 10, 2012 7:20:24 GMT -5
I would rather die in stand than a nursing home. I told my wife if She had to take care of me then take me to the woods and leave me. Amen! |
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Post by DFINN on Oct 13, 2012 6:39:32 GMT -5
53 I hope to make to next year
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Post by jjas on Oct 13, 2012 9:24:22 GMT -5
If you read the article, it's about an 80 year old guy FALLING........
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 80-year-old Carl Folk, Jr. fell from his tree stand.
Conservation Officer Todd Lang says Folk was trying to climb down from his stand after legal hunting hours. With help from his son, Folk attempted to maneuver himself around to step off the platform of the tree stand and onto the ladder leading to the ground. He lost his balance and fell about 24 feet to the ground.
Folk was flown by helicopter to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne where Sunday afternoon he was listed in serious condition.
To each their own, but my days of hang on and/or climbing stands are done. I hunt out of ladder stands, tower blinds and ground blinds now and by the time I'm 80 (if I can still hunt), I'll definetly be on the ground.
I don't bounce like I used to........
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 13, 2012 10:19:37 GMT -5
If you read the article, it's about an 80 year old guy FALLING........ The Indiana Department of Natural Resources says shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 80-year-old Carl Folk, Jr. fell from his tree stand. Conservation Officer Todd Lang says Folk was trying to climb down from his stand after legal hunting hours. With help from his son, Folk attempted to maneuver himself around to step off the platform of the tree stand and onto the ladder leading to the ground. He lost his balance and fell about 24 feet to the ground. Folk was flown by helicopter to Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne where Sunday afternoon he was listed in serious condition. To each their own, but my days of hang on and/or climbing stands are done. I hunt out of ladder stands, tower blinds and ground blinds now and by the time I'm 80 (if I can still hunt), I'll definetly be on the ground. I don't bounce like I used to........ Most falls do occur when getting in and out of the stand. That is why it is a good idea to place the stand at a lower level than the step you are using to get into the stand. IOW - you are stepping down into the stand instead of trying to step UP into the stand. You can fall from a ladder stand almost as easily. A lifeline rope that protects you from a fall from the ground all the way up, while in the stand and all the way back down to the ground is the best way to go...no matter what kind of elevated stand that you use.. Good one..... ;D |
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Post by steiny on Oct 14, 2012 11:55:49 GMT -5
In refuse tom use the hang om style stands anymore, gave them all away to a kid at work. Don't trust the screw in steps or ladder sticks at 200 lbs. Occassioanally use a climber, but feel much safer in it with the seat section that encircles you, plus use the safety vest.
All of my portable stands are now good quality ladder stands, which are much safer and every bit as effective if you have a bunch of them and don't overhunt them.
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Post by jjas on Oct 14, 2012 13:07:12 GMT -5
Woody Williams  . I still wear a harness when I'm on ladder stands but I'm not having to make that transition from screw in steps or ladder sticks to the stand like I used to with hang ons. BTW, I agree with people being able to fall from ladders. A friend of mine fell a few years back from one. It was getting dark so he pulled his line off the tree preparing to climb down, thought he heard something, reached for a branch as he looked around the tree, the branch snapped and down he came. He broke a bone in his back. Luckilly he's fine now, but it could have ended much worse. Just another reason to stay tethered. |
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