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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 4, 2006 14:28:38 GMT -5
Have you ever dropped anything out of your treestand?
I've dropped my bow….my slug gun…my muzzleloader and more arrows than I can count....plus a few miscellaneous items.
The bow, slug gun and muzzleloader was once each in 40 years of deer hunting.
Of course both guns hit barrel first.
The slug gun was an 870 and I took the barrel off and cut a limb to run through it to dislodge the dirt/mud. I then held the barrel up towards the moon (this was before daylight) to see that it was clean. My string broke on that one.
The muzzleloader was dropped as I was standing and had it's barrel pointed down on the treestand. I heard something and moved a bit and my foot nudged the muzzleloader off the stand.
In that case I used a screw in step to pop the mud out just like a cork out of a wine bottle.
The bow just got a way from me. It didn't hurt the bow a bit except to unstring it (it was a recurve), but bent 3 arrows.
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Post by duff on Jul 4, 2006 14:41:44 GMT -5
Worse was a bow, broke the stabilizer off, had to replace the threaded insert to fix. Not that expensive but a pain. Other then that it has been small stuff like arrows, gloves, slugs, quick loaders, and a ton of musket caps.
Lucky for me it has never been myself or any really dangerous situations. Knew a guy in college that dropped his muzzleloader and it punched a hole through his leg when it discharded. An uncle dropped an arrow and I guess before it hit the ground it got ticked by a limb and the broad head was pointing up. When he climbed down he didn't think about the arrow and it sliced his leg pretty decent when he was taking the last step off the tree.
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Post by rmc on Jul 4, 2006 14:50:04 GMT -5
I dropped my release one time after rattling, a small buck came in but it could have very well been a big one. I carry two releases just alike now.
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Post by indianagooseman on Jul 4, 2006 14:53:27 GMT -5
Have you ever dropped anything out of your treestand? I've dropped my bow….my slug gun…my muzzleloader and more arrows than I can count....plus a few miscellaneous items. Geez, I can't even begin to count the times. Releases, calls, binoculars, gloves, rattlin horns, heck even my glasses. |
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Post by Hawkeye on Jul 4, 2006 15:00:33 GMT -5
Yes, Me, while hunting in South Texas several years past . A nice Buck had came into view,but could not see him clearly because of this certain Cedar limb. Reached out to move the limb ,and the next thing I knew I was on the ground with my 243 winchester across my mouth. next day had 5 stiches in my chin.
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Post by lugnutz on Jul 4, 2006 15:33:31 GMT -5
When i first started hunting, i thought the best place for your stand wan right on top of their trail. That being said, when that huge spike came down the trail, he was looking right at me, so i waited for him to pass me by. I stood, turned around and took full draw on him, i couldn't get a good a angle so i creeped around the tree til i ran out of real estate. Thankfully i was unhurt!!
Same year, i must have fallen asleep in the stand and fell out somehow. The fall knocked me out, didn't awake til' my brother-huntin partner at the time, came and got me after not making it back to the truck that evening. We went to the Hospital, they say i had a concussion of some sort.
Ever since then, i do believe its a good idea, to have at least someone know where you will be hunting at!
Lug
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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 4, 2006 15:35:26 GMT -5
When i first started hunting, i thought the best place for your stand wan right on top of their trail. That being said, when that huge spike came down the trail, he was looking right at me, so i waited for him to pass me by. I stood, turned around and took full draw on him, i couldn't get a good a angle so i creeped around the tree til i ran out of real estate. Thankfully i was unhurt!! Same year, i must have fallen asleep in the stand and fell out somehow. The fall knocked me out, didn't awake til' my brother-huntin partner at the time, came and got me after not making it back to the truck that evening. We went to the Hospital, they say i had a concussion of some sort. Ever since then, i do believe its a good idea, to have at least someone know where you will be hunting at! Lug ......and wear a quality full body harness..all the time. |
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Post by woodmaster on Jul 4, 2006 15:38:12 GMT -5
I think think thread should be call "Who [glow=red,2,300]HASN'T[/glow] ever dropped anything out of their deer stand"?....LOL
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Post by huxbux on Jul 4, 2006 15:42:11 GMT -5
Just my release and gloves, both several times. I always managed to successfully "fish" for my release without leaving my stand (I use a climber) by tying a bungee cord hook to my haul rope. The gloves I just did without for the day (this once cost me a really nice buck that had come from behind me, stopped right under my tree, and scented my gloves) I've often considered deer hunters to be great at commiting a "comedy of errors"
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Post by solohunter on Jul 4, 2006 16:25:15 GMT -5
My favorite was my rattle bag...I was using it and I kinda smash it and grind it....I threw it back and forth too until I missed my other hand and it went sailing....I carry 2 releases also...
Solo
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Post by kevin1 on Jul 4, 2006 16:38:43 GMT -5
Gee , that's a big list to remember , I've dropped things plenty of times . The last time I hunted the woods by Raporter's place I dropped so many things that I had to make a trip back just to retrieve them all .
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Post by wolfhound on Jul 4, 2006 16:46:52 GMT -5
My bow once. Of course the stand dropped out from under me. Fortunately my harness kept me from being impaled on my arrows.
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Post by deerdude on Jul 4, 2006 18:31:06 GMT -5
two good ones that i remember-the bow,with a brand new string when it hit ,the arrows with the.b.hs came out of the quiver and of course one of them made a nice half way cut threw the string.back to the shop for a new one! second one- brand new remington 20-gauge auto slug gun,just had bought it the day before,landed hard enough across a fallen tree that it did damage to the barrel, took a beating on it when i traded it in.
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Post by hornharvester on Jul 4, 2006 18:47:54 GMT -5
i use a climber most of the time in archery season and drop my hooded sweatshirt a couple of times every year. it always happens right after i get set up. now i got one of those little grappleing hooks that attaches to the pull up rope so i can fish it back up the tree.
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Post by shootsa410 on Jul 4, 2006 19:14:30 GMT -5
I very seldom drop anything from my stand. I have a number of times forgot to tie the string that I haul my bow up to the stand, get all the way up and have to come back down. When I bear hunted in Canada I didn't take a back up bow or a gun. On the first evening I really messed my bow up when my limb hit the stand platform when I took a shot. Lucky for me the guys I hunted with had enough tools to reassemble my bow so I could continue to hunt (fifth evening I killed my bear).
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Post by indianahick on Jul 4, 2006 19:26:22 GMT -5
Yes. To long a list to elaborate on. Some drops cost money to fix and or replace (usually replace). Scope and bino's do not like that. Sometime had to climb down and back up after retrieval, always good exercise. I would say that the best thing that I have not dropped is me. Ha Ha.
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Post by jajwrigh on Jul 4, 2006 20:26:23 GMT -5
This is a little off subject, but I forgot my boots one time! I hunted in socks and flip flops. That is usally a good sign that you are too tired to be hunting!
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Post by Woody Williams on Jul 4, 2006 21:22:43 GMT -5
This is a little off subject, but I forgot my boots one time! I hunted in socks and flip flops. That is usally a good sign that you are too tired to be hunting! Hmm.. I did that once and it was COLD outside. I ended up hunting in a pair of loafers. Fortunately I had some extra clothes with me and I wrapped my feet up in a down vest. The original "boot blankets".. I should have patented it. Pretty toasty toes...... |
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Post by wolfhound on Jul 4, 2006 21:35:22 GMT -5
Fortunately I had some extra clothes with me and I wrapped my feet up in a down vest. I carry an extra jacket in my pack to wrap my feet in if I'm sitting on the ground. It helps keep my feet from falling asleep. I do take my boots off first.  |
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Post by Ahawkeye on Jul 5, 2006 5:27:42 GMT -5
I've forgotten my boots before, had white tennis shoes on. I just tried to cover the best I could got a shot on a nice buck but missed. I know the feeling of droping something important "Oh #@$%, it took me 15 min. to get set up as quietly as I could now I gotta get back down there and pick it back up! #@$%!"
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