fmrleatherneck
10-09-2009, 11:46 PM
"RenegadeRN" made a comment in the "Pre Rut" thread that I just had to comment on... and I feel it should have its own thread!
We can never be "TOO SAFE" out there, ever.
Not to lecture, but I firmly believe we each have to do everything we can to be continuously aware of "SAFETY FIRST" and always do everything we can to ensure that we are "SAFE". Not just in the interest of statistics, etc., but, selfishly, in our own interest and that of our families, as well as in the interest of every other hunter or other person in the woods or anywhere "downrange". "Prevention" is in OUR hands. What WE DO does influence others.
Years ago, when I first started bowhunting out of trees, a friend of mine, (several "friends" of mine; truth be told), used to tease me about the safety straps I used to tie myself to the tree. A few years later, a number of us were brought together as a search party to find one of those friends when he didn't return home from a day of hunting. We found him. At the base of his tree, impaled on his own arrows. That is a mission I hope to NEVER repeat, and I would hope none of you ever have to, either.
Our equipment has improved immensely since those days. Take advantage of every bit of the technology available. If you don't have one of the RSS harnesses, you should GET ONE! ALWAYS USE THE BEST GEAR YOU CAN GET. It truly could save your life one day.
If you can't do that, do me a favor and stay out of trees. That is one dangerous place.
Meanwhile; Good Luck to all!
We can never be "TOO SAFE" out there, ever.
Not to lecture, but I firmly believe we each have to do everything we can to be continuously aware of "SAFETY FIRST" and always do everything we can to ensure that we are "SAFE". Not just in the interest of statistics, etc., but, selfishly, in our own interest and that of our families, as well as in the interest of every other hunter or other person in the woods or anywhere "downrange". "Prevention" is in OUR hands. What WE DO does influence others.
Years ago, when I first started bowhunting out of trees, a friend of mine, (several "friends" of mine; truth be told), used to tease me about the safety straps I used to tie myself to the tree. A few years later, a number of us were brought together as a search party to find one of those friends when he didn't return home from a day of hunting. We found him. At the base of his tree, impaled on his own arrows. That is a mission I hope to NEVER repeat, and I would hope none of you ever have to, either.
Our equipment has improved immensely since those days. Take advantage of every bit of the technology available. If you don't have one of the RSS harnesses, you should GET ONE! ALWAYS USE THE BEST GEAR YOU CAN GET. It truly could save your life one day.
If you can't do that, do me a favor and stay out of trees. That is one dangerous place.
Meanwhile; Good Luck to all!