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Don’t panic, use a moment to formulate a plan Pull out your Tension Relief Strap and tie the lose end to the lineman D-ring. Stand up to relief tension immediately, Pull out your cell-phone and call someone who knows where you are.

Tell them your exact location, the time you fell, Flip.

Alcohol use was a factor in 10 percent of the falls.

One hundred eleven (52%) hunters were injured by falling from a tree stand, 49 (23%) fell while descending from a tree stand, and 40 (19%) fell while climbing to a tree stand; for 14 (7%), this information was unknown. Mechanical failure (i.e., collapse of the tree stand or its steps) occurred in 68 (32%) of the incidents.

Nov 10, A Ohio study of 10 years of data found half of all deer-hunting injuries were falls requiring medical attention, and 92 percent of those involved stands. In contrast, gunshot wounds accounted for 29 percent of treated injuries.

Treestand-related injuries are usually serious, given that victims can be falling at 30 mph upon impact.

What follows are reviews of studies both by state DNRs and by the medical community, examining the falls from treestands.

Aug 27, The top five primary causes of falls included: slipping or losing grip (28 percent), stand strap breaks (16 percent), human error (11 percent), stand Author: TSSA. Hey no safety here.