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2021-11-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Falls from tree stands injure more hunters than firearm accidents, Illinois data shows

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-27 02:10|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 If you grew up in hunting country where tree stands are used, you heard the stories. One hunter sabotaged another guy's tree stand. The guy who climbed into his tree stand, got comfortable and quietly died of a heart attack. The guy who was not too drunk to climb the tree, but definitely too drunk to avoid falling out of it. There are plenty more and I'm sure every reader here from hunting country has a couple.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-11-27 05:45|| 2021-11-27 05:45|| Front Page Top

#2
Can see it coming now...

Illinois State DNR and Federal OSHA inspectors to mandate better Tree Stand designs and will conduct Tree Stand inspections starting in 2022.

A State and Federal Tax Inspection Stamp costing $250 good for 1 month to be applied to all approved Tree Stands prior to use.
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Posted by NN2N1 2021-11-27 07:12|| 2021-11-27 07:12|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ They'll just be imported from China, and, voila! No more regulations.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-11-27 07:27|| 2021-11-27 07:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Had an acquaintance fall from a stand and was paralyzed from the neck down at 42. Only lived for five years.

Posted by Croque Fliting8030 2021-11-27 08:00|| 2021-11-27 08:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Other side of the coin is the "tree stand" that's actually a man cave on stilts. So nice that little, if any, hunting gets done as it cuts into the drinking, grilling and card playing.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-11-27 08:21|| 2021-11-27 08:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Hog hunting from a helicopter in Texas...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-11-27 08:26|| 2021-11-27 08:26|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ But no one seems to know how to secure our Southern border.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-27 08:41|| 2021-11-27 08:41|| Front Page Top

#8 There is a difference between knowing how and having the will and authority to do it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-11-27 08:45|| 2021-11-27 08:45|| Front Page Top

#9 But no one seems to know how to secure our Southern border.

Their border + illegal immigrant policies are the Biden Admin's version of a drunken tree stand

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-11-27 08:54|| 2021-11-27 08:54|| Front Page Top

#10 When tree stands are outlawed, only outlaws will have tree stands.

Posted by Too Old To Work 2021-11-27 09:49|| 2021-11-27 09:49|| Front Page Top

#11 ^ nicely done #10

Posted by Frank G 2021-11-27 10:10|| 2021-11-27 10:10|| Front Page Top

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