Posted on 01/17/2023 5:42:28 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
“I’ve never worn a safety harness, which was a mistake, and I was thinking I really shouldn’t be up there,” Gutsmiedl said. “My mind was on other things when I released the treestand’s straps. When I reached to pull the one loose, I put my hand on the stand’s seat. I knew instantly I’d put too much weight on it, and it broke loose.”
...“My one leg was flipped over in the wrong direction and hurting really bad. I planned to crawl to my truck and drive myself to the hospital, but I kept yelling and waving whenever anyone drove past on the road. One guy rode by on a bicycle, but he didn’t hear me. He must have been wearing earbuds. Finally, a guy on a motorcycle saw me when I was 35 yards from the road. I asked him to help me to my truck, but he called 911 instead. It took three tries for his call to go through. He also called my wife, and she thought it was a prank at first.
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This made me think of Yellowbeard 1983
He also called my wife, and she thought it was a prank at first.>>>>>>
Doubtful, she was likely thinking that he would be pestering her at home rather than spending long stretches of time in the woods.ITS A PRANK !
I bet he is a ground blind man from now on.
“she was likely thinking that he would be pestering her at home” — does that sound familiar!
Let’s be careful out there, especially if you go solo.
Stupid question, but what do you do with muskrats?
There but for the grace of God.
Luckily I got a second chance because I didn’t fall on the first wobble.
Never risked a second wobble.
Wore a harness ever after.
I may be blind, but I have acute ‘earing.
A coworker had a heart attack, while deer hunting, alone.
Pre cell phone days.
Crawled 1/2 mile to his truck, with his rifle, drove home and had his wife drive him to the hospital.
Amazing what you can do when you absolutely HAVE to.
Hubby has had a few close calls out in the woods. And, they were all when he had left early and told me he would be gone all day. This was before we invested in good walkie talkies to use (cell phones are not always reliable). It would be way after dark before I would get worried if there was a serious problem. And, he knows our woods out back a way lot better than I do if I were have to direct people to start looking for him. I would just have a general idea.
One time years ago, I was worried about him and walked down to the creek, only to find him working to drag his deer with him and his flashlight had died. He was exhausted but was bring that deer with him, come hell or high water! Life lesson is always have two flashlights.
—”Stupid question, but what do you do with muskrats?”
A friend that runs a trapline and would check it every morning before work... Also kept an eye out for road kill.. he claimed the coppers collected most of them???
He was very successful in his day job, I always thought he just was happy to be out of the house.
He said it was all driven by the fashion market, some years a very good price others not worth the time.
He didn’t skin them because too easy to damage... the buyer had a meeting spot at the local VFW.
Interesting stuff.
Furs. It’s also possible they’re a nuisance where he traps. Their burrowing compromises levees.
I’ll never put on a life jacket... I mean go up in a tree stand again. Not worth it. On the ground I can only slump over and not get hurt when I fall asleep in the woods.
Muskrats are trapped for the fur. Some people also eat them.
Thanks everyone. I never knew they were used for the fur. Interesting.
—”A coworker had a heart attack, while deer hunting, alone.”
I was always surprised at the number of heart attacks amount deer hunters, many in their 40s!!
The local papers in deer season seem to have many reports.
One year there was an unusual cluster at the trailhead, a guy just collapsed.
That happened to a friend of mine. Same exact thing.
“A friend that runs a safety net around lab buildings in Wuhan and would check it every morning before work...
Also kept an eye out for suicide kills.. he claimed the staff threw them off the roof so he collected most of them???
He was very successful in his day job, I always thought he just was happy to be out of the house.
He said it was all driven by the wet market, and the exoticity of the pangolians or primates. some years a very good price others not worth the time.
He told me that sometimes the Beagles were still alive, but at least he knew they were fresh.
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