Posted on 10/02/2014 1:12:00 PM PDT by conservative98
Two state troopers fell from a tree stand Wednesday night during the search for Eric Frein and were injured, according to a state police official.
The troopers entered a wooden tree stand to clear the structure and ensure it was not occupied around 7 p.m. The tree stand was a man-made hunting blind elevated roughly 20 feet off the ground and attached to a tree.
While inside the stand, the floor collapsed and both men fell to the ground.
They were treated by tactical medics at the scene. At the advice of the medics, both troopers were air-lifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital, treated and released. Both troopers are from Troop H, Harrisburg.
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Did they fix the guy’s tree stand? City slickers
BTW.... He was spotted in the area, about 100 yards from the troopers on Monday, and he got away.
They were rockin the tree stand perhaps?
Number one cause of injuries and death during deer season is falling out of tree stands. The stand they fell from was likely an old nailed to the tree stand and probably abandoned. I haven’t used stands like that since my youth, they’re dangerous. I have 5 metal ladder stands with shooting rails in my backyard since we lost our deer lease, property sold.
Checked a hunting calendar for Pa. and found this...
COYOTES: No closed season. Unlimited. Outside of any big game season (deer, bear, elk and turkey), coyotes may be taken with a hunting license or a furtaker license, and without wearing orange. During any big game season, coyotes may be taken while lawfully hunting big game or with a furtaker license.
Sucks to be a coyote in Pa.
I am guessing that the stand was not rated for more than 1 drunk redneck at a time...
You sure it wasn't Elvis they saw? Forgive my skepticism, but it would not surprise me if a false report would be made like this to try to justify the ongoing state of martial law.
The problem with wooden treestands nailed to a tree...
As the tree grows the nails stay in place and the nails are pulled through the boards.
After a few years they just fall down because nothing is holding them.
One man tree stand
Just prior to collapse, one trooper was heard to say “hey.....I think i can see my house from here”
any dogs hurt?
PA ping.
They were treated by tactical medics....
Tactical Medics? Really?
No. Effin, Really?
FU buttheads and your military jargon.
Yoj don’t have a so called tacti med.
When I was at the Hunter Safety Instructors Academy in the late 80s we learned the same thing. Also they were losing more hunters to drowning than to gun accidents so we took a course on water safety.
Union built?
How many troopers does it take to check and clear a stand? Silly me I would have said one!!!
A lot of states are that way for coyotes. Here in NM, where they have feral pigs, they can be hunted with no license at all. No bag limit. Just have to follow other rules (trespassing, safety, etc...).
I should clarify that. Hunting of feral pigs requires no license in NM. I think coyote hunting still requires a license.
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