hunted from my ladder stand monday night. after not seeing diddly squat the sun set and it was time to go. i climbed down the stand, got to the "bottom" and pushed off the ladder to miss a small bush growing at the base of the stand. I guess i was a little off with my judgment. what should have been an 18" step down turned into a 5' drop. I relized this during free fall. i hit the ground with enough force to knock the quiver off my bow. I then jumped up thankfull no one was there to see what just happened. There was no pain and everything seemed to be ok. i gathered my stuff and went to the house with a "no pic no happen" mind set. only thing hurt was my pride. at home my leg itched and i noticed that my pants were stuck to my leg. at this time the adrenalin had wore off and i found that a cactus had broken my fall. the back side of my thigh looked like a porcupine. After several attemps to remove the spines, i had to swallow my pride and tell my wife what had happened. she laughed the whloe time she pulled 30+ spines from my leg. some a quarter inch deep.
I have a HSS and USE it. just not while climbing. this was a dumb, sober mistake that was 100% my own. Now i DO NOT need safty tips or ANY DA comments. the point of this story is to make people think. i am a very carefull person and if i can fall ANYONE can.
BE SAFE OUT THERE!!!!!
I have a HSS and USE it. just not while climbing. this was a dumb, sober mistake that was 100% my own. Now i DO NOT need safty tips or ANY DA comments. the point of this story is to make people think. i am a very carefull person and if i can fall ANYONE can.
BE SAFE OUT THERE!!!!!
Glad you are ok. Be keerful out there.
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