Must Be My Lucky Day

[dustoffer]

Was making an adjustment to the stand--just rotating it a bit for limb clearance, and had loosened the ratchet strap and chain. I climbed up to the 3rd step to re-attach the stand. Like a dummy I reached out to the side to grab the strap not thinking about the stand just leaning against the tree. Stand rotated and ended up as pictured. I did a good "PLF" or parachute landing fall, ending up on my back. As soon as I stopped moving, figured out I wasn't hurt, and hadn't landed in the tasajillo or pear patches. So I got up and tried to re-fasten the stand, but two bolts had pulled thru the platform. I took it apart, stuck it in the truck and brought it home to build a new platform.

Moral of the story--be careful, you never know when you are gonna do something stupid.

[BTLowry]

Glad you didn't get hurt

[Drycreek3189]

Reminds me of the time I climbed up pretty high on a stepladder to caulk a leak on a box blind. Got the leak fixed no problem, but just as soon as I started down, the ladder decided to tip over. After falling for thirty minutes I landed in the brush, ( with shorts on no less ), and just a few scratches. My dignity, however was badly injured !

[Chew]

My dignity, however was badly injured !

That hurts the worse! I slid off a roof one time and landed directly on top of a wooden privacy fence. Barely missed the family jewels. Had a deep bruise on my buttocks for weeks. The bad part...my sexy new fiancé watched the whole thing.