I took this picture of Bob back in September 1986 practicing for bow season. After Bob had his tree stand accident in 1993, he could never get back into a climber stand. A well broke and he was slammed up against the tree and broke his first and second ribs, wrenched his back and knocked out a tooth. He had his safety belt on and another hunter (Brad) was hunting nearby and heard the noise and went to check on Bob. When Brad got to Bob, he said he did not remember coming down from the tree. A few years later, this stand accident ended up in court, whereby we had to sue our lawyer for mal-practice. This lawyer was a sitting Municipal Judge in Memphis at the time of the hearing. We went to Federal Court here in Vicksburg and won!
Falling out of a stand is my biggest fear in the woods. Glad it worked out OK for Bob!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad things worked out. Sounds like that was a scary few minutes.
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