Hunted this AM out of a 16 ladder stand. Called it a day at noon and hooked up my rifle on the rope to lower it down.
I always lower it with an empty chamber and just as I let it go out of my hand the rope broke and dropped my custom rifle to the ground.
Just missed landing on a log, but butt first it hit the ground and got buried in the snow.
Nothing broken or cracked, but I'm sure I'll have to take it to the range to see if it still shoots straight. Could have been much worse.