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.
The older I get, the better I was. I also forget my password and have to have Len reset it for me
"Lowering rope"???? Must be a Yankee thing. We climb with our rifles.
Sure glad nothing happened to that pretty shooting stick!
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
Yep, me too, Cap....unloaded, of course....I just slip the rifle sling around my neck, and up I go....'course most of my stands are only 10 feet tall, and the ladders are well inclined....I can see where climbers might be a different issue, however.
JB, I'm glad your shooting iron survived any serious damage.
Last edited by Big Muddy; 11-25-2015 at 07:55 PM.
Southern Gentleman
16 foot ladder stand is no joke though!...
Man, you really dodged a bullet on that one!🙀
I use a rope with a climber, but just throw it across my back when I use a ladder stand.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
you're awful big for a 16 foot ladder!
I've not dropped mine. Just left it in the truck and got it stole.
But you weren't sympathetic, neither will I be.
Hope it shoots striaght.
BKB
I did the rope thing many years ago but it never felt good so I started climbing with it laying in the climber wrapped with the soft seat.
I hope there was no damage, POI can be fixed easily, I tapped mine last week but the POI did not change. Good luck!!!
16-foot ladder? For what? Just stand next to a tree .... 16' should be right about eye-level for you!
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