“I made the mistake of leaning out to one side of the tree, while holding onto the safety strap, which was supposed to stay secured to the tree. “Several deer had snuck behind me and I stood up to see if more were coming,” he said. Most, if not all commercially produced tree stands, come with a seatbelt strap device, which you attach to the tree. Theyerl was hunting using a ladder stand. “We utilized a seatbelt type strap that goes around the tree, above the stand, which the harness then tethers to by use of a carabiner.” “As a result of this accident we purchased a well-designed harness,” Theyerl explained. He was unable to work for about two months. He had to sleep in a hospital bed for a month and experienced a lot of pain. Still, there are hunters who continue to take their lives into their own hands by going into tree stands without protection.Īfter his fall, Theyerl was flown by ThedaStar to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center where he spent the next few days under observation and his arms were casted before being sent home. Doctors and hunting experts are concerned by the high number of falls, especially with precautions like harnesses and lifelines. I also somehow broke my big toe.”įalls like Theyerl’s are not uncommon. “I apparently tried to slow my fall by placing my hands out towards the ground and fractured both arms and was knocked unconscious after striking my head on the ground. “I fractured my T8, T9 and T10 thoracic vertebrae,” he recalled. In October 2008 he suffered his first fall. Theyerl fell from a tree stand, not once, but twice in the last 11 years. The chain broke and tipped me upside down. I fell approximately 15 feet and landed headfirst on the ground.” “About one minute after climbing into the stand, the chain broke and tipped me upside down. “I was not using a safety harness or any safety devices,” explained Jack Theyerl, a gun hunter. Falls from deer stands are now at the top of the list. Rise in Hunting Accidents Highlights Importance of Hunter SafetyĪt one time, firearm incidents were the main cause of accidents and injuries during Wisconsin’s hunting seasons.
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