Glad to hear you can be repaired. Tough lesson to learn. I hope we all can learn from you misfortune. My ladders will be in the garage during off season now and double checked before season opener.
Heal quick and completely brother.
Regs can make for over population of species. Human habitation is constantly spreading, pushing human habitation into species territory.
Pa. has very liberal fall bear hunting and a large bear population. No dogs, no baiting, strictly hunter fair chase. (Don't talk about tough terrain or...
Got to car tour your South Island in '07(the cathedral in Christchurch was still intact, beauty). An amazing, beauty country and the folks are down to earth, loved it.
Children come before anything, ain't they great. Congratulations. Sounds like your family will be back to normal n drivin' ya nutz before ya know it. Have a ball brother, that trench can go on for years.
Thanks for the advice. Muzzy for doe n bear in Pa. this week n I live in the thick of the woods. Found I can ride the ATV stiff legged so I'll take a hunting chair, ride a trail then sit out n hope for a shot. No treestands for a while though.
Thanks to all for the thoughts
No ignorance brother. If your target reacts and moves at the sound of your release that would be "jumping the string". The vertical drop to spring away is probably most common. Aim low for the heart, if the deer drops at the sound you still have a good chance of a double lung. Good luck and...
Well dear, at least your not alone. I was working around some equipment n, "POP", me knee folds the wrong way.
No surgery but 3 wks. immobilized then PT.
Now I'll get to binge Clay Hayes again.
You get better
A good suggestion.
Pa. has a similar rule for portable treestands on public land. Can't put them in till 2 weeks before the season and must be out 2 weeks after the season. Obviously no tree damage allowed. The rub here is, like in everything in life, the rule is not followed by some...