As one FB friend commented: Climbing a tall ladder to a tiny rickety platform while drunk is never going to end well…
http://wane.com/2014/11/11/tree-stand-falls-most-common-hunting-accident/
Tree stand falls most-common hunting accident
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — At least eight Indiana hunters have fallen
from elevated stands since the archery deer hunting season opened Oct. 1, in what state wildlife officials say is typically the most common hunting accident.
One such accident happened Sunday in western Indiana’s Vigo County. Dave Archer, 60, of Rosedale fell about 20 feet from his hunting stand, state conservation Officer Max Winchell said. Archer was able to use a cellphone to call for help and was taken to an Indianapolis hospital in critical condition, the Tribune-Star reported.
Winchell said Archer fell asleep, leading to the fall.
“This is a common accident,” Winchell said. “Accidents involving tree stands are the No. 1 hunting accident.”
About 100 tree-stand falls have been reported to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources over the past five years, out of some 180 hunting accidents, agency spokesman Phil Bloom said.
Most of those who fell from tree stands were not wearing any form of fall prevention device, which could have prevented serious injury, Bloom said. The agency recommends hunters wear a full-body harness, which is attached to the tree as soon as they being to climb and prevents them from falling from a slip or after falling asleep.
Indiana’s firearm deer hunting season starts Friday and ends Nov. 30, while the archery season continues until Jan. 4. Muzzleloader season runs from Dec. 6 until Dec. 21.
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Information from: Tribune-Star, http://www.tribstar.com
Exposing the Big Game 
You know how you come across these unoccupied tree stands while hiking through the woods outside of hunting season and how easy it would be for some bad person to saw about 3/4ths of the way through some of the top rungs with a fine-tooth saw thereby precipitating a potentially fatal fall for the first overweight hunter who tries to climb up into the stand? But then who would do such an awful thing as that?
Let me guess…A meat eating dedicated animal crusader?