ByDustin Vogt|November 1, 2020 at 6:15 PM EST – Updated November 1 at 6:15 PM
JENNINGS COUNTY, Ind. (WAVE) – Indiana Conservation Officers are currently investigating after a hunter falls from a tree stand Saturday morning.
A release from the Indiana DNR said officers were dispatched to the 9000 block of North County Road 125 East on reports of a hunter who had fallen 14 feet from an elevated tree stand.
John Connor, 39, of Bristol, Vermont was initially treated on scene and then airlifted to a hospital in Indianapolis with a serious back injury.
Preliminary investigation revealed that ropes securing the saddle-style tree stand to the tree had become loose, causing Conner to fall to the ground.
Indiana Conservation Officers, as well as the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department, Jennings County EMS…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Every year we read of these accidents. Every year this Mouse points out that if the hunters would put their tree-sits at least 30 feet above the ground, when their “stands” fail, they could do a double bony-maronie with a full-twist and land safely at the base of their chosen trees, and not need an expensive helicopter ride.
On a somewhat related note, it seems that the Mouse must ask on an annual basis whether the taxpayer’s contributions to rescuing hunters, removing bullets from hunters, and all the associated infrastructure costs are subtracted from the license-tag revenues that constitute the “major contribution to conservation?”
Good points