N.C. Teen Killed In Hunting Accident
BY Herschel Smith
4 years ago
News from the world of deer hunting.
IUKA, Miss. — Authorities in Mississippi said a North Carolina teen died when his hunting stand turned and he fell onto his rifle barrel.
A local media outlet reported that Tishomingo County coroner Mack Wilemon identified the teen as 17-year-old Justin Lee Smith of Brunswick County, North Carolina.
He said Smith was in a ladder stand Saturday afternoon in the northwest part of the county near the Alcorn County line.
According to Wilemon, the stand apparently turned to one side and Smith fell 10 feet onto the rifle barrel and was impaled.
He said Smith was able to call 911 on his cellphone but died shortly afterward.
This is what happens when you don’t use a lanyard / safety rope with a prusik knot.
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On November 27, 2020 at 7:40 am, Levi Garrett said:
Absolutely. I mainly use a two-piece climbing tree stand, and I won’t leave the ground without a harness and safety line. It’s just too easy to have an accident or fall due to losing your balance, falling asleep, having a weld break, etc.
On November 27, 2020 at 1:55 pm, TRX said:
A local bowhunter made the news a few years ago. Somehow he dropped a broadhead across his wrist while drawing, sliced the arteries lengthwise, apparently panicked, and bled out. And at least one died after he fell out of a tree. Then you’d have your generic heart attacks, snakebite, etc.
So far, none of the muzzle-loader guys has shot a ramrod through his face, but it according to Greener it was a fairly common hunting accident back before cartridge rifles.
On November 28, 2020 at 11:09 am, Andrea Smith said:
Damn, another Covid death.