Safety harness in tree stand?

[Wild Bill]

glad I found this thread 

I don't know anyone who's fallen from a stand, and I've never fallen either and I don't wear a harness 
I've got 3 stands, 2 hang on stands and a ladder stand for two persons.  The ladder stand hasn't been used yet it's still in the box.
My two hang on stands haven't seen much use.

I normally hunt from a ground blind, with kids.


I do want a climber as I'm going back to bow hunting, this'll probably be my last year of rifle. 
I put down the bow quite a few years ago when I started hunting with kids, now those kids are old enough for a bow 

Now I think on it, I wonder if a climber will fit under the tree this year 





SO having said all that,  what do you all suggest for those two person ladder stands??

I know three people that have fallen from tree stands. One landed on his feet like a cat and snapped both of his legs (compound fractures)....drug himself a quarter mile back to his truck, One broke his back and one died.

Fosters old stubborn ass?
WB

[trophyhunt]

I don't use one and I have fell when my lower platform slipped and fell about 8' down the tree. I tried to lower myself down to hang from the top part then drop down to the platform but when I started lowering myself from the top piece it tipped and I fell down to the bottom half with my legs slipping through. Hurt like a sun of a beeeouch. Now I keep the two pieces tied together and make sure the pieces are set into the tree before I move up or down, slow methodical movements.