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FALLING FROM THEIR TREE
STANDS.. ARE PROMPTING
CONSERVATION OFFICERS TO
REMIND HUNTERS HOW IMPORTANT
IT IS TO MAKE SURE YOUR TREE
STAND IS SAFE FOR HUNTING
SEASON.OFFICERS SAY IF A TREE
STAND IS LEFT UP IN BETWEEN
SEASONS, THE WEATHER ELEMENTS
CAN RUST IT... MAKING IT
WEAKER.AND WILDLIFE, LIKE
SQUIRRELS, CAN EAT PARTS OF IT.
OFFICERS SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BUILD A NEW STAND EVERY YEAR,
BUT THEY SAY TO MAKE SURE A
NEW ONE DOESN'T NEED TO BE
BUILT.THEY SAY HUNTERS SHOULD
ALWAYS WEAR A HARNEST WHILE IN
A TREE STAND.#@ALWAYS HAVE TWO
PEOPLE WITH YOU. AT LEAST
ANOTHER PERSON TO HELP YOU
OUT. AND IF YOU GET AN
OPPORTUNITY, WE ALWAYS
RECOMMEND WEAR A HARNEST.
WHETHER YOU'RE CHECKING YOUR
TREE STAND OR YOUR'RE HUNTING,
WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND HARNEST, A
SAFETY BELT, AND ATTACH IT TO
THE TREE.@#BOTH HUNTERS WHO
FELL FROM THE TREE STANDS
SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.ONE
OF THE HUNTERS WAS WEARING HIS
HARNEST.. HOWEVER HE HAD NOT