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Holy smoke Batman!!!!! very lucky to survive indeed... go the SAR and Police folks who found him and big ups tothe medical staff who have kept him alive...be a long slow road to recovery,suddenly a sore knee seems trivial.
A timely reminder to take a plb even when farm hunting
nasty fall for sure
Often thought some kind of tracking device could be better, just in case something like this happens and you cant activate it
Hope he recovers well to carry on hunting.He wouldv had a painfull cold night out there poor guy.
Some pretty serious & severe injuries. Very fortunate they found him when they did. Hats off to LandSAR & cops. Hopefully he pulls through & gets to enjoy another hunt.
hunted there a lot of nasty little papa bluffs easy to get bluffed out one needs to carefully work out a route before movingQuote:
Originally Posted by bigbear
Larsens place , isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry the hunter
yes I would say so owner pilot for local firm has to be dont quite recognize exactly where on the place this is but everything points to Larsens - lots and lots of fallow but rather runty not much antler potential but you will see a hell of a lot of deer bit expensive to
would that be Scot Larsen perchance??
That's definitely an upside for having an inreach type device. As long as you start the tracking function and share the link with someone at home. Then at least they can forward on the tracking link if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by blip
Lucky guy. Great result for the search team.
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no sure his name is Peter but he is the son of the original owner not sure of his fathers name and I dont think he is with us anymoreQuote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Wonder if he'll get a growling for being "somewhere he wasn't expected to be" once he's mended up.
When I drive, I have a share location function on my phone so my wife can keep an eye on my movement. If it stops for too long she will text (as I sometimes stop for a nap or stretch my legs etc) Usually if I am stoppng for more than a few minutes, I will text her anyway as I dont check my phone while driving...Quote:
Originally Posted by blip
Obviously this only works where you get reception, but even if it is patchy, it will give you a last known location that may help...
poor bugger makes my broken femur hunting accident seem trivial compeared to the damage he suffered, I am still in recovery mode and just had a bone graft to try and get it to heal fingers crossed.
we are lucky we have a really good LANDSAR search and rescue operation in NZ and it saved both of our lifes.
For me the lesson is you can never be too careful.
I have an InReach, but use it differently depending on where I am.
In the mountains I always have it. Normally turned off. If I’m on my own turned on. If in narly area, on with tracking.
On a farm, definitely not on, probably in a pocket somewhere inside my pack.
When you read about these sorts of incidents, it’s clear they need to be externally attached, and probably on with interval tracking at all times.