BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A hunter had to be transported to the hopsital via helicopter Saturday morning after falling 16 feet from a tree stand in Branch County’s Bethel Township.
The Bronson Fire Department says they were dispatched to 632 West Central Road by Branch County 911 Central Dispatch just before 7:30 a.m.
Fire crews arrived to find a hunter about a half mile from the road. He had apparently fallen after the ratchet strap holding the stand from the tree broke.
Firefighters set up a landing zone for the West Michigan AirCare helicopter that flew the patient from the scene.
A Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officer also responded to the scene. Fire crews were on scene for just over two hours.
