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Old 11-24-2006 | 06:46 PM
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hardcorehunter
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Default RE: Fixed Stand and Climber Setup and Exit

Here is a written walk thru on how I do it LT:






[/align]I use 5 sticks as I like to get up highif I can. I use a summit seat o pants safety vest. I carry2 safety ropes with the prussic knot on each in my vest.The vesthas a linesmans' belt and a middle of the back harnass. I place the 1st two sticks without the harnass hooked up. I then leave my bow on the ground with whatever else I brought with me attached to a pull up rope and the other end of the pullup rope attacked to a clip that my safety harnass vesthas on it.. I have a little shoulder sling that I use to carry the other 3 sticks up the tree with. The lone wolf stand is on my back and I hook up my linesmans rope. This allows me to use both hands to silently and safely hang each stick and my stand with. I make sure that when Ihang my stand that thelast stickstep is higher than the stand so that I can step downonto the stand.Before I unhook my linesmans' rope and step onto the treestandplatform, I hook up my middle of the back safety harnass to the tree above my stand with another safety rope that fits in my safety vest rear pouch. I am never unhooked this way. Once my safety harnass is hooked up, I unhook my linesmans rope and step ontothetreestand platform.Both of my safetyropes have the prussic knot and this knot is a must IMO.




[/align]Hope this helps and take care and be safe. You will find this type of mobile hunting very productive. I always bring the sticks and stand out after each hunt. I just toss each step to the ground when tearing down the setup and my standis back on my back as I climb down. I can hunt where ever I want this way depending on the wind and I can get into just about any tree I want.




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