ORIGINAL: wis_bow_huntr
Im not sor worried abotu losing my seat in my climber as much as I am losing my bottom. I make sure they are both tied to gether. I dont normally wear my harness in my climber as Im surrounded by a full bar. I feel pretty secure and dont go to extreme heights with it. 15 feet max and only climb trees that I know and have climbed before numerous times. I think its time to start using the harness. I wear one all the time in my hang ons but not in my ladder stand or climber. I feel very comfortable in them with out one. But things can change in a hurry as you have shown.
I pretty much do the same thing. I have a strap that I tie the 2 pieces together with when I'm carrying it and use it to attach the two pieces together when climbing the tree. I stay within 15 feer as well, just because I usually level out by then. I also usually climb tree's that Ive climbed before, but it doesn't really make a differenvce. The tree I was in last night. I must have hunted 10 times or so within the last 2 years. The tree just didn't wanna cooperate this time LOL