ORIGINAL: Champlain Islander
ORIGINAL: sproulman
been up trees for 40 years and no problems..
i dont use my waist belt until i get set in tree.
i always use it as you can lean out from tree more..
i dont use harness, i think its to much to have on,waist belt in my opinion is all you need..
i see hunters with nothing on it their stands,they are taking big risk..
i pull my waist belt tight against tree when sitting and i take nap sometimes,then after waking up, i loosen it up so i can move around..
never fell out and slept many times..
goint to 30 ft is crazy..
i hunt no higher than 15 ft and most times, around 12 ft..
why hunters would get that high is beyond me.
i killed my buck this year on ladder stand at 12 ft,he walked 10 yds from me and that stand was put up 3 days before regular gun season..
he did not smell me or notice stand,so why get that high in air..........
I pretty much thought the same way you do until I saw the summit video. Believe me it is worth seeing just to open your mind about the inherent dangers of a waist belt. It doesn't matter how high you are. If you did fall with the right conditions you could have a difficult time with the waist belt.
you are right but waist one is fine for me,no way i can come out of stand with it on.
no way i am going to fall over side as i have it tightened just right..
i have other one ,body harness but i dont use it......
i saw guy go up tree with ice on it,i warned him ,DONT DO IT..
well he got half way up,about 12 ft and it slipped, down he came to ground..
busted is gun stock in half and bro his leopold scope..
only bruised..
those white oak trees are slippery if wet or ice is on them..
this is why i use a ladder stand now,easy to get in/out,no noise going up tree in dark,not necessary to carry my stand in/out..
only problem is, everyone knows where you are hunting..
they follow me in woods,i had last year 2 hunters in stands ,1, 50 ft from me and other 100 yds..
i see MORE injurys coming from CLIMBING STANDS in future.
going up a wet/frozen tree is awful risk..
stay with LOCK-ON,LADDER STANDS unless you are 18 years old, heck, i used to jump out of my wooden stands to ground 12 ft up at that age,i even tried to ride a buck from tree,but thats another STORY..