ORIGINAL: davidmil
ORIGINAL: ICALL2MUCH
When you go around in the summer (or spring) and test climber trees, take a notepad and write down which "settings" you use for each tree. Most all climbers have settings (ie tree width) and I have found if you write them down, and create a sheet with info for each tree, you make life easier when you get to the tree.
Example info for each tree:
Winds:S,SW,W ( I will be using Greg H's tactic of wind degrees this year)
Settings: Top-4 hole Bottom-2nd hole
Ahhh... bullhockey.[8D] Don't come hunting in my woods. We might start out and end up on state land a mile off the road and decide, "this spot looks good. Lots of sign, some nice trees... let's do it". No way in hell am I hauling around a climber on scouting trips so I can climb a tree and make some note I have to turn on a flashlight to read. If you use a climber exclusively, as I pretty much do, you can pick a tree, put the stand around it at the right hole and go to it. Plus, now that I have the Equalizer I don't care what the numbers are. Nope, not lugging a stand around in the summer stinking and banging through the woods to predetermine which hole to put a pin in. If your stand is that tempermental, you need a different stand.
It's suppose to be fun.... not anal.
That right there is funny!
Get a LW, and forgetabout it.
