Summit climber tips...
#2
RE: Summit climber tips...
I use a Summit and love it. I wouldn't switch to a dfferent one after using mine and seeing what else is out there. As far as tips, I would say just get out and practice a bunch so you are familiar with t when it comes time to hunt with it. Anything specifically you are looking for?
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Fork Horn
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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RE: Summit climber tips...
I haven't used my ViperX5 yet. I feel I'll be fine and can't wait. I'm retiring my 10 year old API Grandslam. I just put on the side bags which I love. They hold quite a few items!
#4
RE: Summit climber tips...
I use a Viper myself and like itmore than the other half dozen or so climbers I've had. The best advice I can give anybody is to use a full body harness at all times with it. Dead or crippled hunters don't use climbing stands very well. Take your time climbing up and down; making noise to get up a tree quickly is not good hunting.
The only other thing I'd say is that I had to grind down and rounded the teeth of the foot portion about 1/8" because it bit too deply into some of the Tulip and Poplar trees I climb. First time I used it I had a hard time just getting it loose to come down.
The only other thing I'd say is that I had to grind down and rounded the teeth of the foot portion about 1/8" because it bit too deply into some of the Tulip and Poplar trees I climb. First time I used it I had a hard time just getting it loose to come down.
#5
RE: Summit climber tips...
Please use a harness, at all times. Not just when hunting. I did not think a harness was necessary one time, because I was not hunting, I was just going to move my stand, a ladder Stand at that. I fell 17 feet to the ground when the ladder shifted. I lived to tell about it but it hurt like HEl*. And I do not know if it was part or all of the cause, but Last Thursday I had Neck/spine surgey, on three vertebrae and 2 discs. NUF SAID! I will never be that stupid again.