Bull in a china shop!!!!
#12
LOL! I know the quieter I try to be, the noiser I end up being. Usually it's a good loud clank, like my metal harness carabiner hitting my climber as I bend over to set it up. Or the top of the climber will fall down and hit the bottom as I mess with the one or the other.
I've kind of given up trying to be quiet. Where I hunt we can't use bright eyes or other markers and my GPS is only good to about 60 ft so I spend a lot of time stomping around in the brush and briars looking for a tree to climb... then I set up and climb. Loudly.
When I feel like being extra noisy, I'll set up my camera arm. There's just no quiet way to crank on a ratchet strap as far as I can tell. (I try... but it's sort of an effort in futility)
I've kind of given up trying to be quiet. Where I hunt we can't use bright eyes or other markers and my GPS is only good to about 60 ft so I spend a lot of time stomping around in the brush and briars looking for a tree to climb... then I set up and climb. Loudly.
When I feel like being extra noisy, I'll set up my camera arm. There's just no quiet way to crank on a ratchet strap as far as I can tell. (I try... but it's sort of an effort in futility)
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pulaskiville
Posts: 3,533
Some days I feel stealthy as a cat...and I usually see nothing on those days.
When I sound like a big-footed clown in a room covered with squaeky toys is usually when I kill a nice buck. Go figure.
When I sound like a big-footed clown in a room covered with squaeky toys is usually when I kill a nice buck. Go figure.
#14
Last year while climbing down I had the bottom of my stand fall out from under me, thank God I have the top and bottom tied together lol.
#15
I usually don;t worry much about noise until I get near (within 100 yards) to my stand spot, then I try to be quiet. I worry most about the loud, unnatural sounds, like metal-on-metal. I do try pretty hard to keep the clanking to a minimum when I 'm putting up my climbing sticks and stand and getting situated.
I'm surprised no one has come up with a composite material tree stand and climbing sticks. It would be light and much quieter!
I'm surprised no one has come up with a composite material tree stand and climbing sticks. It would be light and much quieter!
#16
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Watha,NC
Posts: 91
That one right here, is enough to tick me off to the point of wanting to rip the darn stand off the tree and pack it back to the truck lol.
Last year while climbing down I had the bottom of my stand fall out from under me, thank God I have the top and bottom tied together lol.
Last year while climbing down I had the bottom of my stand fall out from under me, thank God I have the top and bottom tied together lol.
Last edited by fishtaconc; 10-19-2010 at 08:17 AM.