BUCKLE UP there boys and girls!!!
07-19-2004, 03:11 PM
#21
Dominant Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: BUCKLE UP there boys and girls!!!
The old buckshot does not use the tension straps. Instead he has a strap for the platform and another for the top portion that you hook to the bar at and bring around on your side of the tree to keep it from slipping.
07-19-2004, 08:45 PM
#23
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Baltimore Maryland USA
Posts: 1,385
RE: BUCKLE UP there boys and girls!!!
Adams:
Even though David is a COF, he is actually younger than me. That's why I let him gut and drag my deer.
Len, If you need a partner who dosen't over sleep and fall out of trees you may want to look at a younger hunter
07-19-2004, 09:29 PM
#24
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Maryland
Posts: 156
RE: BUCKLE UP there boys and girls!!!
Glad to read all is well and thanks for sharing your experience with the rest of us. Sure doesn't take much for something to go wrong up there!
Len hit the nail on the head, always a good idea to hunt with a buddy!
Len hit the nail on the head, always a good idea to hunt with a buddy!
07-20-2004, 06:10 AM
#26
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Buford GA USA
Posts: 567
RE: BUCKLE UP there boys and girls!!!
I hope it was a harness and not a belt. Dropping only a couple of feet will exert over 1300 pounds of pressure on you, and that will definitely jolt you a little. I took a tumble from 250' off a TV tower a few months ago, thankfully I was wearing a harness. Much like you, I took the spill because I got a little careless on that tower that day.
Glad everything is ok. Now, replace that harness, you can not tell if the threads were damaged on them.
Glad everything is ok. Now, replace that harness, you can not tell if the threads were damaged on them.
