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Old 10-30-2005, 07:07 PM
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This question probably has been asked before, but, I need a good full body harness/vest. my wife was talking to a guy at work, and he was talking about having back surgery due to the fact, a few years back, he fell out of his tree stand, and didn't have a harness or nothing. So when she arrived home from work she asked if I used one, I reluctantly told her I didn't, due to the fact all I have is the one that came with the stands I bought, andits a pain in the but to put on and very unconfortable. So I have been looking to get a good Harness/vest type. my question is,what do you guys like ? which ones are comfortable to wear, and easy to put on. I have been bowhunting for over 20 years in portable stands up to 20' high., I know I have been pressing my luck buy not wearing any kind of safety device.
P.S. I guess the wife must still love me if she worries about me falling out of a tree.
Thanks for the help.
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Old 10-30-2005, 07:11 PM
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I USE THE HUNTERS SAFETY SYSTEM- IT SOOOO EASY TO PUT ON!
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Old 10-31-2005, 09:08 PM
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I am an xray tech who has done xrays on several hunters who have tumbled from stands and take it from me....get a harness. I have a Hunters Safety System vest also and I do not get into any type of stand without it. You have 1 back and neck and they are not worth taking a risk with. Falling from a stand puts both at great risk especially the back.
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Old 11-03-2005, 08:52 AM
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I will not use my tree stand without a harness. I was using the API harness that came with my stand. They are comfortable when they are on properly, but are a pain in the butt to get into when it’s dark with twisting or tangled straps. I looked at the vests, but didn’t like the restriction or comfort. That is until an associate at Cabela’s recommended the Tree Stalker harness. This unit is a snap to get into, very comfortable and half the size of the most vest harnesses. I love it. I think they are around $70 bucks and well worth it.
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Old 11-06-2005, 06:12 AM
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I use The Seat-of-the-Pants harness from Summit, You can get it made into a vest and can't really tell you have it on. I won't go up without a safety harness on.
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Old 11-13-2005, 08:12 PM
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Theres this girl in my Fundementals of Speech class...her dad is the owner of the Hunter Safety Systems. She did her demonstartion speech on the vest. I may end up getting one....pretty good product looks like. Right now I'm using my seat o the pants from my Summit stands
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Old 11-21-2005, 04:45 AM
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I'm leaning with going to a vest as well. I've been using the harness system that comes with my Summit Goliath, but those legs straps can be a real pain trying to hook up when your bundled up. It also makes some noise when shifting around in the stand. I'll own one before next years season.
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