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Recent content by jtkratzer

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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    Picked up three sets of the Muddy sticks. Not bad at all for a hair over $50 a set. Helped my brother in law hang a stand with a set he picked up and only took two sticks to get him to the right height for that stand location. Haven’t used mine yet other than at the house to try them out. Went...
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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    Already the plan. Two three-packs gets me three stands using two sticks each with a LW stock and aider at the bottom that I carry in with me. That’s enough to get me a spot on a couple of properties, still have a mobile spot and a few places I hunt from the ground. Most of my private properties...
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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    Thanks for the tips on the SRT gear. That’s what I’m looking for. Eliminating most metal on metal is the key, not just during use, but set up and removal once in the tree. This is already what I’m doing with the private. Staying out, other than to refresh mock scrapes. Most of these little...
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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    More than likely. Easy conversation. I probably have enough strap on steps for four sets of five or six. I could leave a few sets up and still have an extra to go with the LW sticks.
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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    Quiet is one part, and we’ve covered the need to stealth strip or something for the sticks. What about the strap on steps? And again, I’m sure I could go slower, but go back to the repeated posts about time and the lack of it, hence the preset steps/sticks for known stand locations. To clear...
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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    I hadn’t thought about it, but I rarely hunt the same tree repeatedly or often enough to make use of that approach. I like how quick you’re out of the tree and never not tied in with rope climbing, but I haven’t figured out how to quiet down all of the carabiners, pulley, and ascender. It’s...
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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    I'm not trying to go lighter. Lighter comes with a higher price tag. LW sticks were pricey enough for the four I have. I'm looking for quieter. It's noisy putting up set of strap on steps with the boat buckle. I'll look into quieting down the LW sticks, but I'm also looking for quicker and less...
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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    Never said anything about leaving LW sticks, just cheap sticks. The kind that are $50 for a three pack.
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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    How do you get lighter than a saddle and a couple of LW or comparable sticks? And you’re saying I should expect to get cheap sticks stolen even if they’re 8’ off the ground, that someone would have to have a sick with them or go back in for them? Using cheaper sticks, getting two stolen runs...
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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    I’ll check the stealth strips. I took the buckles off and use the rope mod.
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    Who leaves climbing sticks in the woods?

    I’m into my second year with the saddle and have tried a few methods for getting up the tree - Lone Wolf sticks and the rope/ascender device. I’m trying to speed up the process of getting into the tree and doing so in a way that’s quieter and requires less movement. Found the rope method works...
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    Boat buckle overcenter buckle (OCB, boatbuckle)

    Ordered a pair of 5' straps with flat hooks sewn on from Strap Works. They have the 1" strap tag end replacements available. Only a couple bucks. I think they made and shipped them same day. Looking for the FedEx truck next Tuesday. Trust that more than my Betsy Ross sewing/stitching skills.
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    2016 Trail Camera pictures

    I have a spot that I don't need to hang a camera on because of how predictable the deer are using this travel route, but it's mostly doe. Last year I took a really nice buck, first one with the bow, coming from the bedding area where I normally have doe come out. The cameras are on a group of...
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    Preseason Sits?

    Same here. I've shown pictures of funky looking deer, like a piebald buck, and multiple property owners have seen him. I find it's not difficult to access the tree stand, and I only had two sits last year where I didn't see a deer, but I haven't frequently seen 3.5+ year old deer. Maybe with the...
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    2016 Trail Camera pictures

    I hung two cameras today for the first time all year and they're on travel routes near one of my stands. I don't really care what's on them now, I'm more curious what shows up on them late Oct into the first week of Nov after the pressure sets in and the rut starts to heat up. Exciting and fun...
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