justsomedude
Well-Known Member
I keep a daisy chain girth hitched to the top of my backpack and it has a mini (Full Strength) carabiner clipped to the end. I keep calls, rangefinder, rattle, wind checker, extra flashlight etc attached to the daisy chain loops near the pack attachment. I stuff the daisy chain and attached items in the top pouch of my pack.
I try to use as little hardware as possible. Usually just a couple of light plastic carabiners for detachable items (Bino/Monocular, Thermos).
When I haul up my pack, I just pull out the daisy chain and wrap it around the tree below my tether and clip it to itself with the carabiner and I am ready to hunt. And I can't drop anything because it it always attached.
This is a heavy duty Yates daisy chain. At 6' long it is enough for my trees. A standard daisy with a sling attached works too. Standard long daisy chains are usually 55". You can also girth hitch two lightweight daisy chains to each other.
I have one pack that has several elastic pouches inside at the top of the pack. Sometimes I will leave Rangefinder and rattles attached to the pack loop instead of the daisy chain. No chance of banging around that way.
This setup makes setup and packing EASY and you always know where you stuff is.
Cool side benefit....I can clip my harness to the daisy chain if I am having to reset my tether or switching over to rappel.
I try to use as little hardware as possible. Usually just a couple of light plastic carabiners for detachable items (Bino/Monocular, Thermos).
When I haul up my pack, I just pull out the daisy chain and wrap it around the tree below my tether and clip it to itself with the carabiner and I am ready to hunt. And I can't drop anything because it it always attached.
This is a heavy duty Yates daisy chain. At 6' long it is enough for my trees. A standard daisy with a sling attached works too. Standard long daisy chains are usually 55". You can also girth hitch two lightweight daisy chains to each other.
I have one pack that has several elastic pouches inside at the top of the pack. Sometimes I will leave Rangefinder and rattles attached to the pack loop instead of the daisy chain. No chance of banging around that way.
This setup makes setup and packing EASY and you always know where you stuff is.
Cool side benefit....I can clip my harness to the daisy chain if I am having to reset my tether or switching over to rappel.